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00:06 * Ali eeps and brushies DashedTheFilly
00:08 * PinkieShy hugs Ali
00:08 * DashedTheFilly licks the Ali a lot
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00:19 * Schism boops the Ali with a bowl of vanilla yogurt mixed with sour cherry jam and a honeyed granola.
00:19 <Cepheid> So, if any of you ever get the idea to get into electronics, do me a favour and keep one thing in mind.
00:19 * Ali squeaks
00:20 <Cepheid> If you put bright white or blue LEDs on your device telling me that the device is off, I will murder you in your sleep with a toothpick.
00:20 <Dranae> Jesus why
00:20 <Dranae> The stanard is red/orange
00:20 <DashedTheFilly> Hmm I'll do it
00:21 <Cepheid> Even then it isn't right to use a powered LED to tell me a device is off.
00:22 <Cepheid> I have a TV here. Red light when it's off. Bright orange when on. Thus monitor? Orange when off. Blinding blue when on.
00:23 <Cepheid> My PC? Bright blinding white lights when powered on, flashing when in standby, and when off? Internal CPU fan and GPU are lit up like the [REDACTED] aurora birealis.
00:23 <Cepheid> It's no wonder I can't sleep.
00:27 <ADragonDreaming> bizarre
00:27 <ADragonDreaming> how are studies going?
00:31 <Schism> A train station in New Rochelle was shut down after a suspicious package was spotted. This box contained a new "Help Points" system, which is meant to help commuters call in a suspicious package.
00:33 <DashedTheFilly> That certainly doesn't help sleep
00:34 <Lumindia> ... I mean, mission accomplished?
00:35 <ADragonDreaming> !log
00:35 <Unixkitty> https://unixkitty.com/logs/EquestriaDaily/latest.log.html
00:42 <DashedTheFilly> Sigh, almost time to leave
00:42 <Schism> Pffff, the character of Alushy is just... yeah.
01:01 <DashedTheFilly> Then to forcibly eat, then pass out a few hours then repeat the whole thing
01:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Tale Adventures Version .3 Now Live [ http://tinyurl.com/y65xx6r9 ]
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01:52 <Schism> Ah, the legendary Joestar secret technique.
01:55 <DashedTheFilly> Well, meh
02:00 <Cepheid> So, far as I can tell, I cannot sleep because A) Stress, and B) Breathing issues. More B than A.
02:00 <Cepheid> I am gonna go on a rampage, shave my head, shave my nose, apply nasal rinse, apply nasal spray, apply OTC "sinus" medication.
02:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #1969 [ http://tinyurl.com/y5nfbvma ]
02:08 <Schism> And lots of perfume-free laundry detergent.
02:14 <Hajnal> Shave your...nose?
02:15 <Cepheid> Your nose has hair in it meant to prevent contaminants from getting in.
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02:24 <Cepheid> Word of advice. After doing a thorough nose trimming, do *not* apply a nasal spray.
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03:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Soldiers of The Night - 4 Everfreebrony [ http://tinyurl.com/y42xgwhe ]
03:25 <Schism> Lumindia: I was looking forward to when someone used the 'meddling kids' line.
03:26 <Hajnal> I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
03:33 <Ali> Schism, I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling kids
03:34 <Schism> Exactly!
03:34 <Schism> "And your ... your... whatever the crap you are."
04:16 <DashedTheFilly> I iz back
04:17 <Hajnal> Welcome back, Dashed.
04:18 <DashedTheFilly> I got some needed clarity
04:22 <Hajnal> Clarity?
04:34 <DashedTheFilly> I forgot about partial hospitalization
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05:15 <Hajnal> Ah.
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05:25 <jay87> Quote
05:25 <jay87> no... not the borgers, trixie cant resist the borgers!
05:25 <jay87> >no not the borgers
05:26 <jay87> >not the fucking borgers
05:26 <Jackie> wat
05:27 <Jackie> Trixie doesn't even like burgers
05:27 <Jackie> lol
05:27 <Jackie> She loves peanut butter
05:27 <jay87> https://www.ponychan.net/pony/src/1572922039901.jpg
05:27 <jay87> borgers
05:28 <Jackie> Ew, ponychan
05:28 * Jackie feels like this guy is shitposting
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05:33 * Jackie smooches DashedTheFilly's snoot
05:36 * DashedTheFilly curls up
05:36 * Jackie rubs back
05:38 * DashedTheFilly sighs
05:39 <Jackie> What's wrong?
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05:41 <DashedTheFilly> a lot of things
05:45 * Jackie cuddles
05:48 <Ali> You know
05:48 <Ali> poke me when we have crap like that
05:48 <Ali> I can get rid of them
05:50 <DashedTheFilly> and now, I feel sick to my stomach
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06:20 * DashedTheFilly boops Ali
06:21 * Ali squeaks at DashedTheFilly
06:21 <DashedTheFilly> How is the Ali today?
