Utterly Mad
The Pit => General Discussion => Topic started by: ApatheticExcuse on August 12, 2016, 02:50:51 pm
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GUYS, LOOK HOW UNIQUE AND NON-BANDWAGONY I AM!
Seriously though. Bandwagons cause genocide and I don't want to miss out.
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do you like butts?
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Just yours.
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What's your excuse for being apathetic?
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What's your excuse for being apathetic?
I don't know. I didn't care enough to think of one. It would probably be a pathetic excuse anyway.
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How many mass graves have you dug?
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How many mass graves have you dug?
One. You don't need more if you dig the first one right.
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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Compared to beavers, groundhogs and woodchucks are not particularly adept at moving timber, although some will chew wood. As your question implies that they could indeed become adept at chucking wood, I will try to answer to the best of my ability operating under that assumption.
There is one further issue with the query - no motivation is given as to why the woodchuck would chuck the wood. One would assume that were it simply an enjoyable activity, there would be no limitations on how much wood the woodchuck would chuck, assuming the woodchuck could chuck wood. However, if we must put a finite number on this based on the lifespan of a woodchuck and the earliest age at which it could chuck wood, we can use the following equation.
We'll work with the following assumption:
Average daily rate of wood chucked (ADR): 50 logs per day
Average Life Span of a woodchuck (ALS): 5 years
Earliest chucking age of a woodchuck (ECA): 1 year
Days in a year = 365.25 (to account for calendar drift)
And use this simple formula:
total wood chucked (TWC)=365.25*(ALS-ECA)*ADR
which would mean
TWC=365.25*(5-1)*50=73,050 logs. As an average.
Converting this to pounds using an online "how much does a log weigh" calculator, and assuming a 10 inch diameter, two foot long birch log, this comes out to an astonishing 3,652,500 pounds of wood. I feel as though actually reaching this number would, however, push our woodchuck from chucking wood for enjoyment into the chucking wood as an form of mental disorder territory.
If we assume the woodchuck relies on wood for sustenance, then the answer would likely be none - wood chucking is significantly more labour intensive than simply eating it on the spot, so regardless of if the woodchuck could chuck wood, it would be safe to assume that's what the wood chuck would do, unless it also would chuckle about chucking wood as implied above. If we assume the woodchuck is attempting to start a fire, which is also not typical woodchuck behavior and should cause you concern and the involvement of an animal psychologist if you notice such activities being performed by or fascinating your woodchuck, we can assume the woodchuck would chuck only the amount required to start the blaze and simply rely on the fact that it's been a REALLY dry summer to do the rest - this would only require several ounces of wood, and perhaps a sturdy stick and bow assembly to start the initial reaction, assuming you've been a good parent and have not let your woodchuck access a lighter.
In my opinion, which is also shared by at least one biologist at Cornell University, the most logical motivation that would apply to a woodchuck who would chuck wood if a woodchuck could chuck wood, assuming it has no compulsive disorder, would be that it would do so to make a home for itself. Measuring the volume of the inside of a typical woodchuck burrow tells us that the empirical answer to the question is roughly 700 pounds, assuming the burrow was burrowed into wood rather than dirt.
Edit: This sort of thing is exactly why I cautioned you guys not to ask me anything.
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Did you do the math or did you Google it?
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Both, kinda. Math comes from me, but is based heavily on an answer I saw on Quora a while back to the same question and might as well have been copied. Log calculator was googled because believe it or not, I generally don't need to know the weight of a specific length and diameter of log cut from a specific type of tree to exist happily in day to day life.
I didn't google the Cornell study, but only because I already knew about it from google telling me previously. Unfortunately I was unable to find an online version of the only other study I know of, which is called something like "The ability of woodchucks to transport mass amounts of cellulose fibre in a natural form" or something. That one won an Ignobel prize.
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How many breads have you eaten in your life?
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What is your Stand?
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What is your Stand?
King War, capable of punching anything!
How many breads have you eaten in your life?
