Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 (edited) Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Bob Dylan Tom Waits Whiskey Beer Wine Shaving Chess Checkers Playing Cards (meaning a classic 52-card deck) Your favorite BoE scenario (you choose) Your favorite BoA scenario (you choose) Edited March 7, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 7, 2018 Author Posted March 7, 2018 Ella Fitzgerald: Good. Billie Holiday: One of my favourite singers of all time. Love her. Bob Dylan: Not without his flaws, but he's done some great stuff. Tom Waits: In theory, I like him a lot. In practice, it often doesn't line up. Whiskey: Usually the right spirit. Beer: At its best, wonderful; and its worst, awful. Wine: Why yes I will have another. Chess: I can imagine being really into chess if I weren't more interested in other games. Checkers: Sigh. Playing Cards (meaning a classic 52-card deck): Points for versatility, but on the flip side, they are so standardized that they feel very generic at the same time. Rarely something I want to pick up; other sorts of cards are so much more interesting. Your favorite BoE scenario (you choose): A+ Dogs Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Cait Sith Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck The Deck of Many Things Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Your favourite anime Ducks Prossis-Bok Working out Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Henry Wallace OK Computer Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Peanuts Standard playing cards Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Vitamin C supplements 70's movies "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Today's weather Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Mechanical pencils Vultures The post that asks me to rank itself KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk AOL Hipgnosis Salt lamps Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Let's Play series Runtz Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Cats (musical) Pirates "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Novelty mugs ELIZA Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk Wings (the band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 Mr Tambourine Man Green Tambourine Mr Green Genes Quote
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Windows 3.1 U2 (band) Reality Television TLC (band) The Big Bang Theory (TV Show) Curling (Sport) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 8, 2018 Author Posted March 8, 2018 Mr Tambourine Man: I got it in my head that it sounds like "Hey There Delilah" and I can't unthink it. Oh well Mr Green Genes: Good, but I prefer the Beach Boys' "Vege-tables" Windows 3.1: While there is nostalgia here, I ended up installing it a year or two back to play an old game. It was... not all that my memory thought it was. It did what it needed to. U2: DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Their music isn't actually abominable, but still. Reality TV: A secret guilty pleasure -- and a fairly deep one at that. TLC: I'm pretty OK with them. The Big Bang Theory (TV show): Utter despise for its pretend-reverence-masking-actual-denigration of geek culture; its infelicitous mainstreamificaction of geek culture; and its misogyny. Curling: I don't know why everyone suddenly cared about curling this year but I still don't. Dogs Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Cait Sith Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck The Deck of Many Things Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Your favourite anime Ducks Prossis-Bok Working out Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Reality TV Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Henry Wallace OK Computer Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind TLC Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Peanuts Standard playing cards Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Vitamin C supplements 70's movies "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong "Mr. Tambourine Man" The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Today's weather Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Mechanical pencils Vultures The post that asks me to rank itself KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk AOL Hipgnosis Salt lamps Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Let's Play series Runtz Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Cats (musical) Pirates "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Novelty mugs ELIZA Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk U2 Wings (band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza The Big Bang Theory (TV show) "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 The rabbit that "attacked" Jimmy Carter Willow Rosenberg Subway (transportation) Godwin's Law Life of Brian Seinfeld Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Ranking Lists To Do Lists Computer Game Modifications of Spiderweb Games Quote
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my didn't warrant ranking? Or Little Richard? Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Hmm. Maybe the only way to get Slarty to rank your entries is to post ones he's guaranteed to like... - Square One TV - Waving Hands / Warlocks - Madeline Kahn - Egizia Slarty, I'll even save you some trouble. Quote
Garrulous Glaahk Sade Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Fedoras Clowns CoffeeThe Chronicles of Narnia Basic solitaire (Klondike) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 8, 2018 Author Posted March 8, 2018 I said early on that I wasn't going to include items I had basically no opinion about (unless that in itself was interesting). To make a comparison, the birds that someone suggested were all birds with symbolic significance; lions, tigers and bears were clearly suggested on the other hand because they are all in the phrase "lions, tigers, and bears, oh my" -- which is a common thread, but does not make any of those items interesting on their own. So, the way to get me to rank your entries is to post ones that I have meaningful opinions about already, and/or ones that I can develop meaningful opinions about based on a cursory amount of googling or wikipedia-ing. (Also, there are some other reasons I am omitting items, e.g., if they are basically just about me, or about another member here, or if they break the code of conduct, etc.) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 8, 2018 Author Posted March 8, 2018 The rabbit that "attacked" Jimmy Carter: Too much is unknown about this rabbit. Willow Rosenberg: Through season 5, a likeable, nuanced character who grows in interesting ways, and is definitely one of the most interesting geek-archetype portrayals I can think of on any TV show. In theory, all the elements of her progression in season 6 could be good, but -- as with everything else in that season -- it was just made a little too frivolously over-the-top. Then with season 7, Kennedy and "you're a goddess" -- ugh, not going to go there. But I weigh the first five seasons more heavily. Subway (transportation): I've always been fond of them. Not sure why exactly. Godwin's Law: Godwin's self-fulfilling prophecy. It also feels entirely out of place -- once upon a time people _did_ make unwarranted references to Hitler as an extrema, but the English-speaking Internet is now much more likely to bring him up because there is an actual comparison being made. So, meh. Dintiradan's Law is obviously superior. Life of Brian: I don't love it. Whereas Holy Grail delivered comedy manacled to incisive social criticism, this movie is basically a fart joke about religion. Seinfeld: Probably the best sitcom ever made. There's real artistry to the way memes loop in and out, and it captures individual moments of human interaction in a way that is really unusual. Ranking Lists: Generally afflicted with unfortunate judgments, yet so tempting. Square One TV: The smartest, funniest educational program ever made. It has a special place in my heart. (Eight hundredths of the time, it's the only show I'm dreaming of.) Waving Hands: A truly ingenious game. Madeline Kahn: An amazing actress with just the right combination of quizzicalness, confidence, surprise, quietude, and -- that thing she does with her voice... Egizia: A very good board game. Fedoras: I truly don't understand why anyone thinks these look good. Even on a purely aesthetic level -- even putting aside the negative associations they conjure up for many people. Coffee: <3 The Chronicles of Narnia: There are things I appreciate about it -- and I am the last person to criticize something for involving pretentious theological allegories -- but, man, Aslan at the Stone Table, come on. And then there is _the problem of Susan,_ which really is a big problem. Basic solitaire (Klondike): I give it credit for filling a niche, and that's about it. Dogs Square One Television Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Cait Sith Waving Hands Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Your favourite anime Ducks Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Reality TV Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Henry Wallace OK Computer Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind TLC Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Peanuts Standard playing cards Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Vitamin C supplements 70's movies "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong "Mr. Tambourine Man" Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Today's weather Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Mechanical pencils Vultures The post that asks me to rank itself KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL Hipgnosis Salt lamps Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Let's Play series Runtz Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Cats (musical) Pirates "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Novelty mugs Fedoras ELIZA Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk U2 Wings (band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza The Big Bang Theory (TV show) "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 whaling bimetallism the Byzantine Empire Hallowe'en Quote
Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) The Microsoft Office Assistant Carmen McRae Nina Simone Greek Yogurt Biscuits Croissants The city you live in MMORPGs Star Wars original trilogy Star Wars prequel trilogy Star Wars new movies Garfield (cat) James Garfield Richard Garfield Edited March 9, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 9:17 PM, Swimmin' Salmon said: Ninjas Pirates Robots Bartenders This list You neglected to rank the fifth item in this list. Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 10, 2018 Author Posted March 10, 2018 Salmon: On 3/8/2018 at 8:36 AM, The Voices of My Education said: I said early on that I wasn't going to include items I had basically no opinion about (unless that in itself was interesting). whaling: It's had its better and worse moments in human history but in general it's hard to get excited about killing things, especially when it gets awfully close to killing all of the things bimetallism: "Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering." -- Tom Stoppard, still the Byzantine Empire: I give it credit for having a name that sounds, frankly, quite cool in English, though I suppose it really has the development of English stress patterns for that, and of course it wasn't a contemporary name in the first place. Beyond that -- I mean it's a massive political entity that concentrated wealth and power and oppressed people, what is there to love here Hallowe'en: Anthropologically fascinating but annoying and vapid to actually live through. The Microsoft Office Assistant: I think my feelings are implied Carmen McRae: Doesn't move me quite as it could Nina Simone: Does Greek Yogurt: I might not care, but the Greek yogurt fad has taken over basically all of the shelf space from good non-Greek yogurt, which is annoying Croissants: When done right, it's hard for any other baked good to compare The city you live in: I used to say "It's not you, it's me" about this city, but I'm still here, years later. It could be a lot worse MMORPGs: Such a good concept, ruined by people Star Wars original trilogy: Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, and James Earl Jones carry this, despite gradually increasing quantities of stupidity in the second and third movies Star Wars prequel trilogy: So many problems, so much creepiness, so many artistic choices that I just can't understand Star Wars new movies: Haven't bothered to see them and probably won't Garfield (cat): Subject of