06:21 <Ali> Eh, so so
06:22 <DashedTheFilly> :/
06:23 <Ali> my face exactly
06:26 <PinkieShy> My mind isn't with me today XD
06:26 <PinkieShy> In another channel on here, Someone twice today said 'Baghouse' and i misread it as 'BagHorse'
06:26 <DashedTheFilly> I don't know if I should pass out yet
06:28 <DashedTheFilly> There are other active channels on here?
06:33 * DashedTheFilly brushies the Ali
06:33 <Hajnal> It would be surprising if there weren't at least one other active channel here.
06:33 * Ali leans into
06:34 <DashedTheFilly> Such a pretty pony
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06:39 <Schism> "Oh, yea. You look at it, seems perfectly healthy. Granola, and fruit and nut and yogurt and all that healthy pap. Frankly, it looks like health food. But then you take a bit of a closer look, and it's not gonna give you any nutrition at all."
06:42 <Hajnal> Looks can definitely be deceiving.
07:14 <Koopz> being ill sucks
07:14 <Hajnal> Agreed.
07:14 * Ali licks Koopz
07:14 * Ali also drags Schism away from snuggles
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07:20 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
07:20 * ConfusionRift flops hard.
07:22 * Ali flops over ConfusionRift
07:22 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali.
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07:30 <Hajnal> Hey there.
07:31 * ConfusionRift waves.
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08:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: <unspecified> [ http://tinyurl.com/yxchsxfd ]
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08:49 <Jackie> !muffin
08:49 <DerpyBot> Muffins!! You have any? :3
08:49 <Jackie> yes
08:49 <DerpyBot> Thank you!!
08:49 * DerpyBot glomps Jackie
08:49 <Jackie> yay
08:49 <Jackie> DerpyBot is good again
08:50 <ConfusionRift> That was a momentary thing.
08:53 * ConfusionRift pats Derpy's head.
08:55 * DashedTheFilly sits on ConfusionRift
08:55 * Jackie pets DashedTheFilly
08:55 * ConfusionRift also patpats DashedTheFilly. :P
09:00 <Jackie> cute filly puppy
09:06 <ConfusionRift> Be back in a sec.
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09:15 <Finwe> Good forenoon, everypony!
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09:16 * Koopz wants to lie on his couch at home, wrapped in a blanket.
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09:32 <Koopz> This body of mine can't decide wether it is hungry or not. Didn't manage to finish my bowl of cereals this morning. Had to force dinner into myself yesterday, then actually feeling better afterwards
09:40 <Finwe> Capt Koopz.
09:40 <Finwe> o7
09:40 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
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10:05 * ConfusionRift got tired of things not working as they should.
10:23 * ConfusionRift sighs. Be back again.
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10:37 <ConfusionRift> WHYYYY?! I'm so tired of this! It keeps happening!
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11:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #1742 [ http://tinyurl.com/yxfoqud9 ]
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11:29 * ConfusionRift thuds hard.
11:38 * Jackie pets ConfusionRift
11:41 * ConfusionRift throws his controller.
11:42 <ConfusionRift> I'm so tired of Windows having a fit every few days.
11:43 <Cepheid> I don't understand why you have so much trouble. Wasn't steam also causing trouble with your controllers?
11:43 <ConfusionRift> Everything is.
11:45 * ConfusionRift thinks he figured it out. " Gimme a sec."
11:48 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/LuminousOcean/status/1191683285354717184?s=19
11:48 <ConfusionRift> So here's the thing. Scptoolkit stopped recognizing certain controllers, and eventually stopped recognizing my usual controller. Then, DS4Windows worked fine... till it started having a fit with the left analog stick. And now, I'm using InputMapper. Works fine, it seems. Apparently. the cable no longer clamps well on the port of the controller, getting loose and losing connection by the slightest movement.
11:49 <ConfusionRift> Oh yeah, had to retire the PS3 controller. The port got so loose, no cable could hold on.
11:50 <ConfusionRift> Me every morning is me being out on the bed. :P Sleep issues hoooo.
11:51 <Cepheid> Heh.
11:51 <Cepheid> My cat always climbs onto my lap and snuggles within 30 minutes of me waking up.
11:53 * ConfusionRift sighs. He has to get another long cable.
11:53 <ConfusionRift> The other option would be a bluetooth dongle.
12:19 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, I want for my right ear to work right.
12:31 <Cepheid> Gods damnit OC Transpo. It isn't even 8 AM and the trains are on the fritz?
12:35 <Cepheid> Musical chairs with trains and way too many people.
