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Whitney says, "Hooray the carrot wave."
Whitney says, "... I am either going to love or hate empty hand puzzles, and I haven't decided which yet."
Whitney says, "Argh. I have got to get a better goddamn loom before I kill something in frustration."
Whitney says, "And I don't think I have anything to kill other than a sheep."
Whitney rocks another carrot wave. Boom.
[ Editorial note: These were comments made over an extended period in the afternoon in which nobody else was saying anything much. ]
Whitney shakes a fist at her bees.
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oneironaut] gets home. "... bees?"
Whitney says, "Of all the strange things I've said about the game I'm playing, you query the *bees*?"
Brooks [brooksmoses] says, "I suspect they were tame enough to actually be real-world plausible?"
Whitney says, "'Rides the carrot wave'?"
Whitney says, "'The only thing I have to kill is a sheep'?"
Whitney says, "Empty hand puzzles?"
Whitney says, "These are *plausible*, compared to *bees*?"
Tesla laughs hard.
Tesla says, "I assumed the carrot wave was an unpleasantly evocative euphemism for vomiting. Probably because I've recently watched two animated films that take place at sea and involve carrot jokes."
Whitney says, "I can't eat carrots in reality, I'm severely allergic."
Tesla says, "That doesn't necessarily discount my euphemism theory! Given that one of the jokes was 'Why is it always carrots? I didn't even eat carrots!'"
Whitney says, "Hah."
Whitney says, "So what's your explanation for the sheep?"
Whitney says, "... there's a fine out of context comment right there."
Tesla cackles.
Tesla says, "Sheep I assume are in that game you're playing. ... which I also know for a fact to contain bees, which explains the bees."
Tesla says, "Now that I, y'know, think about it."
Brooks returns to the window. No, I meant the bees were plausible, compared to those, and thus might be something non-game.
Brooks says, "Though, I had no idea what a empty hand puzzle was."
Tesla says, "Pretty much. Whitney's sheep and empty hand puzzles are obviously fictional. But she might very well be having some kind of bee problem. And I assumed she was talking about an actual loom because having one wouldn't be altogether out of character for Whitney, who I know owns a ball of yarn and therefore is capable of anything."
Brooks has an out-of-context realization that he should be concerned that Suzi is learning to knit.
Whitney says, "I figured that you might find the loom intrinsically plausible, even though I haven't actually *built* my real one yet, so I didn't categorise it as weird things I've said about the game. ;)"
Whitney says, "Empty hand puzzles, for context, are 'You have a set of symbols and a set of rules for turning symbols into other symbols. Turn your set of symbols into nothing.'"
Brooks says, "Huh. Interesting."
Brooks says, "Do the rules go both directions, or is it possible to get oneself stuck?"
Whitney says, "It is possible to get oneself stuck."
Whitney says, "I suspect you would quite like this game, Brooks, in dangerous and distracted ways."
Brooks suspects so too.
Brooks is thus ignoring any url you point me at.
Brooks says, "Because, yes."
Whitney says, "On the upside, I have gotten to the point in the game where I can progress with reasonable efficiency on some things by *turning it off*. This is useful."
Tesla laughs.
Whitney says, "(For context, Tesla, imagine if Warcraft would let you wander around and herb or mine or something in all your logged off times. ... though you'd also have to add that there's nothing much to *kill*, so 70% of what you can do in it depends on your herbing.)"
Tesla says, "I may be safe from this game. I get sick of resource-gathering pretty quickly and just want to kill things."
Tesla says, "... then I get sick of killing things and go gather resources."
Whitney says, "Once you've gathered things, you build shit with them."
Whitney says, "Actually, you don't built shit. To get shit you need sheep."
Brooks says, "And then you grow things with it?"
Whitney says, "You can turn it into fertiliser, yes."
Whitney says, "I'd be able to do this if I didn't have LAZY BEES."
Tesla says, "This may be the first time in my life I've heard that phrase."
Whitney says, "[arawen] finds it amusingly indicative of something unspecified."
Whitney says, "... I am either going to love or hate empty hand puzzles, and I haven't decided which yet."
Whitney says, "Argh. I have got to get a better goddamn loom before I kill something in frustration."
Whitney says, "And I don't think I have anything to kill other than a sheep."
Whitney rocks another carrot wave. Boom.
[ Editorial note: These were comments made over an extended period in the afternoon in which nobody else was saying anything much. ]
Whitney shakes a fist at her bees.
Tesla [
oneironaut] gets home. "... bees?"Whitney says, "Of all the strange things I've said about the game I'm playing, you query the *bees*?"
