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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:07 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Veceria wrote:I hate the one we have at home. He's totally dumb. And extremely loud.

Still better company than people with the same characteristics. Its outdoor cousin, the robotic lawnmower, is almost suspiciously silent in comparison.

Robotic lawnmowers are a thing? Should I fear the grass reaper?
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:11 am

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Still better company than people with the same characteristics. Its outdoor cousin, the robotic lawnmower, is almost suspiciously silent in comparison.

Robotic lawnmowers are a thing? Should I fear the grass reaper?

No need for fear, they're only a threat to blades of grass. Those machines seem peaceful enough, or do a rather good job pretending to be so.


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Postby The New California Republic » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:21 am

Geneviev wrote:I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore. :blink:

Yeah it can sometimes feel a bit weird celebrating it as an agnostic or atheist.
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Postby Veceria » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:24 am

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Veceria wrote:Trust no one.


I hate the one we have at home. He's totally dumb. And extremely loud.

Does he fall down the stairs? Or try to vacuum out the oven?

Nah, that's not possible in our house.

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Still better company than people with the same characteristics. Its outdoor cousin, the robotic lawnmower, is almost suspiciously silent in comparison.

Robotic lawnmowers are a thing? Should I fear the grass reaper?

They tend to be safer than non-robotic lawnmowers.

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Geneviev wrote:I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore. :blink:

Yeah it can sometimes feel a bit weird celebrating it as an agnostic or atheist.

why tho, it's just like everyone having birthday at once
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:26 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Veceria wrote:I hate the one we have at home. He's totally dumb. And extremely loud.

Still better company than people with the same characteristics. Its outdoor cousin, the robotic lawnmower, is almost suspiciously silent in comparison.


Robotic lawnmowers, even my job is not safe :(
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:28 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:Robotic lawnmowers are a thing? Should I fear the grass reaper?

No need for fear, they're only a threat to blades of grass. Those machines seem peaceful enough, or do a rather good job pretending to be so.


The engine caused a genocide among horses in the early 20th century . Sheep, as a natural lawnmower, might be replaced by this monstrosity.

Sheep lives matter!
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:29 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Still better company than people with the same characteristics. Its outdoor cousin, the robotic lawnmower, is almost suspiciously silent in comparison.

Robotic lawnmowers, even my job is not safe :(

Once biotechnology succeeds in creating plants capable of growing wool, we won't be needing sheep at all!


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Postby The Blaatschapen » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:31 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:Robotic lawnmowers, even my job is not safe :(

Once biotechnology succeeds in creating plants capable of growing wool, we won't be needing sheep at all!


It's called cotton.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:32 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Once biotechnology succeeds in creating plants capable of growing wool, we won't be needing sheep at all!

It's called cotton.

Cotton and wool are not the same thing, as you should be aware of. For shame, Blaat!


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Postby The Blaatschapen » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:33 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:It's called cotton.

Cotton and wool are not the same thing, as you should be aware of. For shame, Blaat!


They perform the same function. Clothing.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:36 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Cotton and wool are not the same thing, as you should be aware of. For shame, Blaat!

They perform the same function. Clothing.

Wool keeps you warm even when it's soaking wet. Try that with cotton.


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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:39 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:Robotic lawnmowers, even my job is not safe :(

Once biotechnology succeeds in creating plants capable of growing wool, we won't be needing sheep at all!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetab ... of_Tartary
What if it does actually exist?
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:46 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:They perform the same function. Clothing.

Wool keeps you warm even when it's soaking wet. Try that with cotton.


I prefer not to. I have natural wool and Ethel says that I cannot mix fabrics.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:47 am

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Once biotechnology succeeds in creating plants capable of growing wool, we won't be needing sheep at all!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetab ... of_Tartary
What if it does actually exist?

Well, I'll be damned. You learn something new every day.


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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:51 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetab ... of_Tartary
What if it does actually exist?

Well, I'll be damned. You learn something new every day.

Ain't that the truth. I found that page while falling down the rabbit hole of Wikipedia a few weeks ago.
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We Will Not Comply
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"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
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"Affordability
Suitability (.22LR for squirrels, bigger .22s for long range little things, and big-bore for legal hunting reasons, etc)
Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:02 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:No need for fear, they're only a threat to blades of grass. Those machines seem peaceful enough, or do a rather good job pretending to be so.


The engine caused a genocide among horses in the early 20th century . Sheep, as a natural lawnmower, might be replaced by this monstrosity.

Sheep lives matter!

Sheep protest

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https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

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The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:03 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Wool keeps you warm even when it's soaking wet. Try that with cotton.


I prefer not to. I have natural wool and Ethel says that I cannot mix fabrics.

One little rule, and bitch bitch bitch.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:04 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Wool keeps you warm even when it's soaking wet. Try that with cotton.


I prefer not to. I have natural wool and Ethel says that I cannot mix fabrics.


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Postby Gallade » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:08 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:
The engine caused a genocide among horses in the early 20th century . Sheep, as a natural lawnmower, might be replaced by this monstrosity.

Sheep lives matter!

Sheep protest

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:33 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:I prefer not to. I have natural wool and Ethel says that I cannot mix fabrics.

One little rule, and bitch bitch bitch.

And it's not as if you are an orthodox follower of all those obsolete bronze age religious laws, secularized as you are.


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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:41 am

Gallade wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Sheep protest

Image

I love cities. A horde of rampaging sheep is a spectacle rather than a monthly occurrence through your back garden.

We need to get blaat to organize his brethren better.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:42 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:One little rule, and bitch bitch bitch.

And it's not as if you are an orthodox follower of all those obsolete bronze age religious laws, secularized as you are.

Dont tell blaat, I have been pulling the wool over his eyes for years.
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:45 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Gallade wrote:I love cities. A horde of rampaging sheep is a spectacle rather than a monthly occurrence through your back garden.

We need to get blaat to organize his brethren better.

They seem organized enough, just look at those smug faces! Clearly those ruminants know what they're doing.


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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:57 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:We need to get blaat to organize his brethren better.

They seem organized enough, just look at those smug faces! Clearly those ruminants know what they're doing.

So you are saying blaat has already been there?
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
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The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:08 am

It must be a wooly situation.
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Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun

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