Noobs...in SPAAAAACE - 5th Annual Noob WW Game

[killerleaf]

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matt935...I can almost assure you, you are still younger than I am!!

 

[Dandelion18]

Yeah I’m an old **** lol. Like no internet when I was in grade school old. No such thing as cell phones old. No one I went to school with had a cell phone until I was out of high school.

Cell phones are overrated. I miss floppy disks.

 

[ziggyandjazzy]

Eh. She is no more appropriate. It's still not gender neutral. They has been used as gender neutral for several hundred years, but style guides in the 19th century called it incorrect, and professional publications followed suit. A lot of them still go that way, which is why I got into the habit of using he. I wrote over 200 publications over the course of 2 years, all of which would correct the use of "they" as a singular pronoun.

But yeah, I try to use she specifically in situations where I think some female presence is appropriate (like talking about doctors or lawyers or any STEM field really where the gender is unknown--I have 2 girls and want them to think any career is possible), but sometimes that habit kicks in when I'm typing quickly. Sorry if it offended you.

And yes, su nombre es soggy.

¿Hablas español?

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

matt935...I can almost assure you, you are still younger than I am!!

It’s possible! I’m not that old. Just older than a lot of people I talk to on this forum.

 

[killerleaf]

When I was in college the first time, I was all excited to learn this new language called MS-DOS........and my first semester one of my classes was keypunching.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Cell phones are overrated. I miss floppy disks.

LOL. Tbh I embraced tech like 7 or 8 years ago when I got my first smart phone.

¿Hablas español?

Yo habla google translate.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

When I was in college the first time, I was all excited to learn this new language called MS-DOS........and my first semester one of my classes was keypunching.

Yeah you’re older than me. Lordy.

 

[killerleaf]

hehehe

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I remember when you had to have an ISP like Netscape and compuserve to get online. We got our first computer when I was in grade school, and then we got that ****ty version of the internet when I was in middle school I think.

 

[killerleaf]

been an exciting d1. see ya'll in the morning, I am going to go to sleep now. Us old people need our sleep!

 

[killerleaf]

I remember when you had to have an ISP like Netscape and compuserve to get online. We got our first computer when I was in grade school, and then we got that ****ty version of the internet when I was in middle school I think.

so you are probably about the age of my two oldest...(40ish)....they were about that age when we got the internet....

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

so you are probably about the age of my two oldest...(40ish)....they were about that age when we got the internet....

Haha not quite 40 but getting there.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

been an exciting d1. see ya'll in the morning, I am going to go to sleep now. Us old people need our sleep!

Yep. Just took my melatonin. Waiting for it to kick in.

 

[sheltermed]

I'm not sexist, I swear!

said every male ever

 

[PippyPony]

Yeah I’m an old **** lol. Like no internet when I was in grade school old. No such thing as cell phones old. No one I went to school with had a cell phone until I was out of high school.

I was out of undergrad when the iPhone was invented. You're not alone here!

 

[Lawpy]

The whole "one space" "two space" after a period caused me grief in my classes. I grew up with the double space...very very very hard habit to break. and I still do it. as long as it is not something formal.

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[muttmanager]

Yeah I’m an old **** lol. Like no internet when I was in grade school old. No such thing as cell phones old. No one I went to school with had a cell phone until I was out of high school.

When I was in college the first time, I was all excited to learn this new language called MS-DOS........and my first semester one of my classes was keypunching.

Y'all win lol

 

[deleted867257]

I won't even attempt to see if I'm comparable in age 🤣
I'm a super youngin... I wasn't taught cursive in school (some of my classmates are appalled by this revelation)

 

[sheltermed]

Dirk, because it sounds like the name someone in a bad 70's porno would have

I think you tried to pass this off as your own joke assuming no one knows who dirk diggler is

 

[deleted867257]

I think you tried to pass this off as your own joke assuming no one knows who dirk diggler is

Can you give someone who doesn't know some back story

 

[sheltermed]

Can you give someone who doesn't know some back story

completely irrelevant to this game lol, but dirk diggler is a fictional 70s porn star from the film Boogie Nights

 

[deleted867257]

completely irrelevant to this game lol, but dirk diggler is a fictional 70s porn star from the film Boogie Nights

That's okay just was to satisfy my own curiosity while attempting to prevent going down a rabbit hole (also known as a never ending Google search)... I'm unsuccessfully attempting to study for renal phys

 

[vetmedhead]

I TOLD YOU. PRE VET. FEMALEEEEEEE 😛

Female? Like tamale?

 

[vetmedhead]

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mod abandonment

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Little known fact, mods actually live on tears. Modbandonment is simply a natural part of our hunting behavior.

 

[deleted867257]

I was out of undergrad when the iPhone was invented. You're not alone here!

Side note, slightly irrelevant.... has your thingy always been: not a wolf ?

 

[vetmedhead]

Yeah what?? sorry but if ya don't know someone's gender, saying "he" is completely inappropriate. "They" should be used. Even saying she is better.

Also sorry for the slow responses, I am in Mexico and went out to dinner. Is my nickname Soggy now?! So confused.

 

[PippyPony]

Side note, slightly irrelevant.... has your thingy always been: not a wolf ?

Well, there was confusion a while back, because even though my username clearly says pony, people seemed to think that I was a wolf when I was a wolf

 

[SkiOtter]

******
Thank you for being you and understanding me
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[vetmedhead]

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My god, you really do have a comic for everything

I won't even attempt to see if I'm comparable in age 🤣
I'm a super youngin... I wasn't taught cursive in school (some of my classmates are appalled by this revelation)

 

[vetmedhead]

Do you think anyone has figured out that I signed up to mod so I can ****post with impunity?

