Why are diamond sellers getting away with selling impure diamonds at higher prices than pure ones? I know the natural diamond industry is corrupt as hell, but come on.
I found this. How spot-on is it?
please remember to keep the Saturn in Saturnalia.
For the Mandrake Defense Initiative. Ever since 15 years ago when Ramuthra breached the Pentacle surrounding Bulwark Nathaniel, Prime Minister Rupert Deveraux has been working tirelessly to establish this paramilitary force. Ten years ago our mission was simple: Reach Bulwark Nathaniel with at least one Afrit and its pilot intact to install the latest version of the Pentacle System. That mission failed, leaving both Afrits dead and mangled in a monument to those who died that day. Since then, MDI has been amassing an army to deal with the Great Spirits that surround Bulwark Ptolemy, our final defense against those wretched demons. In addition to adult who will serve ordinary foot soldiers, we are also recruiting teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 to pilot our new and improved Afrits. Come to our open psychological examination and see if you have what it takes to be a hero to our fair city!
I had a dream last night where I helped a short and black version of Santa who looked like the DJ elf in Fred Claus deliver gifts and at one point it panned out to a logo that read, "Messa with the Gross Santa."
I've been toying with the idea of putting together a Gurren Lagann roleplay fireteam for the raid once I've got my Hunter ready to be Simon, but it's going to take a while since I haven't even made the character yet.
Just thought I'd make a thread for it.
1. Got up at 4 AM and went to work without having breakfast until my first break at 8:45 AM. 2. Had only a bag of M&Ms and a single Ibuprofen tablet for breakfast. 3. Actually managed to download a whole 600 MB song through my work's wi-fi. 4. Danced a little while working. 5. Spoke along with Abbot and Costello's Who's on First, in character, while working. 6. Played high speed pattycake to the tune of Yankee Doodle with a singing Japanese robot.
I decided to scrap all of the characters for a story I'm conceptualizing in favor of deciding many of their traits with dice rolls based on realistic population figures. Coin flip for male/female, 1d6 for masculine (1, 2)/feminine (3, 4)/non-binary (5, 6) (placeholder, will change when I find out the actual figures), and 1d1000 for cis/transgender (1, 2, or 3 = trans). Gay/straight/bi will directly correlate with the male/female coin flip based on which characters develop in such a way that they might make for interesting romantic arcs. All characters are to be assumed asexual until otherwise developed. Similarly, things like gender (which is ternary for now just for simplicity's sake; I may expand non-binary to make it more inclusive later) and cis/trans won't be rolled until they actually come up. This is to ensure that I don't write characters around those traits and instead apply those traits in ways that fit the characters. The only thing I can think of that I'm having trouble with is race. For one thing, how many races are there? Specifically, I need to know about North America/the Middle East and how prevalent each race is in those areas. I'd look it up myself but I'm not sure if I know what exactly counts as a race anymore. Should I flip a coin for white/dark and then roll a die for different dark races if it lands that way or are there lots of races that could be considered white that I need to account for as well, rendering the coin flip pointless? Why am I doing this? I had a lesbian character who seemed like she made for good QuILTBAG representation, but then I realized that I was only making her gay as a literary mechanism. The audience first meets her in the middle of her character development without seeing what her status quo was like. Making her gay was just a convenient way of getting to her backstory by means of a lighthearted flashback to her coming out. I realized that would probably be considered problematic in some circles, so I decided to rethink my representation and after a few weeks of thinking about it off and on I finally said, "**** it, I'll just do like god does and leave everything up to chance so nobody can complain." Anyway, that's pretty much it. Am I missing any personality traits that would be feasible to roll for? Their actual personalities will be based on my doing a Myers Briggs test in character for each of them and basing their behaviors on those results. (Also, please let me know if this can fit elsewhere. I thought about posting in the Writing Workshop, but it seemed like a more involved thing than that's meant for. Discussion seemed okay, but it's a question that I need an answer to, not a discussion that I would be participating in.)
PIGEONS PIGEONS PIGEONS
Hmm. There's something deep and meaningful about those words. #justbuzznavthings
To that end, I say we ban 10% of all types of members who make up more than 50% of the userbase.
A game I had preordered that I thought was coming out in early January actually comes out this Tuesday and I don't have money for it and Alpha Sapphire, which I just paid off my preorder on.
What exactly is the extent of Beast Boy's ability to transform? I mean, he's been shown to be able to change into alien animals so couldn't he theoretically turn into pretty much any animal? Is there anything actually stopping him from turning into a Kryptonian and becoming a green Superman?
And really, that's the only word that I can think of to describe it well. This is the first time in a while (or, perhaps, ever) that something on Cartoon Network has really captured my attention like this. Shows like Flapjack and Adventure Time came close in a different way, but Over the Garden Wall is definitely the pinnacle of what I love about those shows. It's funny, creepy, deep, compelling, imaginative, and every episode makes me love it even more. It even radiates that "Ghibli-ness" that I can never get enough of. I don't know how I haven't heard of this show before last week, but I couldn't be happier that I gave it a shot instead of dismissing it as the sort of the thing I'm used to seeing on Cartoon Network. That's pretty much it. There is only one word to adequately describe this series and that word is "enchanting."
explain why a multi-billion dollar company can't afford 2-ply toilet paper in their bathrooms?
It's made me like Ikki. It's given Asami depth. It's brought intriguing political situations to a show meant for children. It convinced me that the Beifong Family Tree is more than just a joke made by some silly person on tumblr. It showed that Korra is capable of making good decisions. It made Bolin more than just a Sokka expy. What's next? Ozai having breakfast at Milliways?
Awwww yissssss.
http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/101434551526/dubs-or-subs
