Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory

[Bartmanhomer]

I know some people hate the idea but it's never bothered me -- what is butter, if not cream that's gotten itself all worked up?

I've had it a few times from relatives who swore by it at the time (fad thing, didn't last for them). It was okay -- interesting mouthfeel, and I can see how some people would like it. At the time, they insisted on its health benefits but I'm convinced that's a meaningless distinction and the only reason to do it is for the taste/experience.

I do love the name. "Bulletproof coffee." Helluva fad name, I gotta give them credit.

Yes, I get that. Butter in coffee isn't as bizarre as some people think they would.

Also, I have a call that I'm going to have a job interview by working with the elderly. The date of the job interview is unknown at the time.

[Peelee]

Black tea is significantly more acidic than milk, and so by Peelee's logic should be added afterwards.

Imean, joking aside, it's not "Peelee's logic" so much as it is "the proper chemistry safety guidelines".

Joking back, YOU HAVEN'T ACCOUNTED FOR THE MOLARITY!

[tomandtish]

Gift cards are very fun in my opinion.

I'll agree with this. The nice thing about gift cards is that it's money you have to spend at the place the card is for, so it's money your SO can't give you grief about spending. A group of friends gave me a Spec's gift card big enough that I was able to get a bottle of McAllen 15 (which would be hard to justify otherwise).

[Ionathus]

Milk and tea are both mostly water.

Listen, buddy, you're mostly water too if we're getting pedantic, but you don't see me going on and on about it.

Sincerely,
Definitely Not An Earth Elemental

[LaZodiac]

Today is substantially better on both the "amount of blood outside my body" metric AND the food metric, as my dad's partner has made EXCEPTIONALLY good baked doughnuts.

[Anonymouswizard]

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Today is substantially better on both the "amount of blood outside my body" metric AND the food metric, as my dad's partner has made EXCEPTIONALLY good baked doughnuts.

So the same amount of blood, but it's all in the correct place?


I am spending dar, far too long trying to mod BG3 and make the penises shorter. Send help and/or someone to slap me and make it stop.

[Bartmanhomer]

I'll agree with this. The nice thing about gift cards is that it's money you have to spend at the place the card is for, so it's money your SO can't give you grief about spending. A group of friends gave me a Spec's gift card big enough that I was able to get a bottle of McAllen 15 (which would be hard to justify otherwise).

Absolutely. It's a real treat to buy the goodies.

[enderlord99]

Listen, buddy, you're mostly water too if we're getting pedantic

...which is one of many reasons I shouldn't be added to acid.

[Anonymouswizard]

...which is one of many reasons I shouldn't be added to acid.

But what if you're really basic? Can I neutralise some H2SO4 by dunking a middle aged football fan and three pints of lager in it?

[enderlord99]

But what if you're really basic?

I'm not, but if I were, you'd have to put the acid in me. Just like is currently the procedure, because I'm mostly water.

mmm lemonade

[Rynjin]

Ah, this is interesting. There's an ongoing debate (stretched out over the decades) in the UK over if you add milk or tea to the cup first (naturally some styles of tea call for brewing within the mug, making the point moot), with arguments ranging from how it affects the resulting drink, to the risk of shattering fine china.

China is for lookin' at, not drinking out of. All my coffee cups are ceramic, plastic, or metal.

[LaZodiac]

So the same amount of blood, but it's all in the correct place?

More or less yeah!

[Anonymouswizard]

More or less yeah!

That show that reviews numbers?

[Peelee]

...which is one of many reasons I shouldn't be added to acid.

You've had some great lines over the years but i really want you to know just how much i appreciate the sheer brilliance of this one. Bravo!

[TaiLiu]

Anyway hey, my friend Fury got me a cool hoodie from a queer arcade bar near where they live.

Very cool. I didn't know queer arcades existed. I thought arcades in general were kinda disappearing.

Thanks friend and no thank you but thanks for the offer.

So anyway I wrote Chapter 10 in my Dungeons & Dragons: The Dragoon Family story. Someone on another forum read my D&D: The Dragoon Family story and they love it.

Nice. Always good to have readers.

I see you like to live dangerously!

It's mostly that I'm ignorant about UK stuff. There's England, Scotland, two Irelands, and... an Isle of Man?

So anyway. The doorman give me a $30 Starbucks gift card for yesterday for my belated birthday present.

Oh, nice. I got a Starbucks gift card recently, too. But I never go to Starbucks, so I've spent none of it so far. Glad they don't expire.

New rule suggestion: next thread is number 251. All in favor say aye theayeshaveitmotioncarries [gavel bang]

I'm into it.

Listen, buddy, you're mostly water too if we're getting pedantic, but you don't see me going on and on about it.

Sincerely,
Definitely Not An Earth Elemental

Keith Baker has mentioned that elementals see everything around them as their constituent elements. Humanoids are mostly globs of water.

[Bartmanhomer]

Nice. Always good to have readers.




Oh, nice. I got a Starbucks gift card recently, too. But I never go to Starbucks, so I've spent none of it so far. Glad they don't expire.

Yes. I rarely have readers who read my story.

Oh ok. So what is your plan if you're not using the card?

Anyway, I created another Monster Rancher 2 Monsters as Pokemon today.

