00:14 <Finwe> !lullaby
00:14 * DerpyBot carries Finwe off to bed
00:14 * DerpyBot tucks Finwe in and hums a lullaby
00:14 <Finwe> Good night, everypony!
00:14 * Finwe curls up on Ali and snoozes.
00:17 <ADragonDreaming> what if Bigfoot himself is just blurry
00:17 <Tiffany> Night for you finwe ^^
01:06 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Name These Ponies - Round #5! [ https://tinyurl.com/yfkk6edq ]
02:01 <ADragonDreaming> Magenta is a lie.
02:16 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2669 [ https://tinyurl.com/yguagnd6 ]
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02:52 <Schism> Magenta is evil. Small wonder it's Pinkie's colour.
03:06 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: 32 of the Best Fanfics to Read for Pinkie Pie Day! [ https://tinyurl.com/ygxs5cj2 ]
03:58 * Schism takes these gorlpill.
04:06 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pinkie Pie Day - Open Art (All Skill Levels Welcome) Compilation [ https://tinyurl.com/yz72n7xp ]
04:17 * Ali noms on Schism tails
04:17 * Schism squeaks, and offers the Ali a pizza pocket. It has bacon.
04:17 * Ali already had dose
04:28 * Schism headtilts, "Suppose strange girls think alike."
04:57 * Ali blehs on Schism, its only 1am..
04:58 <Schism> I knoooow.
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05:27 <Finwe> Good morning, my perissodactyls of minute stature.
05:27 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
05:27 * Schism doffs her calzone.
05:28 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Schism, and Tiffany; Messrs AppleDash, Cepheid, Lumindia, PinkieShy, and somininin.
05:28 * Finwe doffs his hat.
05:28 <Tiffany> Morning for you, finwe ^^
05:28 <Schism> Finwe: I have the makings of a wardrobe now.
05:29 <Finwe> o3o!
05:29 <Schism> The start. You know how in most building games, you start with a few small items, and then build them up and then everything expands around them?
05:30 <Schism> Like in Factorio, though with fewer deconstructions and restarts.
05:30 <Finwe> Is it a multidimensional Lewisian wardrobe?
05:30 <Schism> Sadly, I have yet to find a lamppost therewithin.
05:31 <Schism> Still, thus far, six pieces, they go together nicely, now to build around that core.
05:31 <Ali> Factorio doesn't have restarts
05:31 <Ali> Unless the bugs overwhelm you or you forgot that stink pisses them off
05:31 <Schism> Ali: Sez someone who hasn't burned through 30 axes just rebuilding.
05:32 * Ali stares at the blueprint she just finished that needed 21,000 blue belts
05:32 <Schism> I'm sure the drones would be happy to take that down if you needed.
05:32 <Ali> Drones...yes only 1000 of them
05:32 * Finwe noms on Ali's blueprints.
05:32 <Ali> Cause I just can't spam too much resources
05:33 * Ali blehs, unicorn is just so bad at solo factorio as even when there's no bug pressure, she just folds to stress.
05:33 <Schism> But Ali, surely you understand, right? A core style, maybe two or three, then build around them...
05:33 <Ali> Not really
05:33 <Ali> The first base just sits there after its done
05:33 <Schism> Oh, not Factorio, clothes.
05:34 * Ali just slaps down these megabase stuff and well...she either gets the wrong one, doesn't understand WTF the unicorn is doing, or...its just too overwhelming.
05:34 * Schism blinks. Headtilts. Also hugs the cute unicorn named Ali.
05:35 * Ali isn't cute though
05:35 <Schism> Hm. October 8th is, evidently, International Lesbian Day. Yay. -waves lespride flag-
05:41 <Ali> Why is there a day for everything...
05:43 * Schism ponyshrug... "Good that it exists, I don't think anyone's going to do anything about it? Besides, you should see what Saints' days there are in the Catholic calendar. I'm pretty sure there are more Saintly days than not.
05:44 <Ali> Honestly I don't think they do any good
05:44 <Ali> Autism Awareness Month is pretty much dead and nobody gives a flying shit about it anymore.
05:45 <Schism> Many of these performative moments are... some of them are good. Some of them do provide benefits. Pride, for all that corporations take it over during June and I am so sick of Weyland-Yutani and Umbrella putting rainbows on their logos, is at least still _modestly_ helpful.
05:48 <Ali> To be honest, it doesn't DO anything
05:48 <Ali> Its just a business using said movement to gain people to buy their stuff cause LOOK HOW COOL WE ARE
05:48 <Finwe> Schism: They don't have an own flag, I think.