Combined with your question about the graves, I'm beginning to think you're working for the Board of Bread Inquiry. As of such, I cannot respond to this question, nor confirm or deny I have ever met or know anything about these missing breads.
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Are many wedgies are you going to get for overthinking wood chucking as severely as I overthink draconic biology? :V
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None. I'm large and have a .45 calibre anti-wedgie device. Besides, SOMEONE has to look into these things, for science!
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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
Unfortunately, I do not have access to the 1989 World Atlas and the game refuses to give up it's secrets without one. I think the real questions isn't where, but when.
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Assuming Apathetic didn't eat her. o3o
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PSh. I'm not..... a dragon! J'accuse!
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You assumed I meant that kind of eating?
Also, some derp ensuing on the fort thread. Need suggestions for what to dorf...er, bold you as. o3o
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Combined with your question about the graves, I'm beginning to think you're working for the Board of Bread Inquiry.
Nobody exbreads the Inquisition!
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Combined with your question about the graves, I'm beginning to think you're working for the Board of Bread Inquiry.
Nobody exbreads the Inquisition!
Indeed. After all, rye would you?
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Combined with your question about the graves, I'm beginning to think you're working for the Board of Bread Inquiry.
Nobody exbreads the Inquisition!
Indeed. After all, rye would you?
Y u do dis?
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Yer a dum poopy face
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You're a volleyball that we only pretend is a person.
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*sobs*
YOU'RE RIGHT
*runs off crying*
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Why must you make our favorite painted volleyball cry? ;w;
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"A hobby is a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time."
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Where's yer pot 'o gold?
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Super serious question time!
Is pineapple an acceptable topping on a pizza?
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More acceptable than chicken and white sauce, less than red meat.
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Heresy. Don't you know chicken is great on pizza? Especially with bacon. D:
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Chicken is one of the best toppings on a Pizza.
Pineapple is unarguably the worst.
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What can I say, I'm a man of simple tastes.
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I don't think I ever asked;
Would you like to leave your body to evil sciences? or evil arts?
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That assumes I'd leave a body.
But should I, I'd certainly have no real objection to it. Provided I don't get used as a simple zombie or some other mundane non-sense.
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That assumes I'd leave a body.
But should I, I'd certainly have no real objection to it. Provided I don't get used as a simple zombie or some other mundane non-sense.
No no. Evil sciences is things like testing the limits of a reinforced skeleton or building a flesh juggernaut. The helldozer project is still ongoing, so you could be involved.
Evil arts are things like having your bones carved and arranged into thrones or having your skin made into a rug or a painters canvas.
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Helldozing sounds kinda promising. Otherwise, in this modern world of uncertain afterlife destinations and experiences, I think I'd kinda like to keep my body mostly intact in case I end up stuck in there.
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Do you like gals with sixpacks
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Yeah. It's great when the beer is free.
Come dwarf!
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Th- the other kind of Sixpack.
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Those are ok too, though I think I like the free beer better.
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Those are ok too, though I think I like the free beer better.
What about both? o3o
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Those are ok too, though I think I like the free beer better.
What about both? o3o
Nothing wrong with that, though I typically try to avoid women that can kick my ass.
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Those are ok too, though I think I like the free beer better.
What about both? o3o
Nothing wrong with that, though I typically try to avoid women that can kick my ass.
Lame.
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Don't like being on bottom, eh? XP
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I like it a bit rough, but in my experience fitness buffs don't know the difference between good rough and OH GOD THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
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But what about women with Six-packs?
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They fall under fitness buffs usually. Also, muscle-y boobs are strange.
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But Six Packs
I'm hoping you'll get the joke
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Oh...
I guess I wouldn't be too against boning a woman with you strapped to her stomach. As long as you kept fairly quiet.
And with the caveat that you take a turn in the DF game. Yes.
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And with the caveat that you take a turn in the DF game. Yes.
