Somebody had to restart this thread. I hope it's okay if I do it.
You aren't mad at me, are you?
>>804
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDTA
>>806
What's your favorite music in Touhou Koumakyou (Embodiment of Scarlet Devil)?
>>812 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZyTC72iols because well it's the only Touhou replay vid I've watched; I found one of my friends from my childhood after years of no contact to find out he's also into the same things as me. Actually he got me into video games and internets I guess, or maybe it's the path I was destined for anyway.
>814 Do you think your dad's willy's been in your mum's mouth?
>>816 It all depends on whether or not the phenomenon can be simply explained as a psychological thing. The delay may or may not be all in your head.
>>818 Is there really any way of knowing whether reality determines what one percieves or if perception is actually what makes something real? Alternatively, could perception and reality be partly, mostly, or entirely seperate?
>>817 Consider reading Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The accepted answer these days is that reality determines what we perceive, but our perceptions are still just interpretations of that reality. As it stands, reality and perception are only "separate" by the variations we find between different peoples' perceptions of said reality.
>>819 If you had to decide between a life only of things you hate but are really good at and come easily to you, or a life of things you love but cause struggle and frustration, which would you rather take?
>>828
I enjoyed a dinner with my family at home. I like it this way. Strangely enough my father suggested to order some Japanese cuisine, which was rather unusual, but we all agreed.
I'd like to reply to >>827. It's clearly New Year in Russia because it's like "western" Christmas and New Year merged. Also, December 31 through January 8 are holidays.
Orthodox Christmas is purely a religious feast celebrated on January 7. I suppose, historically atheist commies probably craved to receive their presents earlier.
>>830
How would you describe your New Year celebration?
>>831 I love maps, I used to draw them when I was a wee boy, copying them out of atlases. I was more into flags but I still loved maps. I had this really cool atlas that showed the oceans without any water, so you could see the topography of the sea bed, I wonder what happened to it? I think I was too young to fully appreciate iot, it would be cool to find now
>>833 What do you think of noise artists like Hanatarash, Merzbow, stuff like that? Not necessarily harsh noise, but people in general who decide to spend what little time they have on earth recording extreme niche forms of music?
>>832
I was going to say something along the lines of I admire them for following what they enjoy and so on, regardless of what other people think or what little effect it might have on the world at large. I was going to say that, but then I read that Hanatarash once cut a dead cat in half with a machete and I find that extremely distasteful.
>>834
What has been your most recent significant failure?
>>834
Picking favorites is too hard! But I've been listening to Kaleidoscope by [Lydia Grave] more than any of the other stuff: http://lydiagrave.net/special/kaleidoscope/
I can't tell why exactly it appeals to me though.
>>836
What would you look like if you turned into a SJIS art character? Bonus points for actually making something, not just describing.
>>835
I tend to smirk a fair bit, so perhaps a ー for a mouth? I've no idea how to even try to denote my almost rectangular glasses though, so I shan't even try. The rest of my face is disappointingly nondescript. Alas, no bonus points for me.
>>837
What sorts of unusual things do you do when you're alone?
>>837 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uefNcDcRZcE Not really but I'm not sure I understand, how do you know when it's full?
>>839 What's your favourite gabber song?
>>839 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTxR_FjTbRI
>>840 the jam in my sandwiches tastes like the stuff i get in jam donuts, why is this?
>>842
Strike Fighters: Project 1, a 1950s-early 1960s era jet aircraft combat flight sim. I'd also like to see the game get some of the same advances in avionics that existed at the time, like air-to-ground radar modes for dive bombing and radar lead computing G-compensating optical gunsights for gun combat. The game was released in 2002 in a horrible buggy incomplete not-even-beta state. Eventually patches were produced to render it playable, it still requires the player, for example, to dive-bomb World War II style squinting at what amounts to a grease-pencil mark on the cockpit windscreen, and the gunsights aren't much better--the US had G-compensating optical gunsights in service in 1943, and radar lead computing variants were tested in Korea a few years after that.
Yes, I know, a version 2 of the game was released in 2008. But it still isn't, in my opinion, what it could have been.
>>844
Should I eat the leftover chicken or the leftover stirfy for lunch?
>>852
Ratchet and Clank 2. I'm going for 100%, I reckon I'm at around 90. Not looking forward to farming bolts to get the last couple of weapons or trying to guess where the remaining platinum bolts are, though.