an extremely pointless comic strip. On the plus side, not a human James Garfield: For a U.S. president, he was relatively non-sucky; anti-corruption and pro-civil rights is pretty much enough to do that Richard Garfield: Ahhhh... well, he's had a hand in one game that I have an exceedingly high opinion; some other good ones; some total crap that I don't understand why people like; and then there's MtG. I don't agree with all of what he's expounded about game design but it's interesting Dogs Square One Television Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Cait Sith Waving Hands Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Croissants Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Your favourite anime Ducks Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Nina Simone Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Reality TV Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Henry Wallace OK Computer Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Richard Garfield Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind TLC Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Star Wars original trilogy James Garfield Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Carmen McRae Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave MMORPGs "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Peanuts Standard playing cards Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Vitamin C supplements 70's movies "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong "Mr. Tambourine Man" Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Bimetallism Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Today's weather Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Mechanical pencils Vultures The post that asks me to rank itself Greek yogurt KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL Hipgnosis Salt lamps Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion Whaling The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Byzantine Empire The Let's Play series Runtz Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Halloween Cats (musical) Pirates "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Star Wars prequel trilogy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Novelty mugs Fedoras ELIZA The Microsoft Office Assistant Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk U2 Wings (band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza The Big Bang Theory (TV show) "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 The best and worst RPGs you've played The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Alphabets Abjads Abugidas Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 11, 2018 Posted March 11, 2018 Jury nullification Tiki drinks Concorde Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 11, 2018 Posted March 11, 2018 Stubbing your big toe. Stubbing your little toe. Quote
Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 11, 2018 Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Les Miserables Charles Dickens Harry Potter The Matrix (ignore the sequels) Boars Westerns (movie genre) Film Noirs Apple Google Microsoft Amazon Facebook New York City Edited March 11, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted March 11, 2018 Posted March 11, 2018 Felafel Bumper stickers Expensive wristwatches Friends (TV Series) Earl Grey Cologne (fragrance) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 12, 2018 Author Posted March 12, 2018 The best and worst RPGs you've played: Honestly, it's hard to even figure out what these are. There are some names that come to mind easily, but a lot of the games I love or hate I love or hate in a given context. Chrono Trigger _might_ be the best -- and perhaps is, if you mean "best" in any overall sense that goes beyond personal favourites -- but it also might not be. On the other hand, how do I evaluate something like Angband, with all its variants, sprawling and sometimes stunning? Or a game that is a little smaller and more niche, but completely exquisite? And as for worst, well, there's even more competition for that Alphabets: so much potential -- <3 Abjads: Rather than getting into the weeds on this somewhat ambiguous term, I will just say that tri-consonantal roots are such a great idea in theory and such a nightmare in practice Abugidas: Annoyingly unphonetic in writing; I hate to say it but I find syllabaries more intuitive Jury nullification: I have very mixed feelings about this, because it has a very mixed impact in terms of power gradients -- it is a mechanism which supports the populace against the government, but also one which supports the majority against the minority. Historically it seems to be a net positive, so I'll lean that way, but it makes me a little uneasy Tiki drinks: Yes please Stubbing your big toe: Not good, but there are worse things Stubbing your little toe: Potentially worse, because of the nail. (Though that can come up with the big toe too) Les Miserables (novel): This I support Charles Dickens: Hate him. Words should be weighed and not counted Harry Potter: It's fine. You know, there are some neat things about it, and other things that feel a little gauche, like a lot of the spell names. Frodo lives The Matrix (ignore the sequels): I watched this in English with French subtitles and I was pretty bored, but amused by how inaccurate some of the translations were Westerns (movie genre): No interest Film Noirs: A vague genre that has more style than substance Apple: How the apple has fallen. That said, Steve Jobs was always a very bad person. I have stories, I do Google: I have problems with them too (including how they are ruining all their interfaces currently) but I guess they are less dumb than your typical dumb company, and they have done some very neat things here and there, like Google TiSP Microsoft: Sighhhhhhh Amazon: Amazon killed the biblio store Facebook: I wish I could hate them more. My feelings here are complicated New York City: Too extraverted and overlapping for me Felafel: Yummy Bumper stickers: My other bumper sticker is also dumb Expensive wristwatches: Even an expensive wristwatch is right twice a day Friends (TV Series): I won't be there for you (except you Lisa Kudrow, I will totally be there for you) Cologne (fragrance): I find most colognes to be too strong and vaguely unpleasant. Not a scent fan Dogs Square One Television