 

[WildZoo]

Yeah I’m an old **** lol. Like no internet when I was in grade school old. No such thing as cell phones old. No one I went to school with had a cell phone until I was out of high school.

Wow. You're ancient. Explains a lot 😉

 

[WildZoo]

Little known fact, mods actually live on tears. Modbandonment is simply a natural part of our hunting behavior.

****, was this little known? I feel like it should have been obvious by now

 

[WildZoo]

Do you think anyone has figured out that I signed up to mod so I can ****post with impunity?

I am shocked I tell you. Shocked!

 

[WildZoo]

I am no longer drunk and will be answering all of your frantic nooblet PMs shortly. Rest assured my darlings, all will be well, and only a lot of you will die.

 

[CoffeeQuestionMark]

LOL. Tbh I embraced tech like 7 or 8 years ago when I got my first smart phone.



Yo habla google translate.

I embraced tech only 3 years ago, when I got my first smart phone

I still miss my flip phone

If I ever make typos you bet it's cause my fat fingers hate touch screens and I just want to go back to pressing the 7 key 4 times to get the letter s

 

[WildZoo]

Some of you are already doing this, but if you could contain asking advice and general chatting with your manator to your tor/tee chats as much as possible, while submitting night actions and asking questions to the mods in your role PM, that would be lovely and helpful.

And if everyone could bold night actions, that would also be awesome. Mods have a lot of PMs to wade through to find the important stuff. Many thanks!

 

[Stagg737]

HER. KILLER IS A HER.

All this mistaken gender makes me very happy. Makes me feel better about calling @CoffeeQuestionMark a he for the first 4 days of Colorado even after I'd been corrected at least 5 times.

Also, to all you noobs. The proper term for unknown gender in these parts is axolotl until corrected.

Cell phones are overrated. I miss floppy disks.

3.5 or 5 inch?

When I was in college the first time, I was all excited to learn this new language called MS-DOS........and my first semester one of my classes was keypunching.

You'd fit right in at my current workplace. Our EMR system is DOS. It's...fun...

Yo hablo google translate.

Ftfy you uncultured swine.

I think you tried to pass this off as your own joke assuming no one knows who dirk diggler is

I actually wasn't even thinking about Dirk Diggler, now it just fits even more. @Matthew9Thirtyfive , I'm calling you Dirk from now on. (in all parts of SDN).

Little known fact, mods actually live on tears. Modbandonment is simply a natural part of our hunting behavior.

I thought mods lived off of the crushed souls of the dead and just imbibed on their tears during happy hour...

Wow. You're ancient. Explains a lot 😉

Wasn't your bed time like 3 hours ago?

 

[Stagg737]

Also, today was crazy and I was not nearly as active as I hoped I would be, especially since Padawans are apparently supposed to be active and helping noobs learn stuff or something. So planning to be more active/helpful going forward.

 

[WildZoo]

Also, today was crazy and I was not nearly as active as I hoped I would be, especially since Padawans are apparently supposed to be active and helping noobs learn stuff or something. So planning to be more active/helpful going forward.

You'd better, or else you're fired!

Wasn't your bed time like 3 hours ago?

Wasn't your dead time 3 hours ago?

 

[MSUcvmHOPE]

Dear Lord...note to self don't go to the movies, all the good discussion and voting happens at night.
Side note Aquaman was decent.

 

[Stagg737]

Wasn't your dead time 3 hours ago?

Obviously not, or I'd have cute little asterisks around all my comments!

 

[WildZoo]

Obviously not, or I'd have cute little asterisks around all my comments!

Huh. Seems like a mod error. We'll have to look into it.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Also, today was crazy and I was not nearly as active as I hoped I would be, especially since Padawans are apparently supposed to be active and helping noobs learn stuff or something. So planning to be more active/helpful going forward.

I thought padawans were noobs. Isn’t the phrase “patience young padawan” or something?

 

[Crayola227]

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I'm so sad I wasn't tagged to manator. My current rotation has made WW a thing I can actually do and I'd have loved to bring some more chaos into the world
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New rule. MJ is tagged in all major WW events forever more until he begs us to stop.

 

[Crayola227]

I cannot tell you how many doctors submit reports to us with double spaces after each sentence. Once a habit always a habit.

I to this day do it in ALL typing including texts

 

[Crayola227]

The whole "one space" "two space" after a period caused me grief in my classes. I grew up with the double space...very very very hard habit to break. and I still do it. as long as it is not something formal.

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Why are you supposed to not do this anymore? I can't stand how texts look without it.
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[Crayola227]

Even tho manators are not sposed to post a lot, I still thought the noobs should get used to waking up to walls of posts from me from the middle of the night. Never too soon for meta meta meta META.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

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Why are you supposed to not do this anymore? I can't stand how texts look without it.
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Doubling spacing after a period is still appropriate for monospaced fonts like courier new. The practice was used in the typewriter age because every letter had the same spacing, so having two spaces after a period made reading a lot easier. With the computer era, this changed as most fonts are not monospaced, and putting two spaces after the period stylistically looks clunky. It’s just an aesthetic thing, and most publications require one space.

 

[SportPonies]

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Wait, are you not supposed to use two spaces after punctuation...?
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[WildZoo]

Night closed results pending