05:49 <Finwe> Crete does, as well as some other islands, but Lesbos just uses the Greek flag.
05:49 <Schism> Stuff and nonsense, here you are. https://www.unco.edu/gender-sexuality-resource-center/images/pride-flags/Lesbian-Pride.jpg
05:51 <Finwe> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Lesbos._Port_Authority_Building_Mytilene%2C_c._1910.jpg
05:52 <Finwe> There is a Lesbian building flying the Ottoman Empire flag nigh the end of the Ottoman era.
05:53 <Schism> I suspect that if I knew the significance, I'd either approve wholeheartedly or rage unabashedly.
05:56 <Finwe> The capital, Mytilene, has used a flag like this: https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gr-ai-l2.gif
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06:29 <Finwe> “It began as a lump of highly-suspicious cheese. This didn’t seem to work.”
06:30 <Finwe> “Then it tried something that looked very much like a small, hungry terrier. This was also rejected.”
06:30 <Schism> Something out of Unseen University, I take it.
06:30 <Finwe> o3o
06:30 <Schism> Seems like the things Hex would make.
06:30 <Finwe> Schism: No, it's the Death of Rats attempting to take form.
06:30 <Schism> Ah, yes.
06:31 <Finwe> “Then it tried something that looked very much like a small, hungry terrier. This was also rejected.”
06:31 <Finwe> Oops.
06:31 <Finwe> “For a moment it was steel-jawed trap. This was clearly unsuitable.”
06:32 <Finwe> “It tried it and found that, while totally wrong for the job, in some deeply satisfying way it was the only shape it could possibly be.”
06:33 <Finwe> Viz., a rat clad in a robe of ultimate darkness, holding a tiny scythe.
06:33 <Finwe> A skeletal rat.
06:33 <Schism> SQUEAK, it said. While suitable for its form, it lacked a certain gravitas... well, it could work on it.
06:33 <Schism> The Death of Rats. So which book is this?
06:34 <Schism> Finwe: Here is how I look, now. And would like to look for the foreseeable future. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBDVM5tVgAY2oG0.jpg:large
06:35 <Schism> (Tho feet should be in boots.)
06:41 <Finwe> Have you had your penis surgically removed?
06:42 <Schism> I have yet to have any bottom surgery. The first step is an orchiectomy, wherein I'll have the dangling fruit excised from the tree.
06:43 <Finwe> Ah, the testicles, too.
06:43 <Finwe> Looks good, if you ask me.
06:43 <Schism> Those are the proverbial fruit to which I referred.
06:44 <Schism> Thank you. I'm actually looking forward to having those eliminated as soon as possible, because it'll be one less pill I have to take each morning.
06:44 <Schism> And I am, I suppose, sufficiently femme there that I can call myself 'cute'.
06:45 <Schism> Maybe.
06:45 <Finwe> Your jawbone is of course a bit masculine, but fixing that with a surgery would probably be quite expensive and not necessary.
06:45 <Schism> Meh. Lots of women have a strong jaw.
06:46 <Schism> FFS is probably not really a requirement, especially as HRT has given me pronounced cheekbones.
06:47 <Schism> Plus, it only shows on some angles. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/668435589791744010/895448180819369984/unknown.png
06:48 <Finwe> Well, yes.
06:48 * Finwe hugs the Schism.
06:48 * Schism squeaks. But also hugs the Finwe back.
06:50 <Finwe> Hope your whole family learns to accept you as you are.
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06:53 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
06:53 <Finwe> Lt Crd ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
06:53 <Finwe> o7
06:53 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
06:56 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New Concept Art of Maritime Bay Sheriff Office- Including a... Rainbow Factory! [ https://tinyurl.com/yf8soj9b ]
06:59 * ConfusionRift restarts Steam after an update, logs back on. Restarts Steam after an update. "..." Logs back on. Restarts Steam AFTER AN UPDATE! "Come on! Why not just update to latest?! Shesh!" Debates on logging back on.
06:59 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
07:00 * Finwe noms on ConfusionRift's Steam account.
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07:04 <Schism> Well.
07:06 <Schism> Somebody decided to drive up King street shrieking in shrill tones -- slowly, so I assume that it was some manner of parambulator. It was just on the edge of hearing. I would have been awoken were I not already here.
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07:14 <Schism> I feel for Ali, who deals with horrific sounds all her days...
07:16 <Finwe> Zounds! These sounds! as they aptly stated in Batman.