12:38 <Cepheid> !link https://youtu.be/ptlgHwtAls0 ConfusionRift
12:38 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
12:38 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Good Night Mom (La-Mulana) - GaMetal Remix
12:41 <ConfusionRift> 0_0
12:41 <ConfusionRift> All of my yes!
12:45 <ConfusionRift> Man, would had been nice if the outro was Fearless Challenger. :P
12:47 <ConfusionRift> Also, doing a randomizer race with Schism may have been a mistake of mine. (sighs) It does make things interesting)
12:51 <Cepheid> Heh. When I have the free time, I'll have to do one myself. After I do a normal run of the game to refresh my bearings.
12:53 <ConfusionRift> It gets bad sometimes. In our case, the scanner was at the shop in the tower of ruin, which locked us out of many other things. Oh, and many of the health upgrades were for sale in shops, rather than found.
12:53 <Cepheid> Heh.
12:54 <ConfusionRift> What was trippy was that the fake orb at the inferno cavern was the ice cape, which was obtainable. And the fake ankh jewel at the maze was a legit map.
12:55 <ConfusionRift> Oh yeah, maps maps maps maps maps!
12:55 <ConfusionRift> The area maps WILL be scattered. So the map in an area is likely NOT gonna be the area map.
12:58 <ConfusionRift> Don't be surprised if you get multiple maps in one area. :P
13:12 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Comics: Anon's Pie Adventure #?? / Leaves of Change / Storms Lullaby #46 / BoE 7 - 26 [ http://tinyurl.com/y6692dtk ]
13:16 <Cepheid> Fortunately I have a comparatively good memory for map layouts.
13:17 <Cepheid> Compared to say, remembering anything else at all, that is.
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13:25 * ConfusionRift flops. "Have to crash for work. Because I need ze moneeeeeeeyyyyyyz!"
13:25 <ConfusionRift> Laters, and have a good one!
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13:53 * Schism wakes up. "Aw, missed Rifty."
14:00 <Cepheid> School wifi is broken today.
14:01 <Jackie> Why is YouTube so broken
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14:19 <Cepheid> Pack this huge lunch to stay on campus today... And I almost forget that I have an appointment today at 1:45 PM. I would have to leave after class.
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14:50 * Schism offers Cepheid a can of Minmo cat food, certain to be great for Tizzy and Spitfire.
14:50 <Schism> And hah, always happens.
14:56 <Schism> ... Cepheid. https://twitter.com/westwood1sports/status/1191545376878280704
14:59 <Schism> That's like the best thing ever to happen to handegg.
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15:07 <LibrarianofHope> hellllo
15:08 <Schism> Ohey. There's a new Zachtronics game.
15:09 <Schism> The plot: you're a Romanian version of Walter White, with access to a helpful desktop drug synthesizer.
15:12 * DashedTheFilly sighs and chews on LibrarianofHope
15:13 <LibrarianofHope> hoi
15:13 <DashedTheFilly> Hola
15:14 <LibrarianofHope> wolas
15:16 <DashedTheFilly> Meh, another day of the same
15:16 <LibrarianofHope> yeah, me too
15:16 <LibrarianofHope> but its not that bad
15:17 <LibrarianofHope> ever considering taking a hobby you can really master?
15:18 <LibrarianofHope> that helps the mind a lot, it even makes the creative ideas flow better
15:23 <DashedTheFilly> I can't master anything anymore
15:23 <LibrarianofHope> hand cordinattion issues?
15:30 <Cepheid> This prof is getting insulting again. It is impacting my mood.
15:30 <Cepheid> I kinda just want to leave the class at this point and find a quiet place to practice and study.
15:34 <Cepheid> Okay I'm leaving. She keeps taking shots and insulting us. It's pissing me off.
15:38 <Schism> "I don't have to stay here and be insulted like this. I can be insulted somewhere else!"
15:40 <Cepheid> She basically, in polite terms, told us we are all stupid, among other things.
15:45 <Schism> Surely, other students will be following suit and complaining to their advisors.
15:47 <Cepheid> Hard to say. I just know that I'm gonna bring up all the potshots she keeps taking during the professor evaluation we do every semester.
15:49 <Cepheid> Top one today is basically that she's sad and upset at our current grasp of the language, and feels we should be doing much better and that if we continue at our current rate we'll never learn the language properly. Also she doesn't like our previous professor and gets uppity when she finds out said professor didn't follow her preferred curriculum. She also picked on students for making mistakes.
15:50 <Schism> Dearest professor. Have you perhaps given any thought to the idea that if all your students aren't learning as well as you think they should be, maybe the problem is you?
15:50 <Cepheid> She even outright stated she is making our next exam harder because we're taking so long to grasp the language. She was also pissed off about our compositions. She was uoset that most of us wrote about half a page in 30 minutes, etc.
15:50 <Cepheid> We have to now re-write the composition as homework for next Tuesday, and it has to be at least one page.
