[11:59 AM]
Revisited
scene...slightly different riff from years ago-
"Is
the Dark Side stronger?"
"No!
Quicker, easier, more seductive."
"So...
it's quicker and easier. But is just as potent as the Light
side?"
"Correct,
you are."
"So
the Dark side is stronger."
"...no.
As powerful as the Light, the Dark is."
"Riiiiight.
But it's also easy-access and fast. Those are pretty hefty
selling points, Master."
"...err"
"Like
pound for pound, if I wanted to...say...lift my X-Wing out of the
swamp. The Light side could build up to it and pull it out, but
if I scream at it in rage...pop..."
"Done
training today, we are."
"But-"
"DONE
TRAINING TODAY WE ARE!"
[1:16
PM] Mr. Yellow:
Well,
one down side with the Dark side is the toll it takes on your looks.
[1:20
PM]
Yes...the
Dark Side doesn't do anything good for your appearance
"The
Dark Side of the Force makes you wear black"
[1:20
PM] Mr. Yellow:
That
is a bonus
But
you could choose to wear black if you are Light side
[1:20
PM]
(Yoda
to council) "Concerned about Young
Skywalker's tailor, I am."
[1:21
PM] Mr. Yellow:
You
are stuck with only red lightsaber blades
[1:30
PM]
(Darth
Alphonse - Dark Stylist of the Sith - laying swatch sample
combinations out for Sidious)
"The problem is the red saber, of
course. SO hard to make a strong statement in robes unless it's
in blacks or deep reds, and so we're left with materials and textures.
Now this is nice...womp fur and a pinstripe polymesh. Tells the
world ‘wealth’ but shows your opponents you bring ‘death’.
No? Well we’re looking for ‘love it!’, so let’s move on."
[2:37
PM] Mr. Yellow:
lol
[1:15
PM]
(Mr. Silver here: Primer
article --
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a25953663/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-stainless-steel/
Interesting. But
not needed for the rest of this...)
(paste)
[12:40
PM] Mr. Brown:
So
yeah, stainless steel
good
Idea
too
bad we did not work with it more
[12:50
PM]
He
still didn't explain some parts
"Oh!
It used to crumple right up so they stopped using it!"
(me)
"...and...so you solved that byyyyy...?"
[12:50
PM] Mr. Brown:
Using
thicker sheets?
lol
[12:51
PM]
Guess
so
heh
Which
brings us to fighting robots and cyborg superheroes
They've
been bugging me.
[12:52
PM] Mr. Brown:
With
how heavy they are?
[12:52
PM]
I
can see them as a weapons platform.
But
the sci-fantasy world has them physically pounding on each other with
kicks and punches and crap.
[12:54
PM] Mr. Brown:
They
play it off as special materials
[12:54
PM]
Yeah...I
have less trouble with superhero "Balonium Alloy" stuff vs
more standard materials. My big issue is more the Japanese
bots/vehicles where all the equipment is built out of similar stuff.
[12:54
PM] Mr. Brown:
They
did good in Pacific Rim
They
took damage
They
did good with Iron Man in the movies
He
took damage.
Enough
to ruin the suits, like it should be
[12:56
PM]
Stark
is wearing armor and can fix his crap with his trillion
dollars...What about Cyborg?
[12:58
PM] Mr. Brown:
The
DC character Cyborg?
[12:58
PM]
Yeah
He
takes a super punch!
BLAM!
His
meat parts are splattered, the electronics pulverized, and the frame
and plates take a big ol dent from the force of a concentrated
semi-truck. He's dead.
[12:59
PM] Mr. Brown:
For
sure if he punches something beyond his arm's metal strength, its
gonna be junk
They
would try and play it off as special shock absorbers and such
[1:00
PM]
You
get my point up there
[1:00
PM] Mr. Brown:
Yep
How
about force shielding over his meat parts? lol
Just
thinking of ways they could have explained it away but did not
But
yeah. Same strength materials and same strength. Same force
meets
in the middle and both are destroyed
[1:02
PM]
The
apologist for Transformers/Robotech might argue the frame and fist is is made
of tougher stuff...
"Ok...why
isn't the armor made of that...and if it is, then you're right back
at square one."
2
seconds into the fight they look like a 10 car high-speed pileup
Same
with your force shielding...If it's that good, just use the force
shielding all over.
