Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@TeaCatherine I sent my sister and 2 of my 4 brothers just simple Christmas cards, each had a different polaroid picture of my white cat Destiny, but for Troy I might get him a ps2 game

@Moffo thanks! I like sharing memes, it's like doubling the fun of finding them. I think we had a thread with memes only or is my memory fumbly

@Snatcher yeah all those videos teach is how to be offputting to women. I think alpha males are alpha only for themselves.

@blindsquirrel How did you know I don't have a Bugatti? Are you spying on me?! That's it I'm sending a gang of tigers to teach you a lesson!

btw are the alpha male videos the same as coaching videos now?

@TeaCatherine not even bothering with house decorations? Do you have a moment to talk about our shade and sap giver, the Nordmann Fir?

@Princess_Lilly We ain't decoratingmuch either to be fair. We just have a tree.
Also candy canes aren't aNorth American thing, I looked it up, they have Germany origins

@EllaTheQueen6 Yeah, I guess that's pretty easy. Curse my generous nature, I'll probably end up getting people rather expensive things like comics.
@Princess_Lilly Yeah, we normally have a tree and house decorations but this is our first christmas staying where we are at the moment and the house owner can't be bothered.

@EllaTheQueen6 Well, I only decorate trees as well. Also the table with some nice tablecloth. And some ornaments on the windows. And a small tree with just lights in another room.

@TeaCatherine Oh, I see. Yeah, you have different priorites this year. The spirit of Christmas, being together and remembering kindness of others is what's important.

May I talk about my experience of listening a priest's lecture about Christmas celebration long long time ago?

If I remembered correctly, back in year before 2007, I have ever visited a church every Sunday despite I am not a Christian. There was one priest's lecture about Christmas celebration that we were not supposed to celebrate in happiness because she said Christmas was used to be a scary day where the first kid in Egypt will be killed by Pharaoh once Jesus Christ was born.
She said we were not supposed to celebrate Christmas in happiness and big party. In my mind, I was DA HECK she said we were not allowed to celebrate Christmas in happiness ?! 🤨
If she thought Christmas Day was a frightening day, well she should celebrate like that for herself but don't tell anybody to not allow to celebrate Christmas in happiness, even for non Christian peoples. In my opinion, her lecture about Christmas Day celebration was a false lecture. If she didn't want to celebrate Christmas Day in happiness, good for her but let other peoples celebrate Christmas Day in happiness without thinking too much about the scary day when Pharaoh killed the first kids once Jesus Christ was born.

@Anti-Matter this is some of the weirdest stuff I heard with everything mixed up, that priest was... wtf was even that. I'm gonna go into details tomorrow

Tomorrow is another day and we can't ibuprofen this one away

Fluffy Dreams everyone!

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@DiamondCore those giant robots sure are somethin'

Apologies for the late reply. Oh that kind of controller, yeah I have that kind as well, the one where you'd smoothly control the train's speed.

Oh gotcha... yeah that can get pretty bothersome to hear. It's all the roll of the dice that determines how crowded it gets, I guess. With you taking the early train that one time, I had a similar instance to that, but that was via plane. I was on vacation one time, and I had to get up super early to catch my flight back home. It was about 4 AM, give or take.

I do like trains, yes. Kinda hinted on that earlier, lol! That railroad museum was really nice to visit, I've been there twice as of now. My local museum has a nice model train room, as well. I've even done a Christmas drawing a few years back, with Toad riding his holiday train with presents on board. I can show that drawing to you if you want.

Oh absolutely, that kind of scent can give you a sense of nostalgia as well. I've not had a real tree for so many years... I wonder when I'll have one again.

Oh that's awesome! I like platformers and adventure games the best, and Mario Kart and Splatoon are my favorite games to play online, but I do like Smash Bros. as well. Perhaps we could play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online together if you want to sometime. That's fine on your game collection, no worries there.

Ah yeah Super Mario Odyssey is fantastic. It was a huge reason why I got a Switch in the first place... then again, Mario's always been a huge reason why I have Nintendo consoles to begin with, lol.

Is C# a programming language that lets you make visual programs instead of having a command prompt? I used another language called Visual Basic.NET that does let you make visual programs. My school had a class that taught it, and surprisingly I did better in it than C++. It might have to partially do with me being more of a visual learner. Plus I've never used things like MS-DOS, the first PC I've ever used was a Windows 95 machine.