07:17 * Finwe noms on carrot and ginger puré soup with hearty amount of chilli and garlic.
07:18 * ConfusionRift has been keeping track of the shounds he hears during the night. Especially this late.
07:20 <Finwe> Take one kilogramme of carrots, one garlic, one habanero, one onion, and 100 grammes of ginger. Cut into suitable pieces. Stir-fry for a while, then add 1.5 litres of vegetable stock and boil for a quarter of an hour. Blend into a puré and enjoy. o3o
07:21 <Schism> Finwe: By the by... it's typically considered rude to ask if someone's had surgeries yet. Not something that comes up typically, just letting you know: there's an implication that someone's not, somehow, 'genuine' unless they've had surgery, or started hormones, etc.
07:22 <Schism> I know you well enough to understand that you were just curious, so don't worry: I'm not offended. Some folks would be.
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07:24 <Finwe> In Japan it's obviously considered rude to ask whether someone wants something. o3o
07:26 <Schism> Cultural mores are a giant thing, and not only is the trans community its own thing, there are also subcommunities. Generally, though, you don't want to ask That Question.
07:26 <Schism> I'm open. I don't care so much. A lot of folks ... have a harder time of things than I have, so just letting you know, that's not something you want to ask anyone who comes out to you.
07:28 <Schism> I'm not trying to bap you across the head with a newspaper or anything, just saying so that you don't stick your foot in your mouth.
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07:34 <Schism> Finwe: I would also equate it to the age-old question, "What's in your pants?" To which my answer would be, of course, "A bowie knife and a bear trap."
07:35 <Fluorescent> An H&K .40 usp
07:35 <Schism> String, or nothing.
07:35 <ConfusionRift> I was gonna say "a gun and a 9mm". :P
07:38 <ConfusionRift> "A smoothie." | Okay, joke aside, there's no way that you- | (opens their pants, and takes out a cup with smoothie) "Mmmm... wants some?" | "N-no I'm good thanks."
07:38 <Finwe> HK 417 is best HK. o3o
07:38 <Schism> Either way. Finwe, don't do that again. :p
07:38 <Fluorescent> I just picked up what they had left at the gun store tbh
07:38 <Fluorescent> Cost me 600 bucks
07:39 <ConfusionRift> Would like to do a small ammo restock real soon.
07:39 <ConfusionRift> Online prices are still a bit more painful.
07:44 <ConfusionRift> Fluorescent: It seems to be around the price range.
07:45 <Fluorescent> Oh, yeah. I wouldn't expect a locally owned gun store to rip me off
07:45 * Finwe offers some 7.62 x 51 mm cartridges to ConfusionRift.
07:45 * ConfusionRift smiles. "Oh... but I have."
07:45 <Finwe> We actually use 7.62 x 39 mm.
07:46 * ConfusionRift takes them. It's free ammo, and he can use 'em on his .308 rifle.
07:47 <Finwe> My service rifle is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RK_95_TP
07:48 <ConfusionRift> This is what I'm referring to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_American_Rifle
07:49 * ConfusionRift sees at the MSRP. "I paid $180 for mine."
07:50 <Finwe> The Finnish 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge is identical to the Soviet 7.62 x 39 mm, so yes, it's compatible.
07:50 <ConfusionRift> Hmm, nice.
07:50 <Finwe> https://www.lapua.com/cartridges/7-62x39/
07:51 <ConfusionRift> Guessing a slight difference in weight and charge?
07:52 <Finwe> Might be.
07:53 <ConfusionRift> Doesn't seem to be a difference. There are 7.62x39 Russian ammo of the same weight.
07:54 <ConfusionRift> You guys using brass or steel?
07:54 <Finwe> Although the properties of the Soviet 7.62x39 cartridge with 8-gramme bullet is identical to that of ours.
07:55 <Finwe> It's some alloy that is brass-coloured, but I don't think it's pure brass.
07:57 <ConfusionRift> Oh, in the case of the bullet itself, I'm guessing a copper bimetal of sorts. If it's steel... oooff. I was referring more about the case.
07:58 <Finwe> Ah, that's brass.
07:58 <ConfusionRift> Aah, was just wondering.
08:00 <Finwe> One of the my least favourite shooting experiences is getting a hot cartridge case down the neckline of my clothes. Happens to the most at some point.