[9:03
AM]
It's
like everybody thinks all the venomous animals are going to just
willy nilly inject you with venom
Darwin
Beach...snerk
[9:09
AM] Mr. Blue:
heh
[9:10
AM]
Darwin
Award Beach
[9:10
AM] Mr. Blue:
If
it's brightly colored leave it alone
I'm
not sure how an octopus would "inject" you with venom
anyway... though i guess jellyfish can be deadly too
[9:10
AM]
Except
butterflies and birds, and I wouldn't eat the butterflies
Jellyfish
can F you up, yes
The
octopus bites
[9:11
AM] Mr. Blue:
Jellyfish
are wild
[9:40
AM]
to
prove it was the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he captured the tiny
jelly and allowed it to sting him, while his 9-year-old son and a
lifeguard observed the symptoms (and then rushed him to the intensive
care unit)
"I
win!"
[10:58
AM] Mr. Brown:
that
is for sure going the extra mile
so
you don't believe this thing could kill me
well
watch this
[11:04
AM]
Wouldn't
want to hurt a test animal or anything.
"Bet
that little thing causes Irukandji Syndrome."
"Uh
UH, I bet it doesn't cause Urr-Candy Symptom."
"Bet
it DOES!"
"Dare
you to touch it then, dad."
"I'm
not gonna touch it. It causes Irukandji Syndrome."
"I
double dare you it doesn't cause Urr Candy thing!"
"No!
It's dangerous!"
"I
double DOG dare you!"
"Ok!
(touch) gggg-yag!!!!"
(Lifeguard)
"What the Hell are you idiots up to over here?"
"Dad
touched the little jelly."
"Those
things cause urr-candy! What were you thinking? Get in
the jeep!"
(week
later) "It was NOT a dare...it was a science experiment."
(board)
"Yes. Under the controlled lab conditions of a 9 year old
boy and a lifeguard at a tide pool."
"Exactly."
[11:11
AM] Mr. Blue:
Weird
that something so small has tentacles or tendrils or whatever so long
It
can kill something that is absolutely not an imminent threat
It'd
be like using a sniper rifle and claiming self defense
There's
a YT channel of a guy that just lets himself get stung/bitten by
things
[11:12
AM]
yes
Saw
him try a wasp of some sort recently
whatta
dip
[11:13
AM] Mr. Blue:
Actually
not *just* that. He also talks about the thing first and why it
stings and how the venom works
[11:14
AM]
Yes
but
still a dip
[11:14
AM] Mr. Blue:
some
are pretty bad.. like bullet ants or tarantula hawks
a
centipede bite was real bad
[11:15
AM]
Some
of that stuff just kills your flesh. what's the point?
[11:15
AM] Mr. Blue:
yeah..
I've never seen him have any serious effects though, like anaphylaxis
or necrosis
[11:16
AM]
"How
can I indulge my venom masochism kink and not get chunked in a psych
ward as a danger to myself? Ah! Youtube!"
[11:17
AM] Mr. Blue:
probably
makes a good living on clicks
Brave
Wilderness is the channel
[11:20
AM] Mr. Brown:
Bullet
ants is a tribal become a man ceremony
Put
them in gloves, put on said gloves
[11:23
AM] Mr. Blue:
YouTube
presenter Coyote Peterson has recently challenged the claim
that the bullet ant has the most painful insect sting when he
intentionally stung himself with an executioner wasp, a paper
wasp species native to most of the same regions inhabited by the
bullet ant. Unlike the bullet ant's venom, the executioner wasp's
venom left Coyote with permanent scarring as a result of its sting.
He later stated that while the recurring pain from the bullet ant
lasted for about a day and a half after the sting, the executioner
wasp's venom left him with lingering burning sensations, swelling,
and itching for almost a week afterward. [30] No other
entomologists have corroborated Coyote's claims.
[11:25
AM] Mr. Brown:
Depends
on what they are measuring
Initial
or chronic pain
[11:26
AM] Mr. Blue:
It
probably depends on how much venom and where you're bit
[11:27
AM] Mr. Brown:
Bullet
ant to the nether regions and your gonna want to die
[11:28
AM] Mr. Blue:
Sometimes
it's interesting to see how difficult it actually is to get one to
bite
Like
he'll have to hold it on his skin for a while
He
tried crabs and lobsters but it was really hard to get them to pinch
at all
They
seemed to lose energy fast... the stress of just being put in a tank
for a bit just zapped their pinching ability
[11:30
AM] Mr. Brown:
Yeah
being in the ocean, crabs will grab your feet. Ouch!
