Friends and I decided to do a detailed literary dissection of Homestuck to see what works and doesn't in it. The community we're posting it in uses "counts" for recurring quirks or problems with the text being analysed; our count for when the kids were clearly conceived as white and suburban or the trolls use expressions or behaviours which seem too American is "White SBurb Postmodernism".
Character building in D&D: DM: So their surnames tend to relate to the type of magic they have. Player: I want to give [my wild magic sorcerer] a really normal first name, but old-mannish. Like Eugene. DM: Oh, sure, and that's the sort of name where you could be Gene when you were younger but Eugene now. Me: Wait, your character's name is Gene Wilder? (No, he didn't name his character Gene Wilder.)
going through the town of Bulls: Mum: "I think they overdid it with the bull statues. They're everywhere." Me: "Spam-a-bull!"
so lately ive been looking at learning to do lucid dreaming, and just the other night i had this dream where i was standing on a beach with an ocean of orange soda spread out in front of me so i had to ask myself; is this the real life, or is this just fanta sea?
You know about the two guys who keep arguing over dinner at the steakhouse? Yeah they have beef with each other.
(1:37:38 PM) [Mutual friend]: [Meagen's husband], smack your wife when you get home. (1:38:09 PM) [Mutual friend]: She knows what she did. (1:38:19 PM) [Meagen's husband]: I have no major objections, but why specifically this time? (1:39:44 PM) Meagen: I sent him the following message: (1:39:45 PM) Meagen: (1:30:26 PM) Meagen: You've heard of .JPEGs, but have you also heard of the somewhat similar but entirely different development branch, the Western .PEGs? (1:40:16 PM) [Meagen's husband]: Yeah fair enough. It shall be done. (1:44:52 PM) Meagen: I regret nothing.
Talking to a dog: you’re spoiled absolutely rotten! You’re borderline fermented! Is that why you’re so whiney?
Me: enters the kitchen You: is baking Me: "what's that?" You: "oh, I'm measuring how much milk I need to put in this cake" Me: notices you're using US units Me: ........ Me: gets annoyed and fl.ounces
What... What was it supposed to be? All I can see is a nuclear power plant sending out mutated floating hearts.