15:51 * Schism shakes his head. "And that's supposed to help... how, exactly?"
15:51 <Cepheid> 9nly so much one can write about their favourite restaurant and favourite dish with the vocabulary we have.
15:51 <Cepheid> She wants us to do all of this stuff without relying on dictionaries too.
15:52 <Cepheid> Oh, and somehow, we're supposed to know words for colours. Despite the fact that the earliest colour word in the textbook is in chapter 9. We're in chapter 7.
15:52 <Cepheid> And the course progresses through the chapters in sequence.
15:52 <Hajnal> That's basically throwing out everything I was taught about assisting in foreign language acquisition.
15:53 <Cepheid> So we go started chapter 5, then did 6, then did 7, we are supposed to finish 7 today.
15:53 <Cepheid> The way she teaches is... It isn't helpful. It is... Sufficient, but only barely
15:54 <Schism> Hajnal: Everything about Cepheid's Japanese course is a wonder. In that "I wonder if the persons responsible have been fed to sharks yet, and if not, may I assist?"
15:54 <Cepheid> Also she ignored me in class again today for pair work. She didn't pair me with anyone.
15:55 <Cepheid> Last class, she gave us papers with questions to be marked and graded. She used kanji and words we didn't know. I brought this up with her.
15:56 <Schism> I swear, her entire purpose in life seems to be to drive you guano crazy.
15:56 <Cepheid> "Yes, I know, these are kanji we are learning next chapter and I want you to get used to them now." "... But there is no furigana. You can't do this. It stresses me out because then I feel like I missed something in the textbook."
15:57 <Cepheid> I'm tired of it.
15:57 <Cepheid> I have to attend the classes though.
15:57 <DashedTheFilly> Meh
15:58 <Cepheid> I've reached a point where I think I may just not take further classes. I'm gonna study the textbook on my own, practice the vocabulary and kanji on my own, and take the JLPT.
16:00 <Cepheid> In fact it would be cheaper to go that way. $1400 a course.
16:01 <Cepheid> What I'm gonna do is go speak with my previous professor, ask her what the course materials are for later semesters/years, and pick them up myself, then study on my own.
16:01 <Hajnal> If you're up for self-study, I'd back your decision on that. I have a huge list of resources to share if you want more input than just your textbook.
16:02 <Cepheid> Self-study is viable. I tried it before. Just lacked the motivation/focus. But that problem is resolved these days.
16:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Stargazing Rarity Music: Rarity Advocate - Passacaglia [Orchestral] [ http://tinyurl.com/y6crywjk ]
16:03 <Hajnal> I always recommend it to anyone who thinks they have the ability to keep up with it.
16:03 <LibrarianofHope> hajnal? new person owo
16:03 <LibrarianofHope> hello
16:03 <Hajnal> Ayo
16:04 * LibrarianofHope gives hanal introductory cookie
16:05 * Schism casually swaps it out for a dark chocolate cherry jamdrop biscuit.
16:05 <LibrarianofHope> probably better, mine was jsut a cardboard circle with cookie written on it
16:05 * Hajnal prepares to bite into the cookie before realizing it's no longer there.
16:06 <Hajnal> And to think I was just gonna bite into it without even inspecting the thing.
16:08 <LibrarianofHope> what does your name mean?
16:08 <LibrarianofHope> never seen it before
16:09 <Hajnal> It's Hungarian for dawn.
16:09 <Cepheid> If I have the focus, self-teaching is definitely possible for me. I've done it in the past for my GED. I did it for programming, gamedev, appdev and some electronics. I've done it for repairs to laptops, PC maintenance..
16:10 <Cepheid> I just don't like school environments is all. Bad history involving them, so I'm biased.
16:11 <Schism> Could be a major facet of your stress overload, right there.
16:11 <Hajnal> No need to explain to me. There's a reason I recommend self-study whenever available.
16:13 <Cepheid> Schism, as it is, my episodes became more frequent since the atart of the semester. Once a week or two. Meanwhile...
16:14 <Cepheid> My mother actively told me she thinks me attending university was a mistake.
16:14 <Cepheid> So yeah. It's mostly the environment getting to me.
16:14 <Schism> Considering what's going on right now, I'm having a hard time disagreeing there. But we do make mistakes. That's kind of what it means to be human.
16:17 <Cepheid> It is kind of weird that I even considered university in the first place.
16:18 <Schism> You wanted something to do, if memory serves.
16:18 <Cepheid> I went through college, suffering mostly the same problem. I survived it though, but it... I just forgot what happened over the program when I considered university. Sorta like how mothers forget what childbirth is like after they give birth to a child. :P My mother's comment, not mine.
16:19 <Cepheid> The other thing was likely "I need this degree to get a job" but all of a sudden e.ployers are willing to let folks with college diplomas and a portfolio to try.
