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[Siquo]

I think I got two... They're pretty okay with the warnings, only repeated offenses or mod-sassing will get you an actual ban I think. It's just that that time could've been spent on DF. He's essentially providing a free service, modding these forums.

[Max White]

Yea, but he has said in the past that looking after the forums doesn't take much of his time... Still, grateful for the effort.
And really, who among us would we want as a moderator? Not me, I would suck. I would totally lock every single thread except the MSPA one so we could all sit in there making stupid jokes at each other. It would be horrific.

[Reelya]

Scary.

I actually smile when ever I see one of Toadys 'mod voice' messages. Love how blunt and honest he is.

Toady's scary.  Ive been a lot of places, some quite lax in their rules of conduct, and few carry Toady's Toadiness.  When he talks he means it.

I have played some online games who's in-game chats have very strict mods, but they tend to only be strict about really stupid by-the-letter-of-the-rules stuff. Racism, sexism and homophobia? Post to your hearts content! Post a URL to back up an argument in a site with a no-URL rule? Instaban.

[olemars]

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-03/india/39008133_1_flight-attendants-cockpit-airbus-321

Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two flight attendants to operate the plane in their absence. Their stunt almost ended in disaster after one of the flight attendants accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, forcing the pilots to rush back to their seats.

Note to self: Never book tickets with Air India.

[Loud Whispers]

...
Huh.
Can I destroy this reality, guys? None of you would miss it...

There will come a storm so great the world shall fall into deep despair.

Meteorologists will look to the skies for this storm. Too late will they know...

THEY SHOULD HAVE LOOKED INTO THE INTERNET

[Scoops Novel]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/business/equestria-girls-a-my-little-pony-offshoot-in-its-movie-debut.html?_r=1&

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

What.

So it begins..

I knew this would show up.

It's not that bad...at first glance The final official trailer from what I saw, they didn't have wings, and the ears were more humanoid.

Still an odd choice for a movie though, I assume Hasbro had to do with the decision. They kept the color schemes too, which is odd because if you're gonna go and make semi-humanized characters why stop at 80% and leave them colored like marshmallow equine-like creatures. That defeats any goal of humanoid characters.

It raises even more questions because it appears to be set in high school, which completely goes against the implied ages of the main characters in ponyland, which seems to be young adults about out of college and self sufficient.

I'll stop filling the thread with da ponah theory crafting and agree it's pretty WTF worthy. It looks like a terrible marketing choice for any audience outside of the original small girl demographic, and a big risk anyway simply because it's anthromorphed/humanized ponies.

It's like deciding to make the next Call of Duty a text-based psychological thriller roguelike set in the stone age. Why break the formula, and what drugs were involved in the final decision?

Bad example. To be honest, people would still play it, just out of curiosity.

[RedWarrior0]

That and you know Craptivision would accidentally leave the same portion of the budget to art assets.

[Truean]

I'm not sure where to put this so ....

Evidently, some of my clients (read, the local regulars in the jail along with several other people I've represented criminally) are beginning to know my car.

Let me explain, the following:

1.) I do not look who else is driving around me.
2.) I scream on a hand's free device (phone) at people.

This combination is hilarious, because I'm yelling at some guy to stay off the god damn drugs and go to his rehab classes, cause if he doesn't it's jail and I'll visit him in there but I'm getting sick of going for him again.
Nobody else can hear this though, so it looks like I'm insane and talking to myself/screaming to myself.

I don't notice people driving next to me as far as the people in the car. I get that there's a car next to me, just don't notice/care who is driving it. I must look like some nutjob in a suit and tie screaming to everybody else driving around me. Granted, this is exactly what I am, but I like to imagine there's some legitimacy to it.

"God damn it no. NOOOOOO no no no nno nonononon0oo. Get. Your. Ass. In. Rehab. Or. It will. Be. In jail! Come on damn it, I got you outta all this shit and you're gonna tell me you won't go to a class? A class or 12? You gonna tell me that you like the jail food that much? It ain't that great I've had it! Just go to the F#@%ing classes! I got you driving privileges specifically so you could go to the class while we.... NO I don't care that she's being a bitch, GET YOUR ASS THERE. I WILL COME DOWN THERE AND SCREAM AT YOU IN PERSON SO I DON'T HAVE TO SEE YOU IN JAIL AGAIN. So of a ...."

I can just imagine how this must look to people in traffic around me.

[MagmaMcFry]

I'm not sure where to put this so ....

Evidently, some of my clients (read, the local regulars in the jail along with several other people I've represented criminally) are beginning to know my car.

Let me explain, the following:

1.) I do not look who else is driving around me.
2.) I scream on a hand's free device (phone) at people.

This combination is hilarious, because I'm yelling at some guy to stay off the god damn drugs and go to his rehab classes, cause if he doesn't it's jail and I'll visit him in there but I'm getting sick of going for him again.
Nobody else can hear this though, so it looks like I'm insane and talking to myself/screaming to myself.

I don't notice people driving next to me as far as the people in the car. I get that there's a car next to me, just don't notice/care who is driving it. I must look like some nutjob in a suit and tie screaming to everybody else driving around me. Granted, this is exactly what I am, but I like to imagine there's some legitimacy to it.

"God damn it no. NOOOOOO no no no nno nonononon0oo. Get. Your. Ass. In. Rehab. Or. It will. Be. In jail! Come on damn it, I got you outta all this shit and you're gonna tell me you won't go to a class? A class or 12? You gonna tell me that you like the jail food that much? It ain't that great I've had it! Just go to the F#@%ing classes! I got you driving privileges specifically so you could go to the class while we.... NO I don't care that she's being a bitch, GET YOUR ASS THERE. I WILL COME DOWN THERE AND SCREAM AT YOU IN PERSON SO I DON'T HAVE TO SEE YOU IN JAIL AGAIN. So of a ...."

I can just imagine how this must look to people in traffic around me.

Wear a fake headset?

[Frumple]

... you don't notice them either, huh? I do sometimes pay attention when it's a vehicle I recognize, but generally you could replace the drivers with computers and I wouldn't notice at all. Far as I'm concerned every other vehicle on the road might as well be possessed or a zombie or somethin'. Wouldn't make a difference to my perception, most of the time. Too busy watching the vehicles themselves to watch the people in them.

[Truean]

I do have a headset thingy like a bluetooth or I think it's called a jawbone or something. They can't see it though and it's funny in a way.

That said, it is very small though, like it fits in my ear with a little piece that traces along my jawline, but that's it.

[Skyrunner]

Don't worry, people rarely look at other people in cars anyways

... Do they?

[Truean]

Don't worry, people rarely look at other people in cars anyways

... Do they?

Evidently they do, because I've had 4 people talk about it lately, who politely say I must've been on a phone call or something, because otherwise I would be talking to myself.

They can't really see this in my ear. And also, you have to really understand that for some reason, most of the people I deal with don't even have email addresses (go figure). I'm sure they think I'm nuts.

[Descan]

Aren't you, though?

[Graknorke]

It's like deciding to make the next Call of Duty a text-based psychological thriller roguelike set in the stone age.

I'm sold.