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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:36 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:My library was gonna do something like that, but then they decided not too for some reason. I dunno why.

The workers probably dont want to deal with an unhealthy population.

Makes sense.
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Geneviev wrote:So do books, and libraries have been closed for weeks.

The local libraries closed for at least three weeks Monday. I have two books due back in about eight days.

This will be the first time I've ever been late taking back a book.

Pax Nerdvana wrote:I know.
Mine shut down a week or two ago. I hope I don't run out of things to read.

You could always reread some old favourites.

There are some books that always stand another read.

I'm already at that point for the most part. Sooner or later, I'll probably be reduced to reading old back issues of magazines that I have stowed away.
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Postby Geneviev » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:38 am

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:The local libraries closed for at least three weeks Monday. I have two books due back in about eight days.

This will be the first time I've ever been late taking back a book.


You could always reread some old favourites.

There are some books that always stand another read.

I'm already at that point for the most part. Sooner or later, I'll probably be reduced to reading old back issues of magazines that I have stowed away.

You can get ebooks too.
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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:43 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Geneviev wrote:So do books, and libraries have been closed for weeks.

The local libraries closed for at least three weeks Monday. I have two books due back in about eight days.

This will be the first time I've ever been late taking back a book.

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Samudera Darussalam
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Postby Samudera Darussalam » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:46 am

Geneviev wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:I'm already at that point for the most part. Sooner or later, I'll probably be reduced to reading old back issues of magazines that I have stowed away.

You can get ebooks too.

I have set my eyes on a number of them but sometimes it's hard to download some :(
Though.....I'm not sure if downloading them from the net is an illegal activity in the first place or not.

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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:46 am

Geneviev wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:I'm already at that point for the most part. Sooner or later, I'll probably be reduced to reading old back issues of magazines that I have stowed away.

You can get ebooks too.

They exist, I suppose, but it's really not the same. Maybe it's just me.
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We Will Not Comply
They can’t stop the Signal
"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"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."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun

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Postby Nobel Hobos 2 » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:46 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:I know.
Mine shut down a week or two ago. I hope I don't run out of things to read.

You could always reread some old favourites.

There are some books that always stand another read.


Then there's my collection. Anything worth reading twice has been read three times.

When I read a book and like it I want to lend it to my friends. I rarely get those back. If I really like it, I keep it to read again. But the real problem is books I hate from the start, really I should burn them, but I can't give them away so I end up with most of my collection being utter dreck.

My local GP surgery, to their enormous credit, has a donation library. But I don't like to give them bad books.
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Postby Nobel Hobos 2 » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:48 am

Samudera Darussalam wrote:
Geneviev wrote:You can get ebooks too.

I have set my eyes on a number of them but sometimes it's hard to download some :(
Though.....I'm not sure if downloading them from the net is an illegal activity in the first place or not.


Anything on Project Guttenberg is out of copyright. There's a lot of good (old) books there though sometimes the scan quality is bad.
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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:57 am

I really should download some stuff off of Project Gutenberg.
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"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"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."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun

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Postby Geneviev » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:00 am

Samudera Darussalam wrote:
Geneviev wrote:You can get ebooks too.

I have set my eyes on a number of them but sometimes it's hard to download some :(
Though.....I'm not sure if downloading them from the net is an illegal activity in the first place or not.

I'm not sure either, but then I just limit myself to the authors who died.

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Geneviev wrote:You can get ebooks too.

They exist, I suppose, but it's really not the same. Maybe it's just me.

That's true. But they're better than nothing, even if you can't actually see the pages.
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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:05 am

Geneviev wrote:
Samudera Darussalam wrote:I have set my eyes on a number of them but sometimes it's hard to download some :(
Though.....I'm not sure if downloading them from the net is an illegal activity in the first place or not.

I'm not sure either, but then I just limit myself to the authors who died.

Pax Nerdvana wrote:They exist, I suppose, but it's really not the same. Maybe it's just me.

That's true. But they're better than nothing, even if you can't actually see the pages.

That's true, I suppose.
The Internet killed gun control.
Profile
Quotes
We Will Not Comply
They can’t stop the Signal
"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"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."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:19 am

Playing “Animal Crossing”, visiting friends’ towns online and chatting with them over the phone app is truly a godsend during these times. That brings them a little closer.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:08 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Playing “Animal Crossing”, visiting friends’ towns online and chatting with them over the phone app is truly a godsend during these times. That brings them a little closer.

Is there animal crossing for the wii?
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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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:35 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Playing “Animal Crossing”, visiting friends’ towns online and chatting with them over the phone app is truly a godsend during these times. That brings them a little closer.

Is there animal crossing for the wii?