16:19 <Schism> We do tend to gloss over those memories. :P It's why nostalgia is so dangerous.
16:20 <Cepheid> It's just building that portfolio. I guess what I should do is create some basic apps that implement one or more algorithms, or concepts to show what I can do.
16:21 <Cepheid> So for example, writing a tool to play with and test an A* pathfinding implementation. Or a GUI framework under OGL or Vulkan or D3D. Or a GUI framework that is independent of graphics libraries by abstracting the graphics system, etc.
16:21 <Cepheid> All of which are easy for me to do.
16:22 <Cepheid> Hum, I just remembered something I have to do.
16:23 <Schism> Oh?
16:24 <Cepheid> Respond to an e-mail from health services, then inquire as to whether or not I can just get my referral to the Royal Ottawa Hospital Mental Health Centre from here.
16:24 <Cepheid> It'd be easier than dealing with my doctor.
16:24 * Schism nodnods. "Good idea."
16:24 <Cepheid> ... So, my parents asked me to try 2 of those new tablets to see how they'd affect me, as 1 had very little effect.
16:24 <Schism> Ah... and now you're seeing an effect?
16:25 <Cepheid> Yes.
16:25 <Cepheid> I looked up from my laptop, and it felt like something had placed a weight on my forehead, pushing it back down a bit.
16:26 <Cepheid> I'm also noticing visual symptoms that are complicated to explain.
16:26 <LibrarianofHope> i managed to get a decent light
16:26 <LibrarianofHope> now my nagash does look the part in the pcitures
16:26 <Cepheid> It feels like processing of visual imagery is lagging behind where my eyes are focused.
16:26 <Schism> Cepheid: Well, what's your 1:45?
16:26 <LibrarianofHope> spoopy bone god is spoopy
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16:30 <Cepheid> Respirology.
16:30 <Cepheid> I should go see her.
16:30 <Schism> Aye. And then get home.
16:30 <Cepheid> I'll be fine. I just feel, for lack of a better term, high.
16:30 <Cepheid> Like it's not even sedation or sleepiness.
16:30 <Cepheid> Feels more like my brain has slowed down.
16:31 <Cepheid> Weird. I'm on campus, a known stress-inducing source, and I'm calm.
16:32 <DashedTheFilly> Must be nice to be calm I mean
16:32 <Schism> That does sound like a winner, even with those side effects.
16:32 <Cepheid> Definitely different from the seroquel, at least.
16:32 <Cepheid> It doesn't make me feel tired.
16:33 * Schism noddles.
16:33 <Cepheid> It's weird when I stare at something though.
16:34 <Cepheid> If I let my eyes relax, and go out of focus, things just start moving.
16:34 <Cepheid> It's happening mostly with the chat log right now.
16:35 <Cepheid> THe lines themselves wave back and forth, stretch and compress. Like watching an ocean of words.
16:37 <DashedTheFilly> I'm getting flashbacks of being intoxicated
16:37 <Cepheid> Heh.
16:37 <Cepheid> This isn't intoxication, for me. That actually results in the world getting sharper, and slowing down a bit.
16:37 <Cepheid> Okay, I think I'm high.
16:38 <Cepheid> Because the paper on that poster column nearby is sorta just... drifting and melting away.
16:38 <Schism> Seems likely. 1.5 tablets in future, then?
16:38 <Cepheid> ... Sure. *Hides the 3 tablets he had in his hand* >.>
16:40 <Cepheid> It'd be hard to make one tablet smaller though
16:40 <Cepheid> These tablets are already small as hell. Two millimeters across.
16:40 <Schism> Well, pill cutters exist.
16:40 <Schism> Though that is a bit ... yeah.
16:41 <Cepheid> It's not unmanageable, at least.
16:42 <Cepheid> So I an just live through it. It doesn't knock me out, that's the big thing.
16:42 <Cepheid> Though I legitimately cannot focus my eyes on stuff a few feet away, so I'll have to be careful of that
16:43 <Schism> You're also slurring your words a little.
16:43 <Cepheid> You can tell via text?
16:44 <Schism> I'm very good at what I do.
16:44 <Cepheid> I need some examples of me slurring my words, now. :P
16:44 <Schism> Well, I can't give precise examples...
16:44 <Cepheid> But there's something off about my writing.
16:45 * Schism jokes, of course. But when Cepheid misses a period or two, that's an indication.
16:46 <Cepheid> Yeah, I'm usually very picky about such details. I may not have the best grammar, but it is pretty far up there overall.
16:47 <Schism> Likewise. SPaGhetti is a favourite dish of us both.
16:47 <Schism> (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.)
16:48 <Cepheid> I am actually not a huge fan of spaghetti
16:48 <Cepheid> At least, the way my parents make it.