>>854
My legs constantly feel like they need exercise, but I walk to and from university every day (30 minutes each way). I'm reasonably tall (probably too tall for my chair for my legs to bend properly) and I like coffee and sugar. Any tips?
>>852
Shin Guard. It's a game I made up a few minutes ago. My friend poured some Gatorade from a mostly empty bottle that was on te ground next to where we were sitting in my TI-84's cover, so I said "Wanna play shin guard?" I told him it was a game where I put the case over his shin and hit it until he feels pain and that there's no way to win, only get a high score. He said no so I kept insisting until he gave in. I first kept hitting it with my hand until it stated to hurt so I said "okay level two" then proceeded to hit it with tr calculator itself. I gave up and told him he won, contradicting myself. I checked and the case still had some Gatorade on it so I said that the other shin still needs to go. I did it until it was completely dry then I congratulated him. It wasn't really a game but a way to get the sticky Gatorade off my calculator cover.
>>854
Would you play Shin Guard?
>>864 Only 15 times a week and you're worried?? I was going to reply thinking maybe a 100 times a week. To grow a beard I think you just have to wait and see what happens; you may hear people say shave often and it grows back in thicker and quicker but I think this is a myth, it looks darker and seems to grow quicker for some other illusionary reason
>>866 If I'm so brilliant why won't anyone employ me?
>>868
I guess my favourite OP is FLCL, because technically it's just a title displayed for a couple of seconds. And it's 4:3. It's that hardcore!
But openings of the original Hokuto no Ken, Renkin San-kyuu Magical Pokaan, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt and Soul Eater are also worth mentioning.
Trava: Fist Planet has my favourite ending.
>>870
Have you watched REDLINE?
>>869
January.
>>870
Yes, I liked how it didn't try to get too serious or complex with the backstory, staying focused on the unashamedly over-the-top action, much like Dead Leaves.
>>872
If you could choose a super power, what would you choose? Let's say ridiculous god powers like omnipotence or omniscience are off limits.
Those rainbow white chocolate brownies that get posted daily on /ck/.
Or anything from cooking with dog
>>884
Have you ever felt nostalgia for something you were never part of
>>883
Quite a few times actually. It's mostly about the 70s. I particularly like space exploration, LISP, integrated circuits and music of that age. Maybe something else that I can't remember right off the bat ― besides Vietnam War which is interesting but it isn't something that causes nostalgia.
>>885
What is your hobby? Would you recommend it to anybody else?
>>884
One of my main hobbies is gardening. I'd recommend it to anyone; it's very satisfying, even if it amounts to nothing more than keeping a few potted plants on your windowsill. It doesn't take too much effort unless you're trying to grow something especially fancy.
>>886
Would you eat cooked human flesh, given the chance?
>>886
It might be stress or avitaminosis! Try doing something that you enjoy. Make sure that you sleep for at least 6 hours every night, and that your diet contains both meat and fresh vegetables. Try taking a multivitamin supplement.
And never eat human flesh because you might get a prion disease.
>>888
What would you do if your sleeping schedule suddenly drifted across the globe and then just stopped there with an almost inverted sleep-wake pattern?
>>887 Whenever that happens I stay up for a night and a day and go to sleep at a normal time. Usually this would happen after a night of taking stimulating substances with friends, but sometimes if I get stuck in a cycle of looking at things on the Internet. To pass the time I do creative things, I take it as an opportunity to work on something that takes a bit more preparation than scribbling in a sketchbook, such as getting paints and canvas out or making big stencils or something, or masturbating
>>889 Have you ever created a video? Not just like filming you playing a game or doing something but took time to make something?
>>890
No, I think that simply is stupid as it makes it less secure and restricts the freedoms of the taxpayers, which includes law breakers.
>>892
Do you think that passing a bill after it has already been struck down by referendum but making it referendum proof by attaching it to a spending bill and allowing the governor to dissolve any elected body in the entire state is Stalinistic?
Living in the mitten sucks.
>>897
I'm really getting bored of it. Originally it served as auxiliary to narrative and puzzle and fit well into a lot of adventure stories, but it's been taking more and more of a central role in games lately and the quality of gamer's been decreasing so the other elements are being relegated to the status of cutscene with occasional hand holding.
>>899
What is your opinion of people's opinions of video games?