I believe there is.
https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/mo ... lsrc=aw.ds
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Also: THERNSY!!
Your story isn't over;֍Help save transgender people's lives֍Help for feral cats
Cat with internet access||Supposedly heartless, & a d*ck.||Is maith an t-earra an tsíocháin.||No TGs
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:39 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Is there animal crossing for the wii?


I believe there is.
https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/mo ... lsrc=aw.ds


Boy #1 may like that, thanks
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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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:41 am

Ethel mermania wrote:


Boy #1 may like that, thanks


You’re welcome. I’m playing the Switch version.
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Also: THERNSY!!
Your story isn't over;֍Help save transgender people's lives֍Help for feral cats
Cat with internet access||Supposedly heartless, & a d*ck.||Is maith an t-earra an tsíocháin.||No TGs
RIP: Dyakovo & Ashmoria

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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:47 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Is there animal crossing for the wii?


I believe there is.
https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/mo ... lsrc=aw.ds

Why does the American version have a different name? I clicked that link and had no idea what game that was.

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:49 am

Heloin wrote:

Why does the American version have a different name? I clicked that link and had no idea what game that was.


It’s not unusual for the European versions to have different names. I’d imagine is a matter of it being a catchy enough title to ensure sales.
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Also: THERNSY!!
Your story isn't over;֍Help save transgender people's lives֍Help for feral cats
Cat with internet access||Supposedly heartless, & a d*ck.||Is maith an t-earra an tsíocháin.||No TGs
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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:52 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Heloin wrote:Why does the American version have a different name? I clicked that link and had no idea what game that was.


It’s not unusual for the European versions to have different names. I’d imagine is a matter of it being a catchy enough title to ensure sales.

I'll give it to the American version that it's a better title then Let's Go to the City, but it just makes it really confusing to talk about things.

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:52 am

Heloin wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
It’s not unusual for the European versions to have different names. I’d imagine is a matter of it being a catchy enough title to ensure sales.

I'll give it to the American version that it's a better title then Let's Go to the City, but it just makes it really confusing to talk about things.


Not a thing to do atm, that’s for sure. :p
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Your story isn't over;֍Help save transgender people's lives֍Help for feral cats
Cat with internet access||Supposedly heartless, & a d*ck.||Is maith an t-earra an tsíocháin.||No TGs
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Dumb Ideologies
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:53 am

Argh. Loads of technical problems working from home today. Couldn't be more wound up if you shoved up a key up my arse and called me a clock.
Are these "human rights" in the room with us right now?
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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:54 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:Argh. Loads of technical problems working from home today. Couldn't be more wound up if you shoved up a key up my arse and called me a clock.


DI, I’m highly visual. I can picture that. Oh dear.
Slava Ukraini
Also: THERNSY!!
Your story isn't over;֍Help save transgender people's lives֍Help for feral cats
Cat with internet access||Supposedly heartless, & a d*ck.||Is maith an t-earra an tsíocháin.||No TGs
RIP: Dyakovo & Ashmoria

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Dumb Ideologies
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:57 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:Argh. Loads of technical problems working from home today. Couldn't be more wound up if you shoved up a key up my arse and called me a clock.


DI, I’m highly visual. I can picture that. Oh dear.


Haha, mind image printer go brrr :>
Are these "human rights" in the room with us right now?
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Freedom is when people agree with you, and the more people you can force to act like they agree the freer society is
You are the trolley problem's conductor. You could stop the train in time but you do not. Nobody knows you're part of the equation. You satisfy your bloodlust and get away with it every time

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:58 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
DI, I’m highly visual. I can picture that. Oh dear.


Haha, mind image printer go brrr :>


Very much so. :p
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Your story isn't over;֍Help save transgender people's lives֍Help for feral cats
Cat with internet access||Supposedly heartless, & a d*ck.||Is maith an t-earra an tsíocháin.||No TGs
RIP: Dyakovo & Ashmoria

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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:01 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Haha, mind image printer go brrr :>


Very much so. :p


Good guess. I don't have one, so I suppose it might equally make squeaky mouse or trombone noises.
Are these "human rights" in the room with us right now?
★彡 Professional pessimist. Reactionary socialist and gamer liberationist. Coffee addict. Fun at parties 彡★
Freedom is when people agree with you, and the more people you can force to act like they agree the freer society is
You are the trolley problem's conductor. You could stop the train in time but you do not. Nobody knows you're part of the equation. You satisfy your bloodlust and get away with it every time

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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:04 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:Argh. Loads of technical problems working from home today. Couldn't be more wound up if you shoved up a key up my arse and called me a clock.

A digital one i take it.
Last edited by Ethel mermania on Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
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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