16:48 <Schism> Oh? How do they mistreat the pasta?
16:48 <Cepheid> I prefer thick and chunky. Parents are known for thin to medium waterry.
16:48 <Cepheid> Also, I don't like spaghetti noodles.
16:48 <Schism> Oh, yeah. For the sauce, you definitely want it to have some _heft._
16:49 <Schism> That's if you're not just having pasta piled high with cheddar cheese and topped with chili con carne.
16:49 <Cepheid> My preference for spaghetti involves bread, rather than noodles.
16:50 <Cepheid> I like to either dip the bread, or fold it and create a hot-dog like thing with the sauce.
16:50 <Cepheid> Anyways, I should pack up and head out. Pretty sure I'd be arriving early, but.. Better early than late, or never.
16:50 <Schism> Aha. Well, that's less spaghetti, then. While we're at it, might as well also bring up garlic bread topped with pasta sauce and freshly-grated parmesan cheese.
16:51 <Schism> And aye, best to be there ahead of time.
16:51 <Schism> I'm going to be having a fun time of it tomorrow. FINALLY got my schedule mostly back on point, so I'll wake up early enough to have a shower, make a lunch, and then get out there by 8:45.
16:52 <Schism> At which point I will play approximately 50,000 games of solitaire, because nobody pings technical support for a shoe website that early in the morning.
16:52 <Cepheid> Okay, standing and walking is weird. I expect security is gonna breathalyzer me at this rate.
16:53 <Schism> Eh. Be truthful, let 'em know that you're on a new benzo medication.
16:56 <Cepheid> That would be the plan but this is weird. My balance is off. Things, when I stare at them, begin to melt.
16:57 <Schism> Yeesh. Okay, that's the point where you call your folks and see if you can get a pickup.
16:58 <Cepheid> I'm fine. I know where I am. Where to go, what to look for. But lets add some music to the mix.
17:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction Updates - November 5th [ http://tinyurl.com/y2pgtu69 ]
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17:03 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali
17:03 * Schism provides Ali with a snug, and some garlic toast with marinara sauce.
17:03 * Ali yays at snugs and noms food
17:03 * DashedTheFilly sits on Ali and whimpers
17:03 * Ali gives DashedTheFilly brushies
17:04 * Lumindia sprawls next to Ali, bleps
17:04 <Lumindia> Blep!
17:04 <Schism> scree.
17:04 <Lumindia> Scree~!
17:04 * Ali squeaks
17:05 <Lumindia> Praise the great serpent!
17:05 * Lumindia wiggle
17:05 <Lumindia> !plot
17:05 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
17:05 <Lumindia> *wigglewiggle*
17:05 <Schism> *wigglewiggle*
17:06 <Ali> Lets see what Factorio's .17.65 notes look like
17:06 * DashedTheFilly boops the Ali
17:06 <Ali> Err 75
17:06 * Ali squeaks again
17:07 <Schism> Couple QoL enhancements, nothing grand.
17:07 <Ali> So it seems
17:09 <Schism> "A special case for belts may not be worth it." "Some people would probably benefit from this, yes." [displays a monstrously large set of busses]
17:09 * Ali noms on the Schism belts
17:10 <Cepheid> Definitely high.
17:11 <Cepheid> Cant focus eyes past a give distamce
17:11 <Ali> Some med conflict or something?
17:11 <Cepheid> My left leg feels longer than the right.
17:11 <Cepheid> Sedative.
17:11 <Ali> Sedatives can do that to you
17:12 <Cepheid> Different kind. Benzo.
17:12 * Ali doesn't know that med
17:12 <DashedTheFilly> Sedatives are great imo
17:12 <DashedTheFilly> I prefer Lyrica and gabapentin though
17:12 <Schism> Benzodiazepines are a common variant of sedative medication.
17:13 <Schism> And while they're effective, I have a slight suspicion that the dose prescribed is a little bit much.
17:14 <Cepheid> 2mg,yeah. I asked my sister what shs takes. She takes 0.5
17:15 <Schism> Okay, mano, pay very close attention to the stops and when you're done with your appointment, get a parent to pick you up.
17:15 <Ali> 2mg is not a lot, but jeez it seems to be awfully powerful
17:15 <Cepheid> I'll see what I can do.
17:17 <DashedTheFilly> I'm maybe going to go to the local clinic to see if I can benefit from outpatient services
17:24 <Cepheid> Dark foreboding clouds approach.
17:26 <Schism> Hi, it's winter.
17:27 <Ali> Yay for snow
17:27 * Ali sits and bleps on Schism
17:27 * Schism bloops.
17:40 <Cepheid> Rain.
17:40 <Cepheid> Cold rain.
17:41 <Cepheid> Cold, rolled and folded gold rain.
17:41 <Schism> Freezing rain.