Here's the following purebreds moñsters Pokemon so far:

Pixie
Dragon
Centaur
Beaclon
Henger

[LaZodiac]

That show that reviews numbers?

No idea what that is! I mean that my blood is, mostly, where it is supposed to be instead of where it is not supposed to be.

Very cool. I didn't know queer arcades existed. I thought arcades in general were kinda disappearing.

Well, it is a arcade bar, so it's not JUST an arcade. It's also a bar, which is probably part of what helps it live.

[enderlord99]

No idea what that is!

I could be wrong, but I believe that was a facetious statement about a fictitious gameshow entitled "More or Less" that involves the aforementioned activity.

[Anonymouswizard]

No idea what that is! I mean that my blood is, mostly, where it is supposed to be instead of where it is not supposed to be.

More or Less is a shockingly good BBC Radio 4 show that fact checks statistics.

Well, it is a arcade bar, so it's not JUST an arcade. It's also a bar, which is probably part of what helps it live.

So it has people playing games AND getting gazeboed? And possibly shagging in the toilets, but that's really more of a club thing.

[enderlord99]

I remember that happening to a guy named Eric. There was an arrow sticking out of it!

[Rynjin]

So it has people playing games AND getting gazeboed? And possibly shagging in the toilets, but that's really more of a club thing.

This isn't the 70s, nobody should be shagging their toilet anymore.

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Ugh, the germs!

[Peelee]

This isn't the 70s, nobody should be shagging their toilet anymore.

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Ugh, the germs!

If that's wrong I don't want to be right.

[Anonymouswizard]

I remember that happening to a guy named Eric. There was an arrow sticking out of it!

That's a bit less 'drun,k' and a bit more 'if you're within the bounds of Chester and meet a Welshman after dark it is legal to shoot him with a crossbow'.

That law has caused a lot of quarrels.

[LaZodiac]

More or Less is a shockingly good BBC Radio 4 show that fact checks statistics.

So it has people playing games AND getting gazeboed? And possibly shagging in the toilets, but that's really more of a club thing.

Neat!

...gazeboed? And definitely not, by my understanding it's actually like... a well run place, not a dive bar. There's no canoodling in the can, that's gross and queer people is no longer such a hyper taboo thing taht that's necessary. Like it's openly queer you can just talk to people and go home like a normal person.

This isn't the 70s, nobody should be shagging their toilet anymore.

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Ugh, the germs!

That gives me shivers why the **** was the 70s like this??

I remember that happening to a guy named Eric. There was an arrow sticking out of it!

That's a bit less 'drun,k' and a bit more 'if you're within the bounds of Chester and meet a Welshman after dark it is legal to shoot him with a crossbow'.

That law has caused a lot of quarrels.

... what the **** are you two talking about?

[enderlord99]

That's a bit less 'drun,k' and a bit more 'if you're within the bounds of Chester and meet a Welshman after dark it is legal to shoot him with a crossbow'.

No, no, it wasn't Eric who had an arrow sticking out of him. He got gazeboed because he caused the arrow-sticking, and thus woke it up.
Who said anything about drunk?

[Peelee]

... what the **** are you two talking about?

Pft. The walls aren't even carpeted!

[Rater202]

... what the **** are you two talking about?

Do you not know the legend of the Dread Gazebo?

TL/DR: An old-school D&D group are playing, DM describes a gazebo on the hill, and one guy doesn't know what it is and thinks it's a monster and a sustained misunderstanding results in the GM just deciding "okay, you know what, the gazebo gets up and kills you."

Admittedly, I'm not sure what it has to do with liquor or arcade games.

[DavidSh]

Do you not know the legend of the Dread Gazebo?

TL/DR: An old-school D&D group are playing, DM describes a gazebo on the hill, and one guy doesn't know what it is and thinks it's a monster and a sustained misunderstanding results in the GM just deciding "okay, you know what, the gazebo gets up and kills you."

Admittedly, I'm not sure what it has to do with liquor or arcade games.

I guess it was the use of "getting gazeboed" as a euphemism for alcoholic intoxication. But I didn't get that the post about Eric was a reference to that incident, since (1) I have enough experience with real-life gazebos that the Dread Gazebo doesn't come quickly to mind, and (2) "Eric" first brings to mind the old Monty Python bit about the fish licence. (For the pet fish Eric.)

[Form]

This isn't the 70s, nobody should be shagging their toilet anymore.

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Ugh, the germs!

At some point that's going to be nothing but mold and poop germs.

It might be already.

[Anonymouswizard]

...gazeboed?

I'm referencing a Michael McIntyre sketch where he insists that any word means drunk if you're posh enough. That was his example.

[/QUOTE]And definitely not, by my understanding it's actually like... a well run place, not a dive bar. There's no canoodling in the can, that's gross and queer people is no longer such a hyper taboo thing taht that's necessary. Like it's openly queer you can just talk to people and go home like a normal person.[/QUOTE]

The cis-hets do it more! Apparently generally it happens when you're utterly submerged, meet a cute person, and discover you both live with your parents.

... what the **** are you two talking about?

According to folklore there are still technically a bunch of laws where in [English city] if you meet a Welshman during [period of time] it is legal to shoot him with a crossbow.