Alphabets Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Cait Sith Waving Hands Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Croissants Les Misérables (novel) Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Your favourite anime Ducks Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Nina Simone Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Reality TV Tiki drinks Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Falafel Henry Wallace OK Computer Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Richard Garfield Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind TLC Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Star Wars original trilogy James Garfield Jury nullification Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Carmen McRae Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave MMORPGs "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Harry Potter series Peanuts Standard playing cards Google Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Facebook Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Film noir Abugidas Vitamin C supplements 70's movies New York City Abjads "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Matrix Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Bimetallism Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Today's weather Microsoft Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Apple Mechanical pencils Vultures Amazon The post that asks me to rank itself Greek yogurt KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Westerns Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Friends Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL Hipgnosis Expensive wristwatches Salt lamps Cologne Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion Whaling The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Byzantine Empire The Let's Play series Runtz Stubbing your big toe Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Halloween Cats (musical) Stubbing your little toe Pirates Charles Dickens "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Star Wars prequel trilogy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Bumper stickers Novelty mugs Fedoras ELIZA The Microsoft Office Assistant Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk U2 Wings (band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza The Big Bang Theory (TV show) "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 12, 2018 Posted March 12, 2018 22 minutes ago, The Voices of My Education said: The best and worst RPGs you've played: Honestly, it's hard to even figure out what these are. There are some names that come to mind easily, but a lot of the games I love or hate I love or hate in a given context. Which RPG did you enjoy the most, and would most like to replay (even if the replay desire is just for now and fleeting), and which RPG stirs the most visceral hatred in you. Also: no love for the PLC................................. they had the highest suffrage rate in Europe for all of the early modern era, and a higher suffrage rate than even Britain did until the Reform Act of 1832. Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 12, 2018 Posted March 12, 2018 Roller skates The Hubble Space Telescope Elephants Robert Falcon Scott (as in "of the Antarctic") Pyramids Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 12, 2018 Author Posted March 12, 2018 Ugh. That's still a difficult question. I suppose I can answer visceral hatred though Final Fantasy VIII: Whining Squall. Squealing Selphie. Rich kids at prom. Gunblades. A white mage love interest with "Heart" literally in her name. The franchise low-point for translations of "genju" (as GFs), which is really saying something. A stupid, pointless card game mini-game that for some reason people love. A world with zero internal consistency. And the most anti-climactic reveal ever, that the "big secret" of the game is that all the characters came from the same orphanage. But worst of all is the !#@$@! Draw-Junction System. No please no Roller skates: Difficult and pointless The Hubble Space Telescope: gets a bad rap Elephants: I'm pretty OK with elephants Pyramids: Can you be more specific Dogs Square One Television Alphabets Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Cait Sith Waving Hands Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Croissants Les Misérables (novel) Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Your favourite anime Ducks Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Nina Simone Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Reality TV Tiki drinks Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Falafel Henry Wallace OK Computer Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Richard Garfield Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind TLC Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Elephants Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Star Wars original trilogy James Garfield Jury nullification Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Hubble space telescope Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Carmen McRae Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave MMORPGs "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Harry Potter series Peanuts Standard playing cards Google Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Facebook Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Film noir Abugidas Vitamin C supplements 70's movies New York City Abjads "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Matrix Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Bimetallism Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Today's weather Microsoft Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Apple Mechanical pencils Vultures Amazon The post that asks me to rank itself Roller skates Greek yogurt KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Westerns Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Friends Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL Hipgnosis Expensive wristwatches Salt lamps Cologne Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion Whaling The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Byzantine Empire The Let's Play series Runtz Stubbing your big toe Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Halloween Cats (musical) Stubbing your little toe Pirates Charles Dickens "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Star Wars prequel trilogy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Bumper stickers Novelty mugs Fedoras ELIZA The Microsoft Office Assistant Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk U2 Wings (band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza Final Fantasy VIII The Big Bang Theory (TV show) "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Deontology Consequentialism Virtue Ethics Ethical Intuitionism Deconstructivism Ennui —Alorael, who supposes this entire thread is something of an exercise in utilitarianism. Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Zombie (necromantic) Zombie (infectious) Zombie (voodoo) Zombie (Frankenstein) Zombie (Cranberries) Zombie (p) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 15 hours ago, The Voices of My Education said: Pyramids: Can you be more specific i dunno, let's say ziggurats i guess Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Pyramid (Egyptian) Pyramid (scheme) Pyramid (head) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Pyramids (with eyes on) Pyramids (Discworld novel) Pyramids (medullary) —Alorael, who describes himself as [redacted], pro, and extra on the subjects, respectively. Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Pyramids (Bosnian pseudoarchaeological) Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Ooh, Pyramus and Thisbe! Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 14, 2018 Author Posted March 14, 2018 Deontology: Generally my preferred approach to ethics, at least philosophically Consequentialism: I am one of those people who believes that the ends do not justify the means. This is probably not a surprise Virtue Ethics: It's like this entire branch is a relative shadow cast by the platonic form of the is-ought fallacy Ethical Intuitionism: May we never be free from G.E. Moore? Deconstructivism: From context it seems likely you meant deconstructionism (which I strongly dislike), but I'll answer both: I am not a big fan of deconstructivism either Ennui: What rating exactly were you expecting here Zombie (necromantic): One of the better versions of zombies, perhaps because, due to the nature of necromancy, there's always some kind of actual motivation behind the existence of the zombies (whether on the part of a necromancer, or past events that stir up necromancy directly) Zombie (infectious): Overdone, generally implausible, and insufficiently undead for my tastes Zombie (voodoo): To the degree that this is actually a thing, it's mostly just a special case of necromancy Zombie (Frankenstein): Not a zombie. Frankenstein's monster was animated, not reanimated. While the other sorts of zombies here have different mechanisms of origin, they all share at least some behavior, but Frankenstein's monster doesn't have that either. Zombie precursor, maybe Zombie (Cranberries): As mentioned earlier, I think this song is a real masterpiece -- underrated, perhaps because it got so much airplay and had such a clear moral message. Zombie (p): I generally agree with Nagel and Chalmers on consciousness and therefore see philosophical zombies as a useful concept i dunno, let's say ziggurats i guess: Ziggurats are cool Sorry guys, I... don't have a ton of opinions about eighteen uses of the word pyramid Pyramids (with eyes on): Gauche, whether or not they are providential Dogs Square One Television Alphabets Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins "Zombie" (Cranberries song) Cait Sith Waving Hands Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Slartibartfast Kierkegaard The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Croissants Les Misérables (novel) Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Your favourite anime P-zombies Ducks Deontology Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Nina Simone Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Ziggurats Reality TV Tiki drinks Ice cream The Northern Lights Russian literature 70's cars Georg Cantor —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Falafel Henry Wallace OK Computer Zombies (necromantic) Speedy Gonzales screenshot Sans serif fonts Saunas Linux Vinyl records The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet Maggie Simpson The Queen is Dead Shanti Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The last game I played Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Bob Dylan Richard Garfield Ontology Cluny the Scourge Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind TLC Mexican food Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." The Cranberries (band) Elephants Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Princess Peach Star Wars original trilogy James Garfield Jury nullification Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Hubble space telescope Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Carmen McRae Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Norman Rockwell Nick Cave MMORPGs "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Harry Potter series Peanuts Standard playing cards Google Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Checkers Facebook Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Film noir Abugidas Vitamin C supplements 70's movies New York City Abjads "Lackadaisical" Puggsy Louis Armstrong "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Matrix Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Bimetallism Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Pyramids with eyes on them Today's weather Microsoft Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Apple Mechanical pencils Vultures Amazon The post that asks me to rank itself Roller skates Greek yogurt KISS (principle) Salty liquorice Westerns Galactic Core Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Friends Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL Zombies (infectious) Hipgnosis Expensive wristwatches Salt lamps Cologne Bertrand Russell My Little Pony 80's fashion Whaling The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Byzantine Empire The Let's Play series Runtz Stubbing your big toe Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Halloween Virtue ethics Cats (musical) Stubbing your little toe Pirates Ennui Charles Dickens "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Star Wars prequel trilogy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Ethical intuitionism Bumper stickers Novelty mugs