17:43 <Cepheid> Aside from dilating my eyes, I think the pills are wearing off.
17:44 <Cepheid> ... nope.
17:49 <Cepheid> At least it isn't impairing. Just weird.
17:50 <Cepheid> Hopefully the trains are running at this time.
17:56 <Schism> Well, it's the middle of the day, can't imagine why they wouldn't be.
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18:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: SFM Model - ReVAmped Ponies - V6 [ http://tinyurl.com/y4d66xyn ]
18:13 * DashedTheFilly licks Ali till she's dripping
18:13 * Ali eeps and brushies DashedTheFilly
18:15 * DashedTheFilly flops
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18:48 <Cepheid> Now to go home and lay down until this wears off. Not a bad thing but it does impair my learning a bit.
18:48 <Schism> Just a tad.
18:53 <Schism> It's Fundraiser Season. I'd greatly appreciate if at least they'd put their names on the Caller ID so that I don't lump them in with important calls.
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19:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #148 [ http://tinyurl.com/yylqmud4 ]
19:22 <PinkieShy> Tonight's the Night i see the joker..
19:22 <PinkieShy> :3
19:22 * DashedTheFilly licks PinkieShy
19:23 * PinkieShy taste of cupcake frosting.
19:23 * DashedTheFilly licks the PinkieShy like a lollipop
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19:41 <Cepheid> Let's see, I'm at home now. Is it still happening..?
19:42 <Cepheid> Yep.
19:44 <Schism> Aye, but you're in a safe place, so can feel a little bit better about seeing how far the effects go.
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19:52 <Cepheid> Yarp.
19:53 <Cepheid> Whatever it is, specifically, it's targeting the muscles.
19:53 <Cepheid> Rather than make me exhausted, it just makes my body feel all mellow.
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20:35 <DashedTheFilly> !moo
20:35 <DerpyBot> Who are you calling a cow?!
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20:58 <Lunanightwinddesktop> hey
21:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Community Soapbox #157 - Best Pony, FiM Ending, Villains, and More! [ http://tinyurl.com/y4vgjo6h ]
21:08 <Cepheid> So, what's everyone up to"
21:08 <Cepheid> ?
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21:11 <LibrarianofHope> luna!
21:11 * LibrarianofHope glomps luna, cause luna
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21:15 <lunanightwindphone> Whats up
21:15 <LibrarianofHope> the ceiling!
21:15 <LibrarianofHope> owo
21:15 <LibrarianofHope> comedy genius is i
21:16 <lunanightwindphone> Im streaming the outer worlds since i realized i still have gamepass for a few days and i got nothing better to do until death stranding comes out friday
21:16 <LibrarianofHope> is it any good?
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21:16 <lunanightwindphone> Ive only got through character creation lol
21:17 <LibrarianofHope> owo
21:17 <lunanightwindphone> Literally stull at begining of game
21:17 <ADragonDreaming> skrull
21:17 <LibrarianofHope> im curios about death stranding myself, might get ot for my bro, cuase its his birthday on the 28th
21:17 <LibrarianofHope> he loves kojima
21:17 <lunanightwindphone> Yeah thats a day 1 live stream for me
21:18 <lunanightwindphone> Just waiting for it to drop friday
21:18 <lunanightwindphone> Its got high scores from reviews but the reviews also say boring lol
21:18 <LibrarianofHope> i saw it has bad reviews in some places. but im betting on the kojima weirdness not appealing to the reviewers
21:18 <LibrarianofHope> reviews raved about joker and it wasnt that good, so il, take it with a grain of salt
21:19 <lunanightwindphone> Like its all over the map game informer is a 7.0 ign US is a 6.8 or something ign italia is a 9.7
21:19 <LibrarianofHope> you getting the baby controller?
21:20 <LibrarianofHope> if i told 10 or 15 years ago that kojima woul make a game that included a magic baby in a jar
21:21 <lunanightwindphone> Naw just doing the standard digital edition
21:21 <LibrarianofHope> most would say, yep sounds like kojima, makes sense
21:21 <lunanightwindphone> Outer worlds feels kinda like a more colorful fallout new vegas so far
21:24 <LibrarianofHope> i need less than a hundred bucks to pay the cover for my novel
21:24 <LibrarianofHope> just need a couple more sales
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21:52 * Jackie boops JonTheVGNerd
21:52 * Lumindia boops Jackie
21:52 * JonTheVGNerd is booped
21:53 * Jackie pats Lumindia
21:53 * Lumindia distributes pizza
21:54 * Jackie nom noms
22:00 * Lumindia noms Jackie's ear
22:00 <Lumindia> nyum nyum
22:00 * Jackie purrs
22:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: 3D Pony Art Gallery #75 [ http://tinyurl.com/y2s6zlzo ]
22:07 * Jackie sits on Lumindia
22:07 * Lumindia squishes slightly
22:07 * Jackie kneads face
22:07 * Lumindia squishes more
22:08 <Jackie> hehe
22:11 * Lumindia sprawls on Jackie
22:11 * Jackie purrs more
22:18 * Jackie picks up Filly_Nightmares
22:26 <LibrarianofHope> reached my work limit for the moment
22:26 <LibrarianofHope> easy to tell, head starts to hurt
22:29 * LibrarianofHope squishies jackie
22:29 <LibrarianofHope> squishhh
22:29 * Jackie squeaks!
