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[AaronLS]

The planet that the story of Dwarf Fortress takes place on has an extremely thin but dense atmosphere.  There essentially is no air above the ground level.  The heavy gravity of the planet ensures short falls are deadly and that dwarves are short and stout.

Why is it my dwarf dresses like a bee keeper, when I've told him he is not allowed to be a bee keeper, but instead a carpenter?  It seems a little eccentric...

[Xotano]

his beard is afraid he is going to get stung by bees wile he makes beds, training weapons, and coffins.

(insert witty question here)?

i'm expecting an answer to the witty question you must first think of! and just the answer not the question itself!
MWA HA HA HA HA!

[Tersr]

First, beards are not strong enough to wield twenty whale corpses, and second, you're sick to think of a dwarf doing that to a kobold, and the thought alone makes me have nightmares.

Why haven't any types of transportation been invented yet?

[Sscral]

There isn't anywhere worth going to yet.

Who makes the candy swords and the carnival buildings?

[Komra]

It's where Armok keeps the extra materials while he's building the rest of the world. The candy swords are his toothpicks, he tends to create worlds on a full stomach.

why do some animals not have to eat?

[Theifofdreams]

Because they ate before arriving on screen. Yes, even if they were born on screen. Try not to think about it too hard.

What's the easiest way to keep a lava pump stack from killing your FPS? Aside from not building it or keeping it turned off, I mean.

[Wimopy]

Throwing things into it, obviously, to satisfy its fatal hunger that eats your FPS. (And also reduces the amount of UNITS on your screen, which is good for FPS)

Any interesting things to !!RESEARCH!! that haven't been done yet? (11pm, can't think of any good things)

[Komra]

AFAIK, it's unknown how well weapons made out of food work. Hop to it.

Why aren't there provisions to make lava lethal on contact when temperature is off?

[ZeroSumHappiness]

Because Toady must be working on coding up molasses still.  Lava will act like that as well as being hot in the future.

Why does a race of Axe, pick and spear-lovers name its children Dagger so often?

[Tersr]

Because they're so smart. 

Why does everything menace with spikes?

[whitecold]

Because it couldn't serrrate with disks.

Why can a copper pick pierce a perfectly rigid material?

[CapnUrist]

Do you doubt the mastery and perfection of dwarven forging, lad? What daftness.

How does a human diplomat see where he's going when navigating a dwarven fortress hundreds of z-levels below the surface with no light source?

[Komra]

There are signposts. Invaders know directions as well, and how else?

Where do the Forgotten Beasts come from?

[Kassil]

There are signposts. Invaders know directions as well, and how else?

Where do the Forgotten Beasts come from?

Australia. (Look at a platypus and argue the point. It can't be done with a straight face.)

Why do my miners ALWAYS leave a few tiles undug when they run off to the next room, preventing the nearly-dug room from being used as intended?

[Theifofdreams]

Because they got bored, and plan on coming back to it when it's exciting again.

Why do diplomats appear close to goblin ambushes, at the same time as said ambushes, so very often?