Brooks [
brooksmoses] says, "I suspect they were tame enough to actually be real-world plausible?"Whitney says, "'Rides the carrot wave'?"
Whitney says, "'The only thing I have to kill is a sheep'?"
Whitney says, "Empty hand puzzles?"
Whitney says, "These are *plausible*, compared to *bees*?"
Tesla laughs hard.
Tesla says, "I assumed the carrot wave was an unpleasantly evocative euphemism for vomiting. Probably because I've recently watched two animated films that take place at sea and involve carrot jokes."
Whitney says, "I can't eat carrots in reality, I'm severely allergic."
Tesla says, "That doesn't necessarily discount my euphemism theory! Given that one of the jokes was 'Why is it always carrots? I didn't even eat carrots!'"
Whitney says, "Hah."
Whitney says, "So what's your explanation for the sheep?"
Whitney says, "... there's a fine out of context comment right there."
Tesla cackles.
Tesla says, "Sheep I assume are in that game you're playing. ... which I also know for a fact to contain bees, which explains the bees."
Tesla says, "Now that I, y'know, think about it."
Brooks returns to the window. No, I meant the bees were plausible, compared to those, and thus might be something non-game.
Brooks says, "Though, I had no idea what a empty hand puzzle was."
Tesla says, "Pretty much. Whitney's sheep and empty hand puzzles are obviously fictional. But she might very well be having some kind of bee problem. And I assumed she was talking about an actual loom because having one wouldn't be altogether out of character for Whitney, who I know owns a ball of yarn and therefore is capable of anything."
Brooks has an out-of-context realization that he should be concerned that Suzi is learning to knit.
Whitney says, "I figured that you might find the loom intrinsically plausible, even though I haven't actually *built* my real one yet, so I didn't categorise it as weird things I've said about the game. ;)"
Whitney says, "Empty hand puzzles, for context, are 'You have a set of symbols and a set of rules for turning symbols into other symbols. Turn your set of symbols into nothing.'"
Brooks says, "Huh. Interesting."
Brooks says, "Do the rules go both directions, or is it possible to get oneself stuck?"
Whitney says, "It is possible to get oneself stuck."
Whitney says, "I suspect you would quite like this game, Brooks, in dangerous and distracted ways."
Brooks suspects so too.
Brooks is thus ignoring any url you point me at.
Brooks says, "Because, yes."
Whitney says, "On the upside, I have gotten to the point in the game where I can progress with reasonable efficiency on some things by *turning it off*. This is useful."
Tesla laughs.
Whitney says, "(For context, Tesla, imagine if Warcraft would let you wander around and herb or mine or something in all your logged off times. ... though you'd also have to add that there's nothing much to *kill*, so 70% of what you can do in it depends on your herbing.)"
Tesla says, "I may be safe from this game. I get sick of resource-gathering pretty quickly and just want to kill things."
Tesla says, "... then I get sick of killing things and go gather resources."
Whitney says, "Once you've gathered things, you build shit with them."
Whitney says, "Actually, you don't built shit. To get shit you need sheep."
Brooks says, "And then you grow things with it?"
Whitney says, "You can turn it into fertiliser, yes."
Whitney says, "I'd be able to do this if I didn't have LAZY BEES."
Tesla says, "This may be the first time in my life I've heard that phrase."
Whitney says, "[
arawen] finds it amusingly indicative of something unspecified."
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So also, one warning with sheep-- they will starve and die if you don't feed them. This was a nasty surprise to me since that used to not happen. (Turns out it was a bug, and they fixed it, much to my-- and my sheeps'-- distress. I will be in the market for more sheep later on, once I have a good stash of onions built up..)
How are things going? I've been crazy busy and tired this week, so I haven't been on much, obviously...
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I had over 500 onions before I built my sheep pen. ;) I now have four sheep, someone gave me a female when I snagged a male wild spawn and they've been breeding.
Went on a dig yesterday, got boku rocks.
Need to find one more person for Harmony init, actually (I got almost all of them from friendly people at the dig), and am collecting Leadership init signatures. I really want to get to level 4, damnit.
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Also, if you hadn't noticed yet, you can sign your own leadership petition. 8)
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I was my first supporter! ;)
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Meanwhile:
Me, to
Me: We haven't researched structural pottery yet.
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Empty hand puzzles sound cool, though.
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*goes to google*
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I'm playing A Tale In the Desert, a subscription multiplayer online Egypt sim. Research things, build things, run a farm, learn acrobatics, etc.