22:33 * Filly_Nightmares kneads LibrarianofHope and uses Jackie as a nest
22:33 * Jackie pets Filly_Nightmares
22:34 * Filly_Nightmares skree!
22:34 * Jackie nuzzles skreeing pillow
22:34 * LibrarianofHope vibrates, cause vrooooom
22:34 <Schism> Screeee~!
22:34 <Schism> !plot
22:34 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
22:34 <Schism> *wigglewiggle*
22:35 <LibrarianofHope> *wigglewiggle*
22:39 <Jackie> it's kinda stupid that kids are playing call of duty
22:39 <Jackie> A game geared for teens and adults
22:39 <LibrarianofHope> meh
22:39 <LibrarianofHope> doesnt really hurt them
22:40 <LibrarianofHope> i used to play halo very young, same difference
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22:40 <LibrarianofHope> self cloning, neat
22:41 <Jackie2> You adult now?
22:41 *** Jackie2 is now known as Jackie
22:41 <LibrarianofHope> yep
22:42 <LibrarianofHope> im 29
22:42 <Jackie> halo is old as hell lol
22:43 <LibrarianofHope> yeah
22:43 <LibrarianofHope> how old are you anyway?
22:43 <Jackie> 21
22:43 <LibrarianofHope> not that much difference
22:44 <LibrarianofHope> i also remembered playing gta vice city on fridays after school
22:44 <LibrarianofHope> i used to rampage around with cheats, games dont make you violent
22:45 * Schism used to play Marathon here and there.
22:46 <Schism> And GTA 1. o3o
22:46 <Schism> "Halo is old as hell". Please, kiddo, come back once you've played through episode 1 of Wolfenstein 3D.
22:47 * Schism waves his cane.
22:47 <LibrarianofHope> back in my day we played with the pac mans and we liked it
22:47 * LibrarianofHope waves cane alongside schism
22:47 <LibrarianofHope> get of whoever this lawns is
22:53 * LibrarianofHope also puts an ali garden gnome for good measure
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23:06 * Cepheid plays ZZT.
23:10 <Lunanightwinddesktop> Pac Man? Back in my day we played PONG and we liked it!
23:11 <Lunanightwinddesktop> I kinda wanna hook up my Vive and play beat saber or something VR
23:12 <Cepheid> Pong? Back in my day we ran outside with sticks and balls and took potshots at one another with slapshots
23:18 * Lumindia played Wolfenstein 3d, had fun
23:22 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Hilarious My Little Pony Voice-over Bloopers and Outtakes Appearing Everywhere [ http://tinyurl.com/yyr7jlmk ]
23:22 <Jackie> can't find the full version at the internet lol
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23:25 <Cepheid> Where do people just spontaneously find random kittens? I kinda wish I'd find a box one day with a couple of energetic kittens. New friends for Spitfire!
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23:30 <Jackie> Anyone here played Frontier Elite
23:30 <Schism> AT&T has been fined $60 million (sixty MILLION!) for lying, 10 years ago, about its 'unlimited' data plans which were swiftly throttled down to dialup speeds. I'm sure this will have an enormous effect on how the company does business.
23:31 <Schism> (8 years, rather.)
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23:36 * Schism yawwwns, boops Ali's blue belts, and then sleeps.
23:37 * Ali squeaks, she had blue blets
23:46 <Cepheid> There was a place me and my parents visited while house hunting when I was a child. I remember it well, because when I entered it, I was overwhelmed with fear of something. Something about the place was wrong. Especially the basement.
23:46 <Cepheid> According to my parents, apparently the seller disclosed that the previous owner hung himself. In the basement.
23:47 <Ali> Feeling better Cepheid?
23:50 <Cepheid> Yeah. Recovered. Strangely still calm.
23:56 <LibrarianofHope> whats a blet?
23:56 <LibrarianofHope> why is it blue?
23:56 <Schism> Like a blep, but it moves resources around.
23:57 * LibrarianofHope pokes ali on the nose
23:57 <LibrarianofHope> booooop
23:57 * Ali squeaks
23:57 <LibrarianofHope> im negotiating the sale of some cobra skin shoes
23:58 <LibrarianofHope> im so close to paying the cover owo
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