08:04 <ConfusionRift> In my case, someone kept getting on my butt about my AR pistol, so decided to mag dump (use a full mag rapidly) on a target. Aside from the shorter barrel and a brace instead of a stock, it's basically the same. Grabbed it by the foregrip, with it pointing upwards, to hand it over to someone. My hands were sweaty, so it slipped and the front sight block landed on my hand. Left a nice burn imprint for some time.
08:06 <Schism> Oh gods. Getting a hot spent round down the cleavage, the mere thought is enough to turn me off guns forever. (Yes, I know that I can just tie my front up.)
08:07 <ConfusionRift> It happens to almost everyone. One has a bit of a breezy shirt, fire one, case decides to go to the 6 instead of 4, and land inside the shirt.
08:07 <Schism> I hear you. But the thought is enough.
08:08 <Schism> Give me some airsoft or paintball markers instead.
08:11 <ConfusionRift> Understandable. Then again, it's not super common occurrence. It's just something that can and will eventually happen to everyone. :P Best solution is to grab it with the shirt and pull away from the skin, and drop it out. Squirming just fumbles it deeper in the shirt, and hurt more.
08:12 <ConfusionRift> Again, understandable. It still sucks either way.
08:12 <Finwe> The collar of the ballistic vest resembles the top part of a funnel, it just requires for the case to land there.
08:12 <ConfusionRift> Aaaaah noooo. Now that sucks.
08:13 <Schism> :>
08:13 <Finwe> https://maavoimat.fi/documents/1950813/21188546/Reservil%C3%A4iset+Kankkunen+ja+K%C3%A4rri.jpg/d6225ed3-84d2-1c89-7e80-bc62973c4f32?t=1583256332000&width=1200
08:14 <ConfusionRift> Oooh I see it.
08:14 <ConfusionRift> You can only just sit there, and hope it cools after a while.
08:14 <Finwe> They're wearing the collar open, but when it's up it's like the top of the waffle of an ice-cream cone.
08:15 <ConfusionRift> Yep!
08:15 * Finwe noms on some pancake.
08:16 <Finwe> I was supposed to have this as dessert, but I kind of forgot.
08:16 <ConfusionRift> I know this may sound dumb, but looking at the pose, I'm gonna guess you're right handed, right?
08:16 <ConfusionRift> Hey, just a later dessert. :P
08:17 <Finwe> I'm not in the picture, but yes, I'm right-handed.
08:18 <ConfusionRift> Oh, I'm sorry.
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08:18 <Finwe> Or that's at least what I learned from my parents.
08:18 * ConfusionRift chuckles.
08:19 <Finwe> I don't think I have any pictures of myself in combat fatigues.
08:19 <Schism> I should find something like that...
08:20 <Schism> I should at LEAST find some decent boots this morning.
08:20 <Schism> Something suitably stompy to go with the bee skirt.
08:22 <ConfusionRift> I wonder if there's a "tactical" store over there that sells law enforcement uniform and equipment. They would have those boots.
08:22 <Schism> There _is._
08:22 <Schism> It's weird, there's a surplus store right by the surplus shoe store.
08:23 <Schism> It even has a freaking biplane outside the building.
08:23 <Finwe> ConfusionRift: https://users.aalto.fi/~vhalkola/porsas.jpg
08:24 <Finwe> Holding the geocache pig in my right hand, so yes.
08:24 <Schism> As for me...
08:24 * ConfusionRift feels terrible that he mistook those two faces. "I really am sorry."
08:24 <Schism> I guess maybe I still get men's stompy boots. Though sigh... I want girls'.
08:25 <Finwe> There's no difference, they're all the same.
08:25 <ConfusionRift> ^
08:25 <ConfusionRift> Difference is just size measurements.
08:25 <Finwe> At least the service boots we use.
08:25 <Schism> I know, I know.
08:25 <Schism> Well, service is a different matter. M11/W12.5.
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08:27 <Schism> Also, my feet are changing in size. Always fun there.
08:27 <ConfusionRift> And at times, they do hick some of the prices of girl shoes. But the materials, process, and basic stance for them is the same. Oh, maybe some more colors to choose I suppose.
08:28 <Schism> Womens' shoes are _absolutely_ more expensive, and for no reason.
08:29 <Finwe> Schism: I have these at home: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/swiss-m90-combat-boots-surplus/65709
08:30 <Schism> May have to take a look, but right now... I nearly killed myself with a piece of bread in the back of my throat, so one moment.
08:34 <Schism> Okay... going to get some sleep before I do anything else. Back in 4 hours....ish.
08:34 <ConfusionRift> Okaday, laters and have a good one.
08:35 <ConfusionRift> Hopefully a good sleep.
