NATION

PASSWORD

TET: Everybody got something to hide except me & my monkey

A resting-place for threads that might have otherwise been lost.

Advertisement

Remove ads

User avatar
Grenartia
Post Czar
 
Posts: 44623
Founded: Feb 14, 2010
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Grenartia » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:23 am

Lib-left. Antifascist, antitankie, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist (including the imperialism of non-western countries). Christian (Unitarian Universalist). Background in physics.
Mostly a girl. She or they pronouns, please. Unrepentant transbian.
Reject tradition, embrace modernity.
People who call themselves based NEVER are.
The truth about kids transitioning.

User avatar
Qazox
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 21295
Founded: Jan 17, 2006
Ex-Nation

Postby Qazox » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:40 am

Grenartia wrote:
Lordieth wrote:
Bravo delta charlie foxtrot.


The Queen is a Hotel Alpha India Romeo Yankee Foxtrot Alpha Tango Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo.

That was so Lima Alpha Mike Echo as a joke,

but so Charlie Oscar Oscar Lima that I remembered the Alpha Romeo Mike Yankee alphabet.
Wikipage/Qazox National Football Team
Qualified for World Cups 31, 33, 35-50, 54-59, 61, 62. Runners-up: CoH 52
Baptism of Fire 44 (w/Mangolana); World Baseball Classics 1, 4, 5, 10, 13 and 23; World Cup of Hockey 7 and 14; World Bowls IV & IX; IBC X; Baptism of Iron III and VIII; NSCAA Tourney II, III (conferences/regionals), The OXEN Cup; the TOUR de QAZOX, Qazoxian Sports Festival and NS X-Games/Winter X-Games I.
World Cups of Hockey 4 & 6; World Baseball Classics 6, 8 and 9, World Bowls 3 and XXI; Draggonnii Inviyatii V, IBC XI
xkcd 1110 (zoomable!)


User avatar
Qazox
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 21295
Founded: Jan 17, 2006
Ex-Nation

Postby Qazox » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:42 am


Only if it would work in real life...
Wikipage/Qazox National Football Team
Qualified for World Cups 31, 33, 35-50, 54-59, 61, 62. Runners-up: CoH 52
Baptism of Fire 44 (w/Mangolana); World Baseball Classics 1, 4, 5, 10, 13 and 23; World Cup of Hockey 7 and 14; World Bowls IV & IX; IBC X; Baptism of Iron III and VIII; NSCAA Tourney II, III (conferences/regionals), The OXEN Cup; the TOUR de QAZOX, Qazoxian Sports Festival and NS X-Games/Winter X-Games I.
World Cups of Hockey 4 & 6; World Baseball Classics 6, 8 and 9, World Bowls 3 and XXI; Draggonnii Inviyatii V, IBC XI
xkcd 1110 (zoomable!)

User avatar
Alleniana
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42864
Founded: Dec 23, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Alleniana » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:54 am

Qazox wrote:

Only if it would work in real life...

Root beer and beer both taste terrible.

Root beer: tastes like roots
beer: well, I'm in year 8, and it smells horrid.

User avatar
Divair
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 63434
Founded: May 06, 2009
Ex-Nation

Postby Divair » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:01 am

Wake up after a 12 hour sleep and I'm sick. Fun.

User avatar
Alleniana
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42864
Founded: Dec 23, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Alleniana » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:12 am

Divair wrote:Wake up after a 12 hour sleep and I'm sick. Fun.

If it's anything like cold, blow your nose and take a hot shower.

User avatar
Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 10235
Founded: Jul 05, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:15 am

Alleniana wrote:
Divair wrote:Wake up after a 12 hour sleep and I'm sick. Fun.

If it's anything like cold, blow your nose and take a hot shower.

Hot showers make my colds and flus worse.

