A Super Special Whaling Voyage [Mafia]

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100YrsofAttitude: Apr 29, 2013

Lumpen posted:

I apologize for my shocking breach of E-Prime by using the copula.

I meant to say
"EXAKT's posting resembles someone spazzing out and I agree with Mills saying:"

I forgot how contrived Lumpen lives. Reminds me of coming home to that old salt marsh and saying to myself, "Yes that is that stench I know and I love."

# ? Feb 24, 2015 17:04

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Hal Incandenza: Feb 12, 2004

Hello friends. Let us save the whales

# ? Feb 24, 2015 17:07

wall monitor: Jan 1, 2007

100 yrs spends time talking about what scum would/wouldn't do, maybe it's a bit early in the day to really read into stuff much, but my intuition pings that as scum via a sort of 'Hey guyyyys, scum totally wouldn't do X, right' vibe

# ? Feb 24, 2015 17:28

wall monitor: Jan 1, 2007

You know what, I'm gonna put my money where my mouth is

##vote 100YrsofAttitude

# ? Feb 24, 2015 17:30

100YrsofAttitude: Apr 29, 2013

wall monitor posted:

You know what, I'm gonna put my money where my mouth is

##vote 100YrsofAttitude

I will try as much as I can to emulate lumpen's e-prime thing seeing how much of an amusing challenge it seems. Also maybe it'll help me clear up the way I type, which as most of you know, often meanders about. I won't be as strict about it though.

Take my comments as you will, in my defense I just weighed in on the votes that they had cast using my what little experience I have. I don't think we should go back to joke-voting or play less seriously, but they just struck me as so earnest that I felt they jumped the gun.

Gosh, how does Lumpen do this e-prime stuff constantly? Took me about 6 minutes just to type this post and eliminate the 'to be's'.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 17:46

Lumpen: Apr 2, 2004; I'd been happy, and I was happy still. For all to be accomplished,
for me to feel less lonely,
all that remained to hope
was that on the day of my execution
there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should
greet me with howls of execration.; Plaster Town Cop

I applaud your choice 100Yrs and I hope you'll find the experience enlightening. I have striven to speak E-Prime in my daily life too, since I discovered the concept, and found that it enhances my clarity of thought and improves my interpersonal relationships.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 18:15

100YrsofAttitude: Apr 29, 2013

Lumpen posted:

I applaud your choice 100Yrs and I hope you'll find the experience enlightening. I have striven to speak E-Prime in my daily life too, since I discovered the concept, and found that it enhances my clarity of thought and improves my interpersonal relationships.

I don't think I would go that far but we will see how it turns out.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 18:28

Grandicap: Feb 8, 2006

Confirming.

Also, Hi Lumpen, long time no see. You still in Korea?

# ? Feb 24, 2015 19:04

Lumpen: Apr 2, 2004; I'd been happy, and I was happy still. For all to be accomplished,
for me to feel less lonely,
all that remained to hope
was that on the day of my execution
there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should
greet me with howls of execration.; Plaster Town Cop

Grandicap posted:

Confirming.

Also, Hi Lumpen, long time no see. You still in Korea?

I feel glad to see you playing!

I moved back to Indiana from Korea at the end of 2012, got married at the beginning of last year and have a 4 month old son now.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 19:31

Hal Incandenza: Feb 12, 2004

I feel good that I now know that e-prime exists. Seems hard to live by though.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 19:51

EXAKT Science: Aug 14, 2012; 8 on the Kinsey scale

Lumpen posted:

I feel glad to see you playing!

I moved back to Indiana from Korea at the end of 2012, got married at the beginning of last year and have a 4 month old son now.

Can confirm that Lumpy's kid is adorable.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 19:58

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

Call me 8bux

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:16

EXAKT Science: Aug 14, 2012; 8 on the Kinsey scale

Eight Dollars posted:

Call me 8bux

How's it going, 8bux?

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:17

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

Some days ago � nevermind how long precisely � having little to no sense, and nothing particularly to interest me since RuPaul's Drag Race starts next week, I thought I should join a mafia game.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:18

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

EXAKT Science posted:

How's it going, 8bux?