Oh right, I forgot to harass Six to join our fort too. o3o
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Having absolutely zero understanding of DF after multiple attempts, thinking I'd worked it out once and then discovering I am in fact John Snow, I'm gonna have to say nk.
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Well, in that case, I'd settle for eventually having that hearthstone game we were apparently supposed to have like a year ago.
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Butbutbut kobolds. ;w;
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I will take seventeen turns if need be, and simply pretend I have multiple personalities.
In seriousness, I suppose I should prod Caconym now that the Windows 10 thing is unfucked and see if he'd/she'd/it'd (I dunno, cats are its, no?) still like a go.
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Yess, pester Caconym. See if he/she/shi/they/it would like to. o3o
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Pestered.
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Would you rather have to run 1/2 a mile, wearing a coat made of pilchards through a flock of starving puffins; or climb up a telegraph pole which is coated in cheese graters and then jump off into a skip full of mousetraps wearing only a swimsuit ?
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I'll take the sardines. Seems like pretty much no contest there as I can run fairly fast and am pretty sure puffins are small enough to dropkick.
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Onion rings or fries with burgers?
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Both. Plus an extra burger. All for only $10 at DQ.
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Bump!
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You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’'s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on it's back. The tortoise lays on it's back, it's belly baking in the hot sun, beating it's legs trying to turn itself over, but it can'’t, not without your help. But you’'re not helping. Why is that?
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If you were part of a vigilante organization that uses animal masks, which one would you use?
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If you were part of an animal vigilante organisation that uses human masks, which one would you use?
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If you were part of an animal vigilante organisation that uses human masks, which one would you use?
Wouldn't that be the Ex-President gang?
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Bump!
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You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’'s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on it's back. The tortoise lays on it's back, it's belly baking in the hot sun, beating it's legs trying to turn itself over, but it can'’t, not without your help. But you’'re not helping. Why is that?
There isn't much for food in the desert, and I've been walking a while. I'm also completely unprepared and don't know how to get at the tasty bits while it's still able to bite me.
If you were part of a vigilante organization that uses animal masks, which one would you use?
I'd wear the noble mask of the Asian sheepshead wrasse.
If you were part of an animal vigilante organisation that uses human masks, which one would you use?
Depends what type of animal I am. If I don't have to fit a snout under it, I'd probably use the death mask of von Goethe.
If I have a snout, some super stereotypical Jewish mask.
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"They" are coming to your house to "take care of you once and for all", what does it mean and what do you do about it?
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Someone is finally here to demonstrate how to use Tupperware. I welcome this with open arms, hearts, and minds, as I could really use a convenient food storage system.
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Will you ever be unbusy enough to join the apocalyptic nonsense? ;w;
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Will Faster than Light ever be updated again? (¬‿¬)
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Will you ever be unbusy enough to join the apocalyptic nonsense? ;w;
That, I don't know. If you guys were playing 0.C, then I could likely find time. I know how 0.C works. I don't have much time to learn whatever mess of a experimental is being used. Thus far, anyway.
Will Faster than Light ever be updated again? (¬‿¬)
It will likely be re-booted. I learned a couple things about DMing.
I also learned that the mechanics don't take well to the forum. To make a long story short, unless some very specific things happened, you all would have died at that first stop. I had no way to find a way to explain how to get around it without being cheese, and had no way of sharing the mechanics well enough that you guys could have had a chance to figure it out. Like I say, learned a bit about DM'ing.
I rehashed about half the mechanics, then work got busy enough that I had more to do than time to do it. Then, I got sidetracked with a project which will eventually be shared here. Then I bought BF1, and started playing computer games again. Oops.
So, TL;DR, yeah, there will eventually be a modified reboot.
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That, I don't know. If you guys were playing 0.C, then I could likely find time. I know how 0.C works. I don't have much time to learn whatever mess of a experimental is being used. Thus far, anyway.
But you're missing out on More Survival Tools, a less outdated MShock, Arcana mod...
Why are you such a heretic? ;w;
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Because Trump really was marginally better than Clinton.