He should take only cold showers, but inhale the steam that comes from boiling Eucalyptus tea.
Aequalitia's bromancey mancrush.
Test: Seemingly, libertarian communism was renamed "social democracy"
Compass: economic left -9.85, social libertarian -8.97
Socio-Economic Ideology: Democratic Socialist (92% ditto/Marxist, 75% Anarchist/Social democrat, 0% etc)

Born 12/94. Weird in all senses starting at 07/2000. NSG's resident euro-carioca bara-fudanshi useless lazy perv. Agnostic atheist (not anti-religious), bi-affective homosexual/demiheterosexual (and bi-curious i.e. chronologically 95% bisexual-ish but 5% true bi), slightly more masculine of both tad neutral and tad ambiguous gender (human-/oneself-identified genderqueer; he, xe or ou, your preference), naturist, "worker" class, mildly hipster/japanophile, etc.

User avatar
The Truth and Light
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 29396
Founded: Jan 12, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby The Truth and Light » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:18 am

Squit squit squit, I'm sick of this shit!

User avatar
Alleniana
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42864
Founded: Dec 23, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Alleniana » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:20 am

Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro wrote:
Alleniana wrote:If it's anything like cold, blow your nose and take a hot shower.

Hot showers make my colds and flus worse.

He should take only cold showers, but inhale the steam that comes from boiling Eucalyptus tea.

Hot showers let you get lots and lots of snot out, at least.

Cold showers are bad; colds come from the virus, which gets into your cells using a protein shell which it builds, posing like protein nutrient, but the protein melts when hot. I doubt taking a cold shower helps a cold when it's possible that cold came from, perhaps, rain.

User avatar
Cill Airne
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16428
Founded: Jul 28, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Cill Airne » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:26 am

Veterans day parade today! Eek. Gotta report 0700.
Anglican
Avid reader

To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

User avatar
Alleniana
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42864
Founded: Dec 23, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Alleniana » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:27 am

Cill Airne wrote:Veterans day parade today! Eek. Gotta report 0700.

Veterans day?
is that a day for commemorating soldiers n shiz?

User avatar
Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 10235
Founded: Jul 05, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:28 am

Alleniana wrote:Hot showers let you get lots and lots of snot out, at least.

Cold showers are bad; colds come from the virus, which gets into your cells using a protein shell which it builds, posing like protein nutrient, but the protein melts when hot. I doubt taking a cold shower helps a cold when it's possible that cold came from, perhaps, rain.

The snot comes out because you are inhaling vapor (that is why Eucalyptus is good, it has expectorant properties), not because you are exposing your whole body to hot water.

The temperature of your body is frequently ~37°C. The only thing a hot (30°C+, by cold shower I mean ~20°C) shower will cause will be helping to destabilize the thermal balance of your body. Believe me, I had 1-4 respiratory system illness emergencies a month until age 5 so me and my mom are already used to what we are supposed to do in any situation.

Only the vapor that you will inhale is enough for this protein to break down. The cold is mostly a respiratory system problem anyway.
Last edited by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro on Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:29 am, edited 1 time in total.
Aequalitia's bromancey mancrush.
Test: Seemingly, libertarian communism was renamed "social democracy"
Compass: economic left -9.85, social libertarian -8.97
Socio-Economic Ideology: Democratic Socialist (92% ditto/Marxist, 75% Anarchist/Social democrat, 0% etc)

Born 12/94. Weird in all senses starting at 07/2000. NSG's resident euro-carioca bara-fudanshi useless lazy perv. Agnostic atheist (not anti-religious), bi-affective homosexual/demiheterosexual (and bi-curious i.e. chronologically 95% bisexual-ish but 5% true bi), slightly more masculine of both tad neutral and tad ambiguous gender (human-/oneself-identified genderqueer; he, xe or ou, your preference), naturist, "worker" class, mildly hipster/japanophile, etc.

User avatar
Alleniana
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42864
Founded: Dec 23, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Alleniana » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:48 am

Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro wrote:
Alleniana wrote:Hot showers let you get lots and lots of snot out, at least.

Cold showers are bad; colds come from the virus, which gets into your cells using a protein shell which it builds, posing like protein nutrient, but the protein melts when hot. I doubt taking a cold shower helps a cold when it's possible that cold came from, perhaps, rain.

