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WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
DSL:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 05 Mar 2012, 16:13 ---Actually DSL, ... Daphne is there, she's just off setting up the 'Toys' in her and Velma's Quarters for the 'After Party Fun. Cause, you know, Daph is Velma's Bitch. :-D.
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No reason for our two versions to be mutually exclusive. :-D
Akima:
--- Quote from: J on 05 Mar 2012, 06:38 ---the only beverage he will be permitted during this process is a horrible energy drink endorsed by steven seagal.
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I had not heard of this, and of course I had to google it...
<rant> Spoilered for those to whom off-topic Chinese nerd-rage is TL;DR... (click to show/hide)Leaving aside the dubious qualities of the drink, this is a fine example of illiterate cultural appropriation. According to some blurb I found: "When Steven Seagal traveled to Asia searching for the ingredients for Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt, he wanted a universal Asian character to summarize it's energy and power. The character known as "CHI" stands for power, and energy in many Asian languages and cultures." This character is printed on the can:
Chi is one romanization of 气 (Simplified) or 氣 (Traditional) in Chinese. In Japan, they used to use the same character as Traditional Chinese, but changed to the shinjitai 気 in 1946. So while the concept of chi is common to "many Asian languages and cultures", the "universal" character printed on the can is specifically Japanese (and "many Asian languages" are not character-based in the first place, but all Asians are the same, right?). Hanzi and kanji do not "stand for" things any more than words in European languages do, and the blurb is the equivalent of saying that the word dog "stands for" a dog in many European languages and cultures, when it means a dog, but only in English.
Mr. Seagull apparently takes his approach to Asian culture from his namesake bird: Indiscriminately snap up titbits all over the place and crap on everything.
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jwhouk:
Transition Week - How much longer will it go on?
Until The Age of Man Has Ended. - 4 (7%)
This'll be the last week in space. Really. - 2 (3.5%)
The whole cast is moving up here next week! - 3 (5.3%)
We will discover Hanner's dark secret. - 11 (19.3%)
No, it's Station's dark secret. - 1 (1.8%)
Nope, it's Dr. Case's secret. - 2 (3.5%)
Marigold just wants a pony. - 0 (0%)
We want Spathe Ham! - 3 (5.3%)
The obligatory "Just Along For the Ride" option. - 5 (8.8%)
Forums crash, everyone cries. - 14 (24.6%)
"Hm, what does THIS big red button DO?" - 12 (21.1%)
Total Voters: 57
wdonohue:
Jeph's recipe for the racist-grandma is a Palmer Cocktail with seltzer: http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/665 (a reasonable variation on the theme, so thumbs up).
Bonus drink: Fallen Leaves is also a cocktail, and an excellent use of Calvados: http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2005/10/02/fallen-leaves/
DSL:
--- Quote from: Akima on 05 Mar 2012, 17:10 --- (click to show/hide) Mr. Seagull apparently takes his approach to Asian culture from his namesake bird: Indiscriminately snap up titbits all over the place and crap on everything.
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I propose Akima's alternative selling of "Seagal" be allowed by the judges in honor of the sheer gloriousness of the quoted sentence.
(applauds, whistles and stomps feet to annoyance of neighbors)
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