Bingowings

I find it surprisingly useful. When it started it was kind of fun. I could play scrabbulous with friends in other towns reconnect with former school and work mates but once the novelty had worn off I just used it to arrange my trips down south. When I started to look for work again about three years ago I needed references from former bosses and started using it again. I have lots of real world friends and family scattered across the globe so it’s sort of essential tech now. But it has its dangers. For example if you are surrounded by people of a like mind it can distort your view of public opinion. I got the results if the Scottish and Brexit referenda correct because I go out into the real world and listen to what people have to say but I know lots of people who only use social media to discuss such matters who were very shocked. I’m pretty outspoken on issues that I care about and this has caused ripples on the water. I have seen people with serious mental health problems use social media as a loud hailer to shout at other equally vulnerable people. I have some friends and family who are socially isolated because of illness and it helps them stay connected. So it can be good but it can be not good and it’s clearly not for everyone.

The only use for Palpatine having access to a saber, narratively speaking would be to convince Anakin that the frail democratically elected leader of the Republic is trying to defend himself with very little effect against Mace Windu. In that instance it should be not his but picked up from a previous killed Jedi and should be disguarded once Anakin has killed the Jedi Master defending the Chancellor. I wouldn’t actually had Yoda in the prequels at all but have had him mentioned with awe and reverence by the Temple Jedi. That way Luke’s surprise and first time viewers surprise is maintained. I would have drawn a line between Jedi and Jedi Knights. Ben is retired military, Yoda is a religious hermit.

Uzi MC, the Bloodrap Movement, Herman the Tosser haven’t invaded my own personal consciousness.

Thanks Warb. I’m really worried about him and a number of people around him. They are all going through a very dark time, your compassion is greatly appreciated.

yhwx said:

Well, military computers are not designed for high quality real time graphics. I do get your point though.

simulators are.

Battlezone evolved from a military simulator. It still feels futuristic to me 😄

The book was 1982 I think so Doom, the game, was the stuff of science fiction. I don’t think even military computers could create representations of environments like that back then in real time.

It was a good title for the original book. I don’t know if it’s just a British thing but there is a tendency here to acronymise things we are anxious about talking about, it must be universal because I have heard Americans refer to Cancer as “the big C” as if mentioning it by name will bring it upon yourself. As the title is identified closely with the book, keeping it for the film makes sense. Parents and kids familiar with the story will recognise it as an adaptation. They might not do otherwise.

It made me smile so much I posted it twice.

Warbler said:

no thanks, I’ll stick to classical music/Christian hymns/Sinatra.

I now have have the mental image of Warb doing robotic dancing to Come Fly With Me and There is a Green Hill Far Away. It’s a happy image.

Warbler said:

Bingowings said:

Yesterday was one of my fast days so I woke up pretty hungry and I needed to go out and vote and then go off to Alloa so I thought I would just finish off the contents of the tin of beans in the fridge with the last of the bread.

Some way into my breakfast I noticed how the beans tasted a bit icky and then I noticed a pork sausage.

I’ve been Vegetarian since 16… I’m nearly 46 but I’m also frugal and hate to waste food.
So I picked out and rolled the sausages into the compost bin and finished the beans on toast but it really tasted and felt rank.

I spent the whole morning feeling kind of sick and sort of contaminated.

My partner had purchased pork and beans in a tin in error, he meant to get veggie sausages and thought that’s what they were when he ate them while I starved.

No amount of toothbrush or mouth wash action could purge the weirdness.

to be honest, this made me LOL.

Don’t worry Warb I sometimes laugh at the misfortune of others. I’m pretty evil really 😄

I went over to see a friend of mine who has had a really bad time recently, He had to go for a run and left me in his kitchen for a bit so I thought I’d do the washing up seeing as he was depressed and the dishwasher was broken.I then uncovered the sheer magnitude of the mankiness of the place. Under all the pans and pots the hob of his very expensive and posh oven was swimming in a good inch of oil and old onions. There was a glass full of teabags that had sprouted and the sprouted plant had died and things had lived in the dried corpse of the sprouted thing and they had died it was just surreal beyond surreal.

It took me a good three hours to get on top of it as he didn’t have bleach or kitchen roll. Slopping out the greasy oniony gloop was really icky.

yhwx said:

Darth Id said:

Jeebus said:

Darth Id said:
Post-Abortive Stress Syndrom[e]

That would be PASS.

Oo! That actually works really well!
I said it b4 & I’ll say it again: Thank You, Jeebus!!!

Do I PASS?

Double post, double posted.

When I left you I was but the thesis, now I am the author.

I believe they cloned Rex Harrison expressly for this purpose.

I somehow missed the Caroline Aherne’s call to glory. To get cancer three times in one life is a feckin pain in the arse. https://youtu.be/OzSQwnZ8N-s

yhwx said:

Slanderous? I think not.

I propose the formation of a committee to investigate the validity of these claims.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Earwigs – earwigs everywhere.

I like earwigs. They chew up the stuff I stick in the compost bin and make compost. Millipedes and Centipedes are also cool. I love squiggly wigglies of all kinds.

Autocorrect for Winterfell?

There are a heck if a lot of Georges,😂. List is autocorrect for Lost.

Warbler said:

at first, I though you were talking about William IV, but he wasn’t George III’s brother, he was his son. So what does George III’s brother have to do with this?

He was George 4th brother and George 3rd’s son he who list to George Washington who was the first president and not George Clinton who was just in charge of parliament.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

What?

You’re all clear kid, let’s blow this thing and go home!

The Prince Regent was so unpopular that with a bit of help from Napoleon England might have become a republic. William just walked around Brighton unguarded, saying hello to anyone that greeted him. Just a really nice guy who liked the odd flutter on the horses. Most people forget him.

Warbler said:

Just so you know, I don’t hate people in the UK. My ancestors were born in the UK. However there is that ancestor of your Queen . . .

George the 3rd and his brother William were actually rather nice.
He had a rather nasty illness but compared to his potty brained son he was rather decent. If you guys could have waited a bit you could have bolted the the Empire under the Regency and much of the Empire would have joined you.
The institution of monarchy is pretty daft but not that much dafter than electing one of two or three rich people who have never had a day of financial hardship in their life and are probably only in a position to be chosen because they are the spouse, brother or son of a previous head of state. I wouldn’t call Trump a breath of fresh air but he does pong differently 😄

However the people of America, the UK or wherever you find yourself are far more interesting and give far more value and character to their place of origin or adoption than the heads of state, may we be Independent of them all.

They had a cigarette, rolled over… probably farted in their sleep.

Warbler said:

Bingowings said:

Every country has an unfortunate aspect to it and hopefully you will give that a moment’s thought too while the red rockets glare.

I think about that more often than you realize.

I have no preconception of how you think. I can only respond to what you say and my comment wasn’t directed at you but all Americans celebrating Independence from the weirdly hatted people over the pond.