James
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That's bullshit. They should have used actual dog-people.
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It's presumably relevant that it's in the 1960s.
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If that's the answer it's terrible.
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So good. I expect/demand a blog tour of the Campo Santo office art once it's all framed and on the wall.
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Might the fact that the sun's position is variable mean that it'd be slightly more than 1? You could have leaves in positions that would receive light some of the time. They wouldn't be at peak energy efficiency, but if what energy they do receive exceeds the energy taken to grow them, they're still worthwhile. Perhaps that's why the maths works out as 1 - 2, rather than just 1. Or perhaps not.
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I also know it, but only because I've heard the same question before.
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Did he say "Hilarious Avenue"?!
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Very interesting. I'd considered before the difficulty of avoiding gender stereotypes without denying the existence of gender; it sounds like it's even trickier than I thought. This sentence stood out to me: While it's important that some do attempt to produce "havens of progressive social ideas and forward thinking", I think that it's also very important that smaller steps are made in games nothing to do with that. In fact, as far as I can fathom, normalising positive attitudes pretty much requires it. You shouldn't have to go looking for well-rounded portrayals of people; they should be everywhere.
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Yeah, some of these remind me of how good having cats was.
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This is not the thread for that!
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Chicken-themed cheese-inspired puff-like forms
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I will knock that dog over and drench it with a firehose.
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Haha, brilliant. It should probably be faster, though.
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I love this kitten so much.
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"Him and Jake" is entirely grammatical, but "Jake and him" might be preferred stylistically. I'm not sure whether that applies to all personal pronouns, though, or just "I". As to whether it should be "him" or "he" (or "me" or "I"), just remove the other item from the conjunction: you wouldn't say "I definitely agree with he", so don't say "I definitely agree with he and Jake". A lot of people believe that as soon as you add another person, all references to the self become "I", but that isn't true. "He and I are going to the cinema" is correct, but "She will come to the cinema with he and I" is wrong. While, as I said, I didn't have much of a problem with the film, I think the fact that the film is for kids is probably reason to be more careful about the subtleties of its characterisation, not more lenient. The less damage done at an early age, the less to be undone later. Which isn't to say that all kids' stuff should be completely sterile, but I think it's important for writers to be mindful of these issues, and critical punches shouldn't be pulled for children's media. Anyway, that was more of a theoretical point than anything else.
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I saw the Lego Movie with my sister and nephew on Saturday.
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Wait, am I the only one to turn on the hose as soon as the map loads? I assumed pretty much everyone would do that. Anyway, it was great to have so many people. Here's hoping it wasn't just some fluke. I guess we're losing Miffy for a bit, though.
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Hello all new people. Also: welcome. Wasker, the Let's Draw Video Games thread in Idle Banter might be worth checking out, with regards to user art and all that.
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Haha, wow. That looked even better from your perspective. That policeman was great. He kept approaching with his gun levelled at me, backing off as soon as he got close, then approaching again, over and over.
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To be fair to Wikipedia, their going beyond what's required by copyright law is a deliberate policy in order to place themselves beyond reproach in terms of freeness. If they had a more laissez-faire attitude like a site such as YouTube, the subject of the freeness of the content could become horribly muddied, which I think matters. Sure, the bureaucracy can be annoying at times and absurd at others, but I think that's kind of inevitable for a site with literally hundreds of thousands of contributors. I think it's amazing that it runs as well as it does. Rigid systems exist because editors have to deal with tons of this stuff every day, and presumably a lot of the time people are trying to cheat the system.
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I woke up a bit earlier than usual, groggily realized the archive might be up, watched it, and was delighted. A great way to start the day.
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I'm going to sleep the fuck out of this livestream.
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I laughed out (very) loud.
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Yes! Do it!
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I know this has been dragged out quite long enough, but I'd just add that it might be relevant whether there are any surviving victims, too -- I'd say there's the potential for at least as much psychological harm to them as psychological benefit to the artist.
