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by Sidhekin
Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:51 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Only Individual 2015-06-19
Replies: 42
Views: 24281

Re: Only Individual 2015-06-19

MerchManDan wrote:
Opus the Poet wrote:At least Pickle and aunty (M? Bud?) are enjoying the day at the pool.
It's Mon. Bud is wearing black.
… are you joking?

… or did the art change before I got around to it? 8-)
by Sidhekin
Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:43 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Just Spring Something 2015-06-05
Replies: 55
Views: 23422

Re: Just Spring Something 2015-06-05

… "the last surviving head of state who served in uniform during the Second World War" …
by Sidhekin
Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:23 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Ran Away 2015-06-03
Replies: 54
Views: 31027

Re: Ran Away 2015-06-03

Now normally I'd take "grandma was evil," as simple teenage hyperbole and take in to account "insane" as being the driving factor behind any "evil" seeming tendencies. However this being Wapsi Square and deep in the everyday paranormal... On a scale from "Baba Yag...
by Sidhekin
Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:46 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: My Friend 2015-06-02
Replies: 81
Views: 36438

Re: My Friend 2015-06-02

And lastly... Let's say that Phix, or Shelly... or Monica turns Mrs. Gotlieb into tuna salad. How do you think Jessie would react? How do you think Devyn, or the rest of the IBTC would react? The rest of the school? Atsali would have to live with everyone being terrified of her for the rest of her ...
by Sidhekin
Wed May 27, 2015 5:05 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Make Us Proud 2015-05-27
Replies: 44
Views: 18873

Re: Make Us Proud 2015-05-27

"I'm sorry, but I don't think I squeak your language."
by Sidhekin
Mon May 25, 2015 2:13 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Wanna Join Me - 2015-05-20
Replies: 36
Views: 15057

Re: Wanna Join Me - 2015-05-20

Heh. My myopia never was that bad, and still isn't. But my astigmatism has gotten really bad.

Used to be I could focus pretty well just by squinting. Well, that (sorta) takes care of the myopia, but it doesn't do squat about astigmatism …
by Sidhekin
Fri May 22, 2015 4:20 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Wanna Join Me - 2015-05-20
Replies: 36
Views: 15057

Re: Wanna Join Me - 2015-05-20

On a side note, I've never really thought about how people with really bad eyesight who wear glasses manage in public pools. Swimming with them on wouldn't be that great of an idea, I'd imagine, and I've heard that wearing contacts in the pool can be a very unpleasant thing. I guess that you don't ...
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:40 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Think Like That 2015-04-30
Replies: 65
Views: 42306

Re: Think Like That 2015-04-30

You know, I am feeling extremely frustrated by this site's need for me to constantly log back in whenever I look at another tab on my freaking iPad. Are you sure you are checking "Log me on automatically each visit" when you log in? Won't work on my devices. Computer or iPad, due to how I...
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

Catawampus wrote:
Sidhekin wrote:Minds are like parachutes — they function only when they are open.
Of course, a parachute that opens improperly isn't very helpful, while one that is open all of the time would be a considerable hindrance.

And a closed parachute makes a nice pillow.
*salutes*
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:56 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

But our perception of reality is an artificial construct based upon our own personal sampling of reality through the filter of our own senses and consciousness. . . I invite you to re-assert that after stepping out of an airplane at Angels 20, sincerely believing that you don't need a parachute. Mi...
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:45 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Across Calhoun 2015-04-23
Replies: 48
Views: 20031

Re: Across Calhoun 2015-04-23

Or they could wind up dragging Calista along on their elaborate plots and schemes.

Which would also, for Cricket, be an interesting change …
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:57 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

AnotherFairportfan wrote:Now you're just multiplying entities unnecessarily.
No, merely keeping an open mind.

I'd say the "consensus reality" and fictions' posited conformance to it are the entities produced by unnecessary multiplication.
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:59 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

You're ignoring the possibility that "consensus reality" is multiplying entities unnecessarily – or failing to multiply entities necessarily.

Or both.

ETA: Wait, "possibility"?! Make that "certainty"!
by Sidhekin
Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:59 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

Actually, it does apply - it's the principle of parsimony - assume no variance fro consensus reality that the author has not established. That's not Occam's Razor. Occam's Razor is the principle of parsimony - broadly stated "Do not multiply entities unnecessarily" - and it applies to mor...
by Sidhekin
Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:31 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

Occam's Razor really doesn't apply to fiction. But fiction, as Twain, Clancy et al have noted, has to make sense. And while within the established setting, chlorinated water does, liquid fairy dust doesn't. Actually, it does apply - it's the principle of parsimony - assume no variance fro consensus...
by Sidhekin
Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:44 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21
Replies: 78
Views: 35569

Re: Favorite Brother 2015-04-21

Occam's Razor really doesn't apply to fiction.

But fiction, as Twain, Clancy et al have noted, has to make sense. And while within the established setting, chlorinated water does, liquid fairy dust doesn't.
by Sidhekin
Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:48 pm
Forum: Wapsi Square General Discussion
Topic: That Darn Symbol
Replies: 8
Views: 9483

Re: That Darn Symbol

TazManiac has an Aries symbol, but GlytchMeister has dragged up the (Unicode presentation) of the womb Hieroglyph I found.

I still hold to the womb. 8-)
by Sidhekin
Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:29 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Mommy Rules 2015-04-07
Replies: 78
Views: 41149

Re: Mommy Rules 2015-04-07

Actually, when you want a solution, you state the specific, solvable problem. Just ask anyone who ever did tech support … "People are writing me off as something sexual"? That's not a solvable problem, sweetie. You can't, in general, make choices for other people: People will continue to w...
by Sidhekin
Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:45 pm
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Just A Kid 20115-04-06
Replies: 46
Views: 23662

Re: Just A Kid 20115-04-06

Something just occurred to me... There are people who actually turn their computer OFF, at night??? :P sidhekin@purplehat[00:40:50]~$ uptime 00:40:51 up 91 days, 22:38, 31 users, load average: 1,31, 1,77, 1,89 sidhekin@purplehat[00:40:51]~$ (Yep, sounds about right; I turned it off before boarding ...
by Sidhekin
Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:12 am
Forum: Daily Wapsi Square Discussion
Topic: Know That Feeling 2015-04-02
Replies: 43
Views: 26049

Re: Know That Feeling 2015-04-02

"Yes!! That!" +++long term memory banks activating+++ Didn't Shelly say that to someone long ago? (our time). I've got a tingle at the back of my brain saying she said that to Bud? Anyone ready to do a forum dive and find the right page? Yeah - it was Shelly to Bud, i'm pretty sure. You'r...