08:36 <Schism> Should be interesting when I wake up ... size 14 women's is pretty uncommon, but a surplus store...
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11:01 <Lumindia> o wo
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15:42 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: More Concept Art of the Mane 6 Opening for My Little Pony: A New Generation Released! Plus Behind the Scenes Blurb on It [ https://tinyurl.com/yes2ax4o ]
16:15 <AppleDash> owo
16:16 <AppleDash> That's why I ignored DerpyBot, now I remember
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16:35 <AppleDash> eeee
17:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Analysis: Where Are the Windigos? [ https://tinyurl.com/ye862zcm ]
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17:41 * Schism scrolls through the "Red Panda Every Hour" twitter bot for to cheer herself (because wah!), pauses as she sees a picture of Retsuko. "I suppose that fits."
18:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Signing Off 92 / Alternate Ending / Weight Problem / Wonderdolts / Princess of Love Teaser / Movie Slate: Body Snatchers and Mummy / Journey Home 43 [ https://tinyurl.com/yft8zrhw ]
18:15 <Schism> Behold, the tiniest frogs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_(frog)
19:26 * ADragonDreaming screams a war cry
19:26 * Schism wears earplugs, and is thus not stunned.
19:41 <Cepheid> I guess that Adra is having work troubles.
19:56 <Schism> Mayhaps.
19:56 * Schism passes Cepheid a cup of tea.
20:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3834 [ https://tinyurl.com/yft49vl5 ]
20:15 * Cepheid noms.
20:16 * Cepheid noms on the whole thing. Cup and all.
20:16 * Schism did that with a Monster earlier. She spit out the tab, of course.
20:44 * Schism reads about some transmasc folks' experiences. Because it's always worth considering the other side!
20:49 <ADragonDreaming> I am 379 tickets through 612, to find tickets that should have been attached to a tracking parent but weren't.
20:49 <Schism> aaaaaaa
20:50 * Schism passes ADragonDreaming a stiff drink. "I know the pain..."
20:51 <ADragonDreaming> Yesterday was a record breaking volume.
20:51 <Schism> With the back to school season (which has, thankfully, now passed) I believe we were up to 3,000 or so open cases?
20:52 <ADragonDreaming> 1962 offered contacts.
20:52 <ADragonDreaming> in one day.
20:52 <Schism> Quite a lot of cancellations, returns, tracking (why no, of course they didn't keep the receipt with the tracking number, why would this be different), oh, and a factory shutdown on custom orders.
20:52 <Schism> @_@;
20:52 <ADragonDreaming> The previous record was 10/6. which was a cool 1800+.
20:53 <Schism> Oh, and just in time for the holiday season, all our bulk orders are currently on pause, meaning that anyone who wants to get shoes with corporate logos for Christmas bonuses is SOL.
20:53 <ADragonDreaming> I haven't even looked at today's volume, but I don't think we've had a single interval where there weren't calls or chats waiting in queue, because of all the stuff leftover from the problems on 10/6 and 10/7
20:54 <ADragonDreaming> It's been a hell week for both of us it seems
20:54 <Schism> Yup. Even with new waves of hirees and a bunch more T2 agents working, it's been back to back like mad. Not a hell week for me -- I was on vacation this week, but the last few months? Yeeeah.
20:54 <Schism> (Trip up to see my mom went wonderfully... I has the core of a new wardrobe.)
20:57 <ADragonDreaming> oh hey. 1066 contacts offer as of 4:51 pm.
20:57 <Schism> That's a bit more reasonable.
20:57 <ADragonDreaming> We're open until midnight.
20:57 <ADragonDreaming> and that doesn't accouont for all the emails yet.
20:58 <ADragonDreaming> We're 242.28% over forecasted volume.
20:59 <Schism> aaaaaaaaa
20:59 <ADragonDreaming> I think it's actually worse than yesterday.
20:59 * Schism facedesks. "Good lord. Well, I know that our line of business has been troublesome when it comes to meeting client obligations. Not the worst, but they've gotten us back up to 42.5 hours/week (44+ is overtime) and that's going to be continually the case until at least February.
21:04 <ADragonDreaming> In this case, all the problems are on the client side, and they are effusive in their appreciation of our performance during the current unprecedented hellscape of consecutive system issues.
21:04 <ADragonDreaming> So there's that at least
21:04 <Schism> That is a major plus.
21:05 <ADragonDreaming> I'm keeping myself sane by signing "orange colored sky" and "With catlike tread" at the top of my lungs.
