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[nekowafer]

Am I the only one that pays close attention to avatars?

[Masterpiece]

Then did you notice that my avatar lost his speech bubbles?

[nekowafer]

I did!

[Masterpiece]

awesome!

[LTK]

 Am I the only one who knew it always did that? The eye, I mean. I knew about the speech bubble because you said you edited it out.

[mtmerrick]

Then did you notice that my avatar lost his speech bubbles?

I noticed that....

[Jace]

My avatar also blinks.

[mtmerrick]

.....i stared at your avatar for a good 15 seconds before i realized i wouldn't be able to see blinking behind sunglasses. 

[celticgeek]

My avatar merely waves. 

[Loki]

I just found out that Americans pronounce Löwenbräu as Lowenbrau.

You people are sick funny.

[mtmerrick]

... Most Americans don't pronounce that word at all

[Masterpiece]

I just found out that Americans pronounce Löwenbräu as Lowenbrau.

You people are sick funny.

you should see the tourists at Oktoberfest. Hilariously incapable of staying sober.

[Pilchard123]

I just found out that Americans pronounce Löwenbräu as Lowenbrau.

You people are sick funny.

So how is it pronounced? According to Google translate it's "loovenbroi", but I don't know how much to trust it.

[Boiled Dove]

.....i stared at your avatar for a good 15 seconds before i realized i wouldn't be able to see blinking behind sunglasses. 

I did the same thing. 

[Metope]

My avatar... Hell, I don't even know what's going on there. Not a clue.

[Loki]

I just found out that Americans pronounce Löwenbräu as Lowenbrau.

You people are sick funny.

So how is it pronounced? According to Google translate it's "loovenbroi", but I don't know how much to trust it.

That's korrekt. Both eu and äu are pronounced as oi. I assume that both are pronounced the same is for historical reasons. Why it is pronounced like this in the first place, I don't know.

[Thrillho]

My avatar is smug Vince Russo. For the win.

[lepetitfromage]

I was convinced that I would keep my Mieville avatar forever, but then I saw this little guy and couldn't help myself. He's just so excited!

[GarandMarine]

I just found out that Americans pronounce Löwenbräu as Lowenbrau.

You people are sick funny.

you should see the tourists at Oktoberfest. Hilariously incapable of staying sober.

German beers have proper alcohol content, Americans used to weak shit like Budweiser (mineral water) can't handle it.

[Masterpiece]

see, that's why I always wanted to go to the U.S.. Beer that doesn't make me drunk after taking one sip? Awesome!

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I get very drunk very quickly.

[Zingoleb]

my avatar is sign of a sick obsession in my life

[Zingoleb]

which

okay

'lucky lucky you're so lucky' is a franz ferdinand line but also describes vriska (my avatar) really well, as she steals luck

because she's a pirate

that steals luck?

anyway, the fact she's a pirate makes my signature tie the whole thing together p. well which makes me happy

[ankhtahr]

I just found out that Americans pronounce Löwenbräu as Lowenbrau.

You people are sick funny.

So how is it pronounced? According to Google translate it's "loovenbroi", but I don't know how much to trust it.

It's simple: : løːvənbʁɔʏ
In case you don't know the IPA: I think the "broi" part is accurate. But I don't know about the "looven". It's close to the way you pronounce the "i" in bird in Received Pronunciation, just a little longer.

[Carl-E]

Americans don't have "received pronunciation". 






Ours was stolen. 

From a fence. 

Most people claim it "fell off the truck". 


And the first time I recall it being referenced in the forums, someone abbreviated it to "RP", and all I could think of was "rice pudding"...

[mtmerrick]

And the first time I recall it being referenced in the forums, someone abbreviated it to "RP", and all I could think of was "rice pudding"...

Role Playing 

my avatar is sign of a sick obsession in my life

its difficult for homestuck NOT to become an addiction

[Zingoleb]

according to my birthdate my patron troll is vriska.

which is great.

especially since my best friend has nothing but massive h8red for her.

[mtmerrick]

Vriska is the best troll. There is no arguing this fact.

[Zingoleb]

she IS the 8est. she's the coooooooolest.

[mtmerrick]

Actually, vriska's death hit me in the feels quite hard. 

[K1dmor]

 Thanks for the spoiler!  I didn't even start reading it  .

[Zingoleb]

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literally every character dies. some repeatedly (i'm looking at you dave(s))

[mtmerrick]

Yeah, homestuck is an everyone dies story. But don't worry. It's not a bad (or permanent, in most cases) thing.

That shouldn't be too spoilery.

[GarandMarine]

[Zingoleb]

unhand me! i am the night!

[Pilchard123]

It's Star Wars Day!

[mtmerrick]

May the Fourth be with you 

[Zingoleb]

that joke stopped being funny years ago

[mtmerrick]

That joke is the foundation of the holiday. 

[Zingoleb]

it's still a shitty joke

[mtmerrick]

*shrugs*

because my ex was a massive fangirl, i actually know a ton about the expanded universe, but TBH i don't actually care that much about the whole star wars franchise

[snalin]

The expanded universe contains things that are far more interesting and exciting than anything George Lucas ever made or will make. It also contains some of the worst fiction ever written.

[ankhtahr]

I absolutely loved the "Republic Commando" novels from Karen Traviss. It had some great ideas (young jedi falls in love with clone elite soldier, clone troops meing shown as human, slightly individual beings, father figures to the elite units, Mandalorian culture), and I loved the ideas of the clones adopting the Mardalorian lore, which gives them some kind of identity. Also the way the Mandalorian culture was fleshed out a lot, explaining the background of Jango and Boba Fett. Sadly George Lucas was corrupted by Money and gave the then new "Clone Wars" series a higher priority, which lead to declaring the books non-canon (so the storywriters could decide more freely about Mandalorian history), so Traviss' years of work were officially invalid, which pissed her off so much, that she didn't write the final novel.

The books are still amongst my favourite novels. Oya Manda! Mando'ade kandosii!

[ackblom12]

I don't think it had as much to do with money rather than sheer ego, to be quite honest.

[mtmerrick]

@ankhtar: that was one of my your ex's biggest pet peeves. she swore off the TV series forever because of it.

[GarandMarine]

http://www.kirainet.com/english/oldest-hotel-company-in-the-world/

My brother found this hotel as a possible place for us to stay for a little while in Japan. The hotel is over 1300 years old and has been in continuous ownership by the same family for 46 generations (since it opened). $350 a night.

[ankhtahr]

@ankhtar: that was one of my your ex's biggest pet peeves. she swore off the TV series forever because of it.

Very understandable. I loved these novels, and would have liked to see them finished. Karen Traviss published how she would have written the book, and how she would have ended the various storylines, but that just isn't the same.

[Zingoleb]

with my short hair it would be so much fun to cosplay glitch!vriska

[ackblom12]

It's hit that time of year where my hair is in a pony tail 24/7. Booooooo

[Pilchard123]

And now you reminded me that my hair is a thing. It's just at that not-quite-long-enough-to-hold-back-but-long-enough-to-tickle stage.

http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1963/02/03

[Metope]

Same! I've been patiently growing it out sine September from wearing it super short for four years, and I want a ponytail so badly now. Not so much because it's warm out (Scotland is never warm), but because I forgot how much the wind wants all of my hair to be inside my mouth, especially when both of my hands are occupied carrying things.