I am good! Glad this actually started and now should probably go back and read the jokephase I missed to see if I'm late on that joke.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:21

EXAKT Science: Aug 14, 2012; 8 on the Kinsey scale

Eight Dollars posted:

I am good! Glad this actually started and now should probably go back and read the jokephase I missed to see if I'm late on that joke.

Don't think you did. There wasn't much in the way of jokephase tbh.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:22

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

Huh, I guess the days of Rolling Start and LETS ALL NO LYNCH have quieted down then :goleft:

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:27

Grandicap: Feb 8, 2006

I don't think EXAKT is picking up what you are putting down 8$.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:30

Lumpen: Apr 2, 2004; I'd been happy, and I was happy still. For all to be accomplished,
for me to feel less lonely,
all that remained to hope
was that on the day of my execution
there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should
greet me with howls of execration.; Plaster Town Cop

Hal Incandenza posted:

I feel good that I now know that e-prime exists. Seems hard to live by though.

E-Prime makes one constantly aware that nothing can be known, aware of the intractable gulf between reality and perception.

The map does not equal the territory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdmyisIFNo
transcript

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:33

EXAKT Science: Aug 14, 2012; 8 on the Kinsey scale

Grandicap posted:

I don't think EXAKT is picking up what you are putting down 8$.

Do you mean the joke or something else? If you mean the joke then yeah, I get it and enjoy it. Otherwise I don't know what you're talking about.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:33

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

The only thing I'm putting down is all this heavy ambergris.

Whaling jokes!

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:36

t a s t e: Sep 6, 2010

i have a proposal

we lynch tonight

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:46

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:54

t a s t e: Sep 6, 2010

think of melville

no-lynch is the road to peace

# ? Feb 24, 2015 20:56

Eight Dollars: Nov 14, 2012; Pretty pictures in small frames

So you're saying you want us all to be Billy Budds? :downsrim:

# ? Feb 24, 2015 21:07

t a s t e: Sep 6, 2010

yes

# ? Feb 24, 2015 21:08

Mills: Jun 13, 2003

Gm~

# ? Feb 24, 2015 21:57

fiery_valkyrie: Mar 26, 2003; I'm proud of you, Bender. Sure, you lost. You lost bad. But the important thing is I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.

Tremendous Taste posted:

think of melville

no-lynch is the road to peace

I would prefer not to.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 22:47

100YrsofAttitude: Apr 29, 2013

Whaler's satisfy themselves only by complete destruction of the biggest creatures alive, that perhaps ever existed. We can only barely call ourselves whalers by killing at least someone tonight. Also finished Moby Dick in January. Much better than I expected. Hell I'd even call it funny at times. Just really really long.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 23:10

Lumpen: Apr 2, 2004; I'd been happy, and I was happy still. For all to be accomplished,
for me to feel less lonely,
all that remained to hope
was that on the day of my execution
there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should
greet me with howls of execration.; Plaster Town Cop

fiery_valkyrie posted:

I would prefer not to.

Are you softclaiming Scrivener?

# ? Feb 24, 2015 23:16

Mills: Jun 13, 2003

No one except Lumpen commented on my vote so I'm going back to Byers' game. Let's not make a habit of being lurkers and non-content posters in this game. Thanks. :angel:

# ? Feb 24, 2015 23:29

Ernie.: Aug 31, 2012

Mills posted:

##vote EXAKT

overwrought 'joke' complaint in the same post as saying his vote is not a joke

this could be explained by being carefree about how he's seen

it could be explained by town exakt going 'woah this is a voteable offense' while also going 'but this is a fun jokephase'

Mills posted:

No one except Lumpen commented on my vote

this is how you know you need a new case!!

# ? Feb 24, 2015 23:32

wall monitor: Jan 1, 2007

Ernie. posted:

this is how you know you need a new case!!

I... oh. Oh. :smith:

##unvote

# ? Feb 24, 2015 23:34

Hal Incandenza: Feb 12, 2004

Lumpen posted:

Are you softclaiming Scrivener?

I am sad I got here too late to make that joke.

# ? Feb 25, 2015 00:03

DuckHuntDog: May 13, 2004

Mills posted:

No one except Lumpen commented on my vote so I'm going back to Byers' game. Let's not make a habit of being lurkers and non-content posters in this game. Thanks.

I thought your reasoning was sound, but I just didn't feel it. Sorry.

# ? Feb 25, 2015 00:15