The snot comes out because you are inhaling vapor (that is why Eucalyptus is good, it has expectorant properties), not because you are exposing your whole body to hot water.

The temperature of your body is frequently ~37°C. The only thing a hot (30°C+, by cold shower I mean ~20°C) shower will cause will be helping to destabilize the thermal balance of your body. Believe me, I had 1-4 respiratory system illness emergencies a month until age 5 so me and my mom are already used to what we are supposed to do in any situation.

Only the vapor that you will inhale is enough for this protein to break down. The cold is mostly a respiratory system problem anyway.

I maen lots of snot comes out because you don't have to wipe; you just blow until it runs everywhere, and it doesn't matter, meaning you can clean your nose totally clean without picking it, washing it and wiping it.

Warmth helps against cold virus. I don't know about flu or stuff, but if it's just a regular cold, warmth helps; the protein shells are unable to keep their form, the viruses are exposed and they get destroyed by your immune system.

User avatar
Zottistan
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14894
Founded: Nov 26, 2011
Compulsory Consumerist State

Postby Zottistan » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:48 am

So, is the title made up or a reference to something?
Ireland, BCL and LLM, Training Barrister, Cismale Bi Dude and Gym-Bro, Generally Boring Socdem Eurocuck

User avatar
Cill Airne
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16428
Founded: Jul 28, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Cill Airne » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:49 am

Alleniana wrote:
Cill Airne wrote:Veterans day parade today! Eek. Gotta report 0700.

Veterans day?
is that a day for commemorating soldiers n shiz?

Essentially, yes.

Anyways. I've got a breakfast "date" with a close friend before hand, so I'll be off. Have a good one, all.
Anglican
Avid reader

To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

User avatar
Blessed Great Iberia
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 143
Founded: Oct 25, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Blessed Great Iberia » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:51 am

Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro wrote:
Alleniana wrote:If it's anything like cold, blow your nose and take a hot shower.

Hot showers make my colds and flus worse.

He should take only cold showers, but inhale the steam that comes from boiling Eucalyptus tea.


that eucalyptus bit sounds mighty fine.

-sniffles-
PLVS -The United Kingdom of Great Iberia- VLTRA
"Vis Unita Maior Nunc et Semper" / "Now and Forever, United we are Greater!"
El Reino Unido de Gran Iberia | O Reino Unido da Grã Iberia

RP StatsFactbookAnthemReservedReserved

Glory to the Fatherland that knew how to follow, over the blue of the sea, the path of the sun.
When I'm role-playing and my characters engage in dialogue, text in this color is spoken in Spanish, and text in this color is spoken in Portuguese.
I don't use NS Stats! Check out my factbook, or TG me for any questions and/or clarifications! You may also TG me if you just want to have a chat. Call me Herman.

User avatar
Alleniana
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42864
Founded: Dec 23, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Alleniana » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:01 am

Cill Airne wrote:
Alleniana wrote:Veterans day?
is that a day for commemorating soldiers n shiz?

Essentially, yes.

Anyways. I've got a breakfast "date" with a close friend before hand, so I'll be off. Have a good one, all.

Bye.

Blessed Great Iberia wrote:
Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro wrote:Hot showers make my colds and flus worse.

He should take only cold showers, but inhale the steam that comes from boiling Eucalyptus tea.


that eucalyptus bit sounds mighty fine.

-sniffles-

Actually,

cut your nose off.
(nobody was offering TET style advice, so I had to :/
don't blame me)

User avatar
Lordieth
Post Czar
 
Posts: 31603
Founded: Jun 18, 2010
New York Times Democracy

Postby Lordieth » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:08 am

Alleniana wrote:
Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro wrote:Hot showers make my colds and flus worse.

He should take only cold showers, but inhale the steam that comes from boiling Eucalyptus tea.

Hot showers let you get lots and lots of snot out, at least.