21:05 <Schism> We've had comparatively few issues when it comes to client satisfaction with performance, it's just that the season ramped up hard. Plus, we're not the only people encountering shortages. The gift card team is less 'team' and more 'one overworked guy', the ambassadors between support team and factory are maybe two people, bulk orders are, as I said, paused for the foreseeable future...
21:06 <ADragonDreaming> aye aye
21:06 <Schism> No sound at all! You never speak a word! A fly's footfall would be DISTIIIIIIINCTLY HEARD!
21:07 <Schism> But can you do a Kelsey Grammar impression suited for a rendition of the HMS Pinafore?
21:07 <ADragonDreaming> Come! Friends! Who plough the sea! Truce to NAVI-GA-TION! Take another STA-TION!"
21:07 <ADragonDreaming> I cannot.
21:08 <Schism> Let's vary piracy -- with a little BURGLARY~!
21:08 <ADragonDreaming> I can only sing as my self
21:09 <Schism> Everyone I know loves musical theater, it's strange. But then, what right-thinking person wouldn't go for a little Rodgers & Hammerstein, to say nothing of Stephen Sondheim?
21:09 <ADragonDreaming> meanwhile Orange Colored Sky has this little apropros-to-the-situation bit:
21:09 <ADragonDreaming> "The ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out I went into a spin and I started I've been hit! This is it! This is it I'VE BEEN HIT!"
21:10 <ADragonDreaming> *I started to shout
21:10 <Schism> Shot to the heart, that. And hehe.
21:14 <ADragonDreaming> "One look and I yelled 'TIMBER!' | Watch out for flying glass!"
21:14 <Schism> Heehee.
21:14 * Schism shakes her head. "Oh, those songs I'd like to sing if I weren't on the phones..."
21:18 <Finwe> Good evening, my little ponies.
21:19 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Angeline, Tiffany, and Schism; Messrs AppleDash, Cepheid, Lumindia, and ADragonDreaming.
21:19 * Finwe doffs his hat.
21:19 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
21:19 * Schism doffs her pigs in a blanket.
21:19 * Finwe noms on köttpirog.
21:20 * ADragonDreaming doffs another 100+ tickets
21:20 <Schism> Every time I get some offline casework time: "Okay, *cracks knuckles* Let's get down to this." 45 minutes later: "Okay, workflow is now thoroughly established and ... shoot, only 15 minutes left."
21:22 * Finwe boops Schism with Banach-Steinhouse theorem and Riesz representation theorem.
21:22 <Finwe> Now there's some workflow.
21:26 <Tiffany> Evening for you finwe ^^
21:27 <Tiffany> Good morning, ponies
21:51 <Schism> Shorah!
22:02 * Finwe D'ni's at Schism.
22:02 <Finwe> Shorah b'shemtee.
22:03 * Schism snrks, and nodnods, curtseying.
22:04 * Finwe looks frantically for an Ali's tail to nom on, finds one and noms on Ali's tail.
22:40 <Cepheid> Much as I want to play vidya games tonight, I just don't have the energy for it.
22:40 <Schism> Cepheid: Have you bought Beast Breaker yet?
22:40 <Cepheid> No.
22:41 <Schism> I highly suggest it. You can just fight one small beast or another, they're about 10 minutes long. Casual it might be, but it rewards deep thinking.
22:41 <Cepheid> Guess for tonight I'll lay in bed and watch another TAS.
22:41 <Schism> Plus, DeceasedCrab is a fan thereof.
22:41 <Cepheid> Heh.
22:42 <Schism> It's tricky. And a lot of fun, to be honest -- there are SO many weapon configurationsw.
22:42 <Schism> configurations.*
22:44 <Schism> And the newest patch for the Switch version actually fixes a major bug. Something broke with LUA, I think.
22:45 <Schism> Also also, the MC is decidedly nonbinary.
23:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #508 [ https://tinyurl.com/yg8s85gy ]
23:50 <Cepheid> Neighbors of mine, please keep your cat indoors. It keeps harassing our cats, and leading to cat screeching at a volume unheard of.
23:53 <Schism> I think you've heard of that volume.
23:53 * Schism puts up an anti-bite guard.
23:54 <Schism> Cepheid: I reiterate that you should get Gideon the Ninth if you have yet to do so.
23:56 * Schism sighs, then shaves.
23:56 <Cepheid> It scared the heck out of me.
23:56 <Schism> No doubt... @_@
23:57 <Cepheid> Sounded like Tizzy had her tail stepped upon.
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