Fedoras Deconstructivism ELIZA The Microsoft Office Assistant Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Johnny Cash Sock puppets (fake accounts) KISS The Barber Paradox Elfpunk U2 Wings (band) Steampunk Turnips Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Deconstructionism Twilight Saga Anchovy pizza Final Fantasy VIII The Big Bang Theory (TV show) "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics Consequentialism The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches Birthdays Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 14, 2018 Author Posted March 14, 2018 With the list now up to 285 items, its scope has grown considerably. As a result of its growing process being full of spurts, and comparisons inevitably not being made to every other item on the list, it hasn't ended up perfectly ordered, I think. So I've gone through and done some tidying up. For my sanity -- but I think it may be helpful to readers, too -- I've put breaks in between 25 different sections, ranging from "love" to "despise". Items are still ordered within each section, but I think this will make it easier to keep the list well-ordered. Items that have moved up or down are marked in blue or red, respectively. There are more of these later in the list than at the top. Items that moved to up or down to a different section are marked in bold as well. I also noticed that I treated pointer items (e.g., "your favourite ___") inconsistently, so I've expanded some of those as well. Dogs Square One Television Alphabets Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Waving Hands "Zombie" (Cranberries song) Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Cait Sith Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Kierkegaard Slartibartfast The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Croissants Les Misérables (novel) Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Sailor Moon (first anime) P-zombies Ducks Deontology Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Russian literature Nina Simone Sea slugs Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Ziggurats Reality TV Maggie Simpson Tiki drinks Snakebird Ice cream 70's cars Georg Cantor Shanti —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Falafel Henry Wallace OK Computer Zombies (necromantic) The Northern Lights Speedy Gonzales screenshot Saunas Vinyl records Linux Sans serif fonts The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet The Queen is Dead Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The Cranberries (band) Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos Cluny the Scourge The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins TLC Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Mexican food Bob Dylan Richard Garfield Ontology Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." Princess Peach Elephants Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Star Wars original trilogy James Garfield Jury nullification Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Hubble space telescope Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Carmen McRae Richard Cheese Bark spider Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Harry Potter series Peanuts Standard playing cards Norman Rockwell Nick Cave MMORPGs "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Google Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Puggsy Checkers Facebook Runtz Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Film noir Abugidas Vitamin C supplements Louis Armstrong 70's movies New York City Abjads "Lackadaisical" "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Matrix Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Bimetallism Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Pyramids with eyes on them Moderate rain all day Microsoft Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Galactic Core Bumper stickers Novelty mugs Apple Mechanical pencils Vultures Amazon The post that asks me to rank itself Virtue ethics Roller skates Greek yogurt KISS (principle) Salty liquorice WesternsFriends Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL ELIZA Zombies (infectious) 80's fashion KISS Hipgnosis Expensive wristwatches Salt lamps Cologne My Little Pony Whaling The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Byzantine Empire The Let's Play series Stubbing your big toe Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Halloween Bertrand Russell Cats (musical) Stubbing your little toe Pirates Elfpunk Ennui Charles Dickens "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Star Wars prequel trilogy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Fedoras Johnny Cash Deconstructivism The Microsoft Office Assistant Steampunk Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Ethical intuitionism Sock puppets (fake accounts) Birthdays The Barber Paradox Turnips Anchovy pizza U2 Wings (band) Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Deconstructionism Final Fantasy VIII "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Big Bang Theory (TV show) Consequentialism The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches (i.e., thin and spindly ends) Quote
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (pick a version) Running (as an activity) John Wayne Samuel Clemens Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 Catharism Video games, in general Marie Curie Quote
Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 17, 2018 Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Hippos Hippies Hipsters Yuppies Dinosaurs Rhinos Rats Bats (animal) Spiders The Giant Intelligent Friendly Talking Spiders Being a forum moderator Mickey Mouse Goofy (Disney character) Donald Duck The electoral college Heavy-handed symbolism Subtle, tasteful symbolism Art museums Science museums History museums Edited March 17, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 18, 2018 Author Posted March 18, 2018 Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (pick a version): 2nd edition, despite its flaws, FTW. Though I also have a soft spot for 1st edition with Unearthed Arcana, despite its MANY flaws. Running (as an activity): I'm lazy and also prefer less jolty versions of cardio. John Wayne: In many ways a pretty decent person, and I give credit to anyone who had an ongoing thing with Marlene Dietrich, but then there's HUAC and that whole "I believe in white supremacy" thing -- and as a cultural icon those things matter. Samuel Clemens: Well, since you know what I think of King Leopold, that's clearly a mark in Clemens's favor. Not my favourite author ever, stylistically, but someone I respect and usually find it difficult to disagree with. Catharism: I think there were a lot of neat things about the Albigensians, as I first learned their name. (Also, I'd prefer to avoid getting into rating any currently extant sects, denominations, or religions, but this is long enough ago that I'm OK with it.) Video games, in general: Uh.... humm. That's a very, very broad category, with some very high highs and some very low lows. Possibly too disparate to rate. I'll have to think about this. Marie Curie: Extreme badass. Also, RETRIOACTIVITY IS IN THE AIR FOR UBB goog, you're not going to stop asking me about Polish things, are you? Rhinos: They've provided some great base material for legends, folklore, and art. Rats: I prefer mice to rats, but I'll throw you some cheese and rate both. Spiders: Now here's an animal that's tricky to rank. Boonful and baneful, crafty and creepy. The Giant Intelligent Friendly Talking Spiders: No. No. No. No. No. You're not cute. The electoral college: I don't hate this as much as everyone else seems to these days. Is it problematic? Sure. Needs an update? Sure. But it originated not in an attempt to create a power gradient (its current impact) but to balance out power for minority interests, something I am down with at least in principle. Heavy-handed symbolism: See The Chronicles of Narnia. Subtle, tasteful symbolism: See... actually this hasn't really made it on the list yet, has it. Well, you can probably guess where this is going. Art museums: It really depends. I like art, but hate a lot of its trappings, the bizarre social trappings around art museums definitely included. Science museums: Again, it really varies. My general rule is that the more oriented it is towards kids, the better it will be, and the more it is funded by industry, the worse it will be. History museums: Well, this is complicated, because the museums are often lovely, but they generally entail artifacts having been stolen by major powers from other countries. Actually, it's the artifact-in-case exhibits that tend to work better, rather than the here-is-a-life-size-reconstructed-diorama-without-enough-context-so-it-looks-sort-of-like-you're-visiting-a-theme-park ones. So, meh. Dogs Square One Television Alphabets Subtle, tasteful symbolism Chrono Trigger Cyberpunk Bilbo Baggins Waving Hands "Zombie" (Cranberries song) Pet Sounds "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Spirited Away Cait Sith Exile II: Crystal Souls Nethergate Billie Holiday "Nephil's Gambit" Kierkegaard Slartibartfast The Tarot Deck Madeline Kahn The deck of many things Seinfeld Egizia Coffee Croissants Les Misérables (novel) Bossa nova Disco Jiji (character) Mice File compression Sliced bread Bagels Subways (transit) Sailor Moon (first anime) Marie Curie P-zombies Ducks Deontology Willow Rosenberg Prossis-Bok Working out Russian literature Nina Simone Sea slugs Samuel Clemens Ninjas Jiji (in Nikki's lap) Ziggurats Reality TV AD&D 2nd Edition Maggie Simpson Tiki drinks Snakebird Ice cream 70's cars Georg Cantor Shanti AD&D 1st Edition w/ UA —Alorael C++ Good grammar Cor Blok's Tolkien art Bacon Falafel Henry Wallace OK Computer Catharism Zombies (necromantic) The Northern Lights Speedy Gonzales screenshot Saunas Vinyl records Linux Sans serif fonts The aesthetic qualities of the Greek alphabet The Queen is Dead Schuyler Colfax Roguelikes Chess Lady Gaga Video games Lawsuits Wine Jeff Vogel Ravens Smartphones Whiskey The Evil Overlord List Exile III: Ruined World The Cranberries (band) Bartenders Sock puppets Flamingos Cluny the Scourge The Chronicles of Narnia "Mr. Green Genes" Penguins TLC Rhinos Civilization (human phenomenon) Beer Frodo Baggins Mexican food Bob Dylan Richard Garfield Ontology Science museums Ella Fitzgerald Pelicans BitTorrent Nevermind Tom Waits 70's prog Sliths Rats Avernum II: Crystal Souls Slarty Ranks Everything Ranking lists "...Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades..." Heavy-handed symbolism Princess Peach Elephants Donuts Cats Trombones The Muppets The Eiffel Tower Solidarność screenshot Civ II Revolutions Casablanca Avadon series Goldfish (snack) Gilbert Gottfried Football (American) Nephils Star Wars original trilogy James Garfield Jury nullification Avernum 4 Cinnamon rolls Hubble space telescope History museums Aretha Franklin Homestar Runner They Might Be Giants Tennis Posting games Inspector Peanut Subinfeudation Solitaire The Big Lebowski Nelson Rockefeller Goldfish (fish) Art museums King Arthur The aesthetic qualities of the Hebrew alphabet Windows 3.1 Carmen McRae Richard Cheese Bark spider Spiders Dolphins Metahumor Nixon's foreign policy Sparkling water Grant Wood Paprika Spam (meat) Cabaret (film) Harry Potter series Peanuts Standard playing cards Norman Rockwell The electoral college Nick Cave MMORPGs "This is a Trent Reznor Song" Google Xian Skull (item) Spam (e-mails) Running Puggsy Checkers Facebook Runtz Pineapple pizza The LP rendition of Slarty's voice Gilmore Girls Hockey George Clooney Film noir Abugidas Vitamin C supplements Louis Armstrong 70's movies New York City Abjads "Lackadaisical" "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Matrix GIFTs (Spiderweb) Godwin's Law The aesthetic qualities of hierogylphics Russian Bimetallism Beowulf (character) Angry Birds Alf screenshot Pyramids with eyes on them Moderate rain all day Microsoft Phantom stair step (bottom) Word Rescue Minecraft Galactic Core Bumper stickers Novelty mugs Apple Mechanical pencils Vultures John Wayne Amazon The post that asks me to rank itself Virtue ethics Roller skates Greek yogurt KISS (principle) Salty liquorice WesternsFriends Getting a triple word score in Scrabble Phantom stair step (top) Turkey/cat video Dieselpunk Life of Brian AOL ELIZA Zombies (infectious) 80's fashion KISS Hipgnosis Expensive wristwatches Salt lamps Cologne My Little Pony Whaling The War on Drugs (band) Queen (band) Fifty Shades of Grey Jane Austen books The Byzantine Empire The Let's Play series Stubbing your big toe Basketball Baseball "Acceptable in the 80's" (song) Halloween Bertrand Russell Cats (musical) Stubbing your little toe Pirates Elfpunk Ennui Charles Dickens "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" (song) Soccer Robin Hood (character) Star Wars prequel trilogy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas the Tank Engine Freefall (webcomic) "2500 things Mr. Welch..." Fedoras Johnny Cash Deconstructivism The Microsoft Office Assistant Steampunk Kitten/rat box John Calhoun (politician) Mr. Toad of Toad Hall The Xavier Files BGG Top 10 Ethical intuitionism Sock puppets (fake accounts) Birthdays The Barber Paradox Turnips Anchovy pizza U2 Wings (band) Fictional names that use a lot of apostrophes Twilight Saga Deconstructionism Final Fantasy VIII "Stuff from the 90's!" (song) The Olympics The Big Bang Theory (TV show) Consequentialism The Crusades King Leopold Handlebar mustaches (i.e., thin and spindly ends) Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, Fluage de Style said: goog, you're not going to stop asking me about Polish things, are you? I asked about Marie Curie for reasons unrelated to her Polishness... it is not my fault she was Polish!!! (I was readin an article about Einstein that mentioned he sent a fan letter to Curie as a young man, then I got to reading about the Curies, etc, and they were cool.) Also: Isaac Asimov Arthur C Clarke Walter M Miller, Jr Edited March 18, 2018 by googoogjoob Quote
Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr The Beatles (collectively) Elvis Presley Mississippi John Hurt Flannery O'Connor Edited March 18, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Robert Heinlein Rudyard Kipling Upton Sinclair Traveler (RPG) Blazing Saddles (Movie) Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 18, 2018 Author Posted March 18, 2018 Isaac Asimov: A great and persistent speculator, certainly. When I'm reading his stuff, I am always nagged by a sense that it seems so implausible: he gives me a hard time suspending my disbelief, I guess. But some of his stuff is perceptive and touching. Arthur C Clarke: I like his ideas better than his writing, but I do like his ideas. The Beatles: I don't care enough about them to rate them individually. Some of their stuff is brilliant; some of it frustrating; but in the end I prefer the Beach Boys. Elvis Presley: I think Elvis is a "you had to be there" phenomenon, and I definitely wasn't. Robert Heinlein: A real Terror's Martyr, a Nietzsche, a real Fire. Accordingly, as I seem to be saying a lot recently, I have mixed feelings. Ultimately, I like him more than not. Rudyard Kipling: Wittier than Dickens, but as long-winded, and even less sympathetic. Upton Sinclair: A writer and thinker I greatly admire. Traveler (RPG): I have no experience with this. Blazing Saddles (Movie): I don't like it as much as everyone else seems to. Brooks is hit or miss for me. 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Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) On 3/11/2018 at 11:10 PM, Fluage de Style said: Charles Dickens: Hate him. Words should be weighed and not counted I'm not trying to change your mind on Dickens in general, but just want to say in his defense that it is a myth he got paid by the word. He was paid by serially published installments, which was not uncommon in his day. Edited March 18, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 18, 2018 Author Posted March 18, 2018 Huh. Interesting, though that makes his lexical profligancy even less explicable. Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 8 hours ago, Jawaj said: I'm not trying to change your mind on Dickens in general, but just want to say in his defense that it is a myth he got paid by the word. He was paid by serially published installments, which was not uncommon in his day. "the author himself, who received payment each time he produced 32 pages of text (and not necessarily a certain number of words)," So he did get paid for being overlong and florid... just not by the word? Same effect in the end. Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Black Panther (animal) Black Panther (party) Black Panther (character) Black Panther (film) Ready Player One this headline Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 20 hours ago, googoogjoob said: "the author himself, who received payment each time he produced 32 pages of text (and not necessarily a certain number of words)," So he did get paid for being overlong and florid... just not by the word? Same effect in the end. While this isn't usually how novels are paid for, pay by the word remains standard for short stories to today. The counterbalance is that if your use of words isn't actually good you don't sell your story at all, and the pay per word is low enough that rather than finding places to sneak in more adjectives you're much better off finishing the story and writing another one. —Alorael, who tried to get paid by the word he didn't submit. His literary protection racket received a cease and desist letter, which ironically probably cost a lot more per word. Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted March 20, 2018 Author Posted March 20, 2018 What may be notable about Dickens' situation is that the amount he had to write was agreed upon in advance. He might not have been chasing a carrot by extending his prose, but he was certainly chasing an inflexible target. I note that this is not always the case with serials -- as Dickens was serialized in printings that contained nothing else. Serials that appeared in newspapers and magazines had a little more flexibility. Quote
Kyshakk Koan googoogjoob Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 I actually find Dickens, and some other 19th writers (looking at you, Carlyle), harder to read and understand than some English prose written in the 18th or maybe even 17th century, it's like trying to read the Canterbury Tales without any sort of interpretive apparatus or translation. Also more things to rate: Franz Liszt Muppet Babies 2001: A Space Odyssey other good old heresies: Nestorianism Monotheletism Donatism Pelagianism Paulicianism/Bogomilism/Waldensianism Fraticellism Quote
Rotghroth Rhapsody Jawaj Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) There is a lot of variation in the length of Dickens' novels (Hard Times is about 350 pages in the B&N edition, Bleak House about 900), so exactly how much writing "32 pages" meant presumably had a lot of flexibility by the typesetting. Edited March 20, 2018 by Jawaj Quote
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