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Author Topic: Could someone explain... The thread where we muse over what causes certain wtfs.  (Read 475288 times)

UnicodingUnicorn

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Ice-related megaprojects. Infinite sand. Merpeople.

Why is merpeople genocide more horrifying than unicorn genocide?
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IndigoFenix

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Unicorns can fight back.

How can a single monarch butterfly brain function as a full course meal?

UnicodingUnicorn

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The question you should be asking is why are DF portions so small.

How do night trolls sustain on protein?
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They make like an elf... and CANNIBALIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why do the elves cannibalize?
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"'...It represents the world. They [the dwarves] plan to destroy it.' 'WITH SOAP?!'" -legend of zoro (with some strange interperetation)

Aslandus

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They understand what dwarves do not: elves are delicious

Why won't dwarves eat elves?

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Because elves are snobby, worthless, trash heaps.


How do Titans and Forgotten Beasts work biologically?
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UnicodingUnicorn

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Made of steel and the like could be just metaphors in describing the strength of the creature. Otherwise, magic.

How do you differentiate a titan, forgotten beast and demon?
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Arx

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One lives above the ground or in a shallow hole below it. One lives far underneath the ground. And one isn't really a threat at all.

Why do minecart and jump physics seem to work differently?
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Because minecarts have wheels and jumping creatures have legs.

Why do dwarves enjoy eating pure tallow so much?
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Baffler

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They don't, really. Such is life.

How is grown wood made?
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The elves caress the tree and eventually the wood responds by trying to prick them.  This growth is then harvested.

Why isn't there good weather?
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UnicodingUnicorn

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It's called rain.

Why isn't there savage weather?
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Aslandus

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Global warming doesn't exist yet, so there's no difference between weather over civilization and not over civilization...

Why is glass so good?

UnicodingUnicorn

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It's shiny, and dwarves like shiny.

Why does fire clay make stoneware but other clay make earthenware?
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Dwarf4Explosives

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Stone is dwarfy. Fire is dorfy. Therefore, fire results in stone.

How do dwarves navigate my fortress, despite the fact that they have no way of seeing as much as I can as overseer and the fact that even so I still get lost?
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And yet another bit of proof that RNG is toying with us. We do 1984, it does animal farm
...why do your hydras have two more heads than mine? 
Does that mean male hydras... oh god dammit.
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