Yeah same here, there are quite a few games on my 3DS that I should play before long as well, lol. The majority of my gaming time has been on Switch, and yeah, IRL is another factor for me, too. Yeah... sometimes even me can get trolled pretty hard in Mario Kart as well haha. I'm pretty good at the game, I can drift and do mini-turbos pretty well, but sometimes I keep getting hit by everyone! Oh, and the less times I talk about my own green shell hitting me, the better.

@IceDomino Just saw your comment when looking up something else and it made me think about an interview I saw last week about a Dutch Historian Lotte Houwink ten Cate (don't know if she also writes in English) that criticizes our society for being to focused on the (heterosexual) family-life, that is the so-called best way of life with a lovely partner, splendid career and at least a few kids. She also focuses on the systems that are in place that are more beneficial for married couples than singles and stuff like that. It is a shame, but I hope you will be able to stick to your convictions and have a wonderful singles-life for as long as you want .

I've been ibuprofening the past 4 days away (mind cutting headaches)
Yeah that's way more than my family does. We have an old premade tree and some ancient ornaments. I like the goofy tree, though.
@DiamondCore I got the email notifications from itch.io, sorry to hear your png's were corrupted.

@Moffo I'm gonna miss being destroyed by my brother in Rocket League

As someone who's never spent any money in Rocket League, should I be bothered? Looks like a new season starts tomorrow for me.

@Anti-Matter ok so that priest or whoever that was, mixed everything up.

First of all, "it was used to be a scary day where the first kid in Egypt will be killed by Pharaoh once Jesus Christ was born." probably mixes up the tale of Moses, when the Pharaoh didn't budge and let the Jews go from slavery until the last plague, a plague that would kill his firstborn son and all the firstborn sons in the kingdom, struck. Christmas has absolutely no connection to Egypt whatsoever. It's true though, that there was a king named Herod who heard that a king of Jews was going to be born and decided to track him down. He would never do that, though, as the 3 kings bamboozled him.

As for celebrating Christmas, I think the most important part is remembering that you are celebrating birth of Jesus, and it's a very happy occasion. I never once heard that Christmas was not to be celebrated happily, only to remember that it's not just an excuse for eating and drinking and partying a lot.

@DiamondCore man that trailer just got me from "maybe on a discount" to "will probably avoid even news about it"

@MarioLover92 Don't worry about replying late, I'm happy you remember I have a nasty habit of replying late or breaking the converstaion because sometimes my attention span is... overenbumbered like a Skyrim character.

I feel like waking up early isn't really that bad, it's the noise from other people that tire you out. The ability to go halfway asleep is a gem.

About trains - haha, yes you did hint at it, I just thought you like them as ornaments and decorations only, not the huge real trains I think I remember that drawing! It was so cool. Sure, you can show it off if you want, tis the season to be spreading that cheer

"Oh absolutely, that kind of scent can give you a sense of nostalgia as well. I've not had a real tree for so many years... I wonder when I'll have one again." - have you seen one of my numerous posts here glorifying the advantages of having a Nordmann Fir? Cause I will preach it until I find an even fluffier Christmas Tree material

Yeah your username does indeed hint that you like Mario I got Switch for Christmas a couple years back and I still remember I was trying to stick the protective glass to the screen while my family was watching "Coming to America" with Eddie Murpy (great movie btw) and Odyssey was the first game I launched, if I recall correctly.

Platformers are very nice, I like Mario, Crash, Spyro, Kirby, Klonoa, A Hat in Time, and... so many more. It's just pure fun without heavy lore.

@EllaTheQueen6 I think you should seek medical attention? Not kidding, 4 days of headache sounds pretty bad and take it from someone who had splitting migranes since ancient times of yore.

@Moffo Are the servers down?

I've been playing the Mega Man Zero series recently, and I have been enjoying it, but I have a couple of problems with playing it. First off, I can't really play platformers. I've played a couple, but those were either ridiculously easy, or insanely hard. Don't suppose anyone here knows the game well enough to give me some advice or maybe just something else that I can practice with that's more of a middle ground other than, say, Mario? I prefer things with a little more story.

@Princess_Lilly I have seeked medical attention, by appointment is in February
How did a kids doctors office get that packed?

@Princess_Lilly
Right?
So when I heard we were not supposed to celebrate Christmas in happiness, I was thinking DA HELL she said like that.
I stopped joining in church activity in year 2007 due to experienced with something that I really disagree from their lecture.

@EllaTheQueen6 maybe ER? If it doesnt subside tomorrow?

@Anti-Matter its a shame that some weird preacher makes people stop going to the church. You can really experience things there. I wish I could still experience them.

Fluffy Dreams Everyone