Cold showers are bad; colds come from the virus, which gets into your cells using a protein shell which it builds, posing like protein nutrient, but the protein melts when hot. I doubt taking a cold shower helps a cold when it's possible that cold came from, perhaps, rain.


It's a common myth that cold weather causes or increases the likelihood of colds, unless we're talking about a compromised immune system from hypothermia. It's actually been shown that cold showers boost the immune system. The correlation between cold weather and colds is due to more people staying indoors, creating denser pockets of population for colds to spread to other people. It's a correlation, rather than a causation.

If you want both the benefit of the heat and cold, eat spicy food, take cold showers, then wrap up warm. When you take a cold shower your body transfers blood from your skin to your internal organs, so you're actually helping your body to circulate antibodies, as well as keep your internal temperature up. If you want to maximise circulation you could switch from cold to hot, then back to cold again. Drinking hot sugary drinks helps with the throat and chest, and for a bonus effect try green tea and manuka honey, which both have anti-viral properties.
Last edited by Lordieth on Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:09 am, edited 2 times in total.
There was a signature here. It's gone now.

User avatar
Esternial
Technical Moderator
 
Posts: 54369
Founded: May 09, 2009
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Esternial » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:10 am

Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro wrote:
Alleniana wrote:If it's anything like cold, blow your nose and take a hot shower.

Hot showers make my colds and flus worse.

He should take only cold showers, but inhale the steam that comes from boiling Eucalyptus tea.

He should visit the therms.

Every big city needs at least one thermal bath.

> My goal as future EU president.
Last edited by Esternial on Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:10 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Catness
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1131
Founded: Jan 28, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Catness » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:13 am

I truly hate, truly hate when sleep abandons me.
\(=`ェ´=) 'Woof!" says Cattail. "Woof woof woof! Does this confuse you? Do you expect me to say 'Meow' like a cat because the word 'cat' is in my name and I also look like a cat? That's not how things work around here. I refuse to be pigeonholed. Nah, I like to meow, so ''Meow!'' :3"- Cattail, from Plants vs. Zombies, with a slight addition by the nation owner
-Also, of course, cats...-
Brought to you by Nanatsu Enterprises, Inc.

User avatar
Huda
Senator
 
Posts: 3839
Founded: Sep 15, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Huda » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:28 am

Derp.

User avatar
DesAnges
Post Czar
 
Posts: 31807
Founded: Nov 02, 2011
Left-wing Utopia

Postby DesAnges » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:33 am

Huda wrote:Derp.

The philosophical dilemma your post provokes is too much for my tiny brain. It is a problem for the ages.
My name is Kim-Jong Ayatollah, and I'm a big boy. I'm ten and three-quarters. I have high levels of respect for this man. <3<32 NSG, two pages into a debate
@Iseabbv Don't @ me

User avatar
The Blaatschapen
Technical Moderator
 
Posts: 62662
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Blaatschapen » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:36 am

Magna Libero wrote:Is Blaat into monkeys? :blink:


I prefer the Beatles.
The Blaatschapen should resign

User avatar
Hurdegaryp
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 54204
Founded: Antiquity
Ex-Nation

Postby Hurdegaryp » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:38 am

Alleniana wrote:
Cill Airne wrote:Veterans day parade today! Eek. Gotta report 0700.

Veterans day?
is that a day for commemorating soldiers n shiz?

One would assume so, given the very name of the day.
Zottistan wrote:So, is the title made up or a reference to something?

Of course, but it's not the kind of knowledge available to the uninitiated. Undoubtedly there are people that could tell you more, but they would have to make it look like an accident afterwards. So try to stay ignorant, since it's less of a mess.
Catness wrote:I truly hate, truly hate when sleep abandons me.

Did you and sleep have an argument? If so, you better make amends, otherwise sleep will never come back to you.
Huda wrote:Derp.

I see we have an accomplished intellectual here. Please, enlighten us! I implore thee, share with us your deep insights concerning the very fabric of reality!
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

PreviousNext

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to Archives

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users

Advertisement

Remove ads