Ask a Nerd. Or Ask a Puddle of Water. I'm Not Picky.

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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NO

BAD YODA

GET BACK

BACK I SAY

Don't fear this old Jedi master, young one.

For fear leads to anger..

Anger leads to hate..

And hate..  leads to suffering...

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nuuuu him worser than meh

"Worser", huh? Is that a smidgen of self-deprecation I sense?

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BUT THE PIECES AREN'T REALLY WORTH ANYTHING UNLESS YOU GOT A NUCLEAR-RETROFITTED BLENDER YOU WANT TO MOD TO RELATIVISTIC ANGULAR VELOCITIES

JUST SELL SOMETHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

GAWRSH DAWRNEET

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I HAVE BUT MY GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A WORKING TELEPORTER PROTOTYPE IS GETTING BRANDED A HOAX

AGAIN

GOFUNDME NEVER WORKS

USE PATREON INSTEAD

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gullible plebian

Alright, enough of this. I'm hungry, gonna go eat some grapes.

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is it bad that i can't tell if you're being sarcastic

I was most genuine. I don't see how that specific statement could be used sarcastically and actually make sense

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oh wow coolio thumbs-up bro that's interesting the more you know and all that BUT IS THIS HYPOTHETICAL PERSON-WHO-HAD-NEVER-WATCHED-THE-SHOW-BEFORE GONNA SEE VERY VERY PALE PINK OR ARE THEY GONNA SEE WHITE

ALSO BREVITY IS THE ESSENCE OF WIT VERY VERY PALE PINK HORSE QUEEN JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RING TO IT AND WOULD'VE RUINED THE WHOLE DESCRIPTION THUS STOPPING YOU FROM EVEN CONSIDERING GIVING ME A TUXPOINT

HOW DARE YOU ASSUME I HAD MADE A MISTAKE WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING TO SEE IF I WAS ONE OF THOSE 'FEW PEOPLE' WHO KNEW ABOUT IT BUT HAD DELIBERATELY PRETERMITTED IT FOR THE SAKE OF SUCCINCTNESS

GIVE ME THE POINT YOU OBSESSIVE PEDANT IT IS MINE BY RIGHT

Oh, Duality, I'm afraid arguing with me is the opposite of what you'd want to do in order to get a TuxPoint™. You're gonna have to try a little harder than that. 

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Probably them dumb Americans what use 'stories'.

Us real English-speakers know what's what, eh what?

...What? 

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Glorious boysenberry ripple.

Well ain't that awfully specific. Interesting.

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emo bloo horse demiqueen with shimmying eldritch afro

the family resemblance is palpable

Wait, so Celestia is a queen, but Luna is a demiqueen?

I would be careful going around saying stuff like that if I were you

Equestria's constitutional monarchy is unstable enough as it is

how dareth thee

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One.

Our basement, though, is an entirely different storey...

please laugh at mai pun i'm desperate here

You see, that's more like it.

Here, have a TuxPoint™.

 

 

-What kind of degrees do you measure your temperature in?

-How would you describe NMM to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

-Do you own any human-ride-able vehicles (car, motorcycle etc.)? If yes, what is it / are they?

-'Harry Potter' or 'The Hobbit'?

[Duality 10,739]

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Don't fear this old Jedi master, young one.

For fear leads to anger..

Anger leads to hate..

And hate..  leads to suffering...

I'm afraid of heights, but I'm not angry or hateful towards them, and no suffering has resulted from my aversion to heights (more likely, some suffering has been averted by my aversion to heights, because I'm less likely to fall off things if I'm giving them a deliberately wide berth).

Dumb Yoda.

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

"Worser", huh? Is that a smidgen of self-deprecation I sense?

nu just smidgen bad grammar

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

JUST SELL SOMETHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

my brother?

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

GOFUNDME NEVER WORKS

USE PATREON INSTEAD

I DIIIIIIIIIIIIID

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I was most genuine. I don't see how that specific statement could be used sarcastically and actually make sense

you're a shill for the conspiracy

you don't have to make sense

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Oh, Duality, I'm afraid arguing with me is the opposite of what you'd want to do in order to get a TuxPoint™. You're gonna have to try a little harder than that. 

what so i have to agree with everything you say on top of being hysterically hilarious to get a tuxpoint

is this bribery-based wish fulfilment i sense

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

...What? 

What's what, eh what.

What did you think I said?

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Wait, so Celestia is a queen, but Luna is a demiqueen?

I would be careful going around saying stuff like that if I were you

Equestria's constitutional monarchy is unstable enough as it is

how dareth thee

she literally only just got a throne in the movie

after seven seasons redeemed

and celestia takes care of all royal public appearances that don't require both of them

while luna just sorts out bad dreams

demiqueen seems more apt don't you think

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

You see, that's more like it.

Here, have a TuxPoint™.

i have three nao so i'm gonna cash them you owe me sketch

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What kind of degrees do you measure your temperature in?

Kelvin.

SI units ftw.

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

How would you describe NMM to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

evil bloo horse demiqueen with shimmying eldritch afro

how long is it gonna take for you to realise that this has devolved into a running joke

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Do you own any human-ride-able vehicles (car, motorcycle etc.)? If yes, what is it / are they?

Nah, I bus to tertiary and walk to a lot of other places.

2 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

'Harry Potter' or 'The Hobbit'?

Never seen or read any Potter and find the Hobbit quite insufferably dull.

I deny your options.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

But could it one day?

In most cases mentioned, probably not.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Careful, lest you find yourself to be the true monster.

Too late.

I already know I am.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Arthur C. Clarke once said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Does this mean that Equestrians are actually a super advanced technological civilization? 

Nope, because their magic is not sufficiently formally analysed to be indistinguishable from technology.

That quote cuts both ways.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Three wishes, no loopholes that give you more wishes (wishing for more wishes, wishing for artifact that can grant wishes, wishing to bypass rules, etc). What do you wish for?

The genie to go away and let me live my life like a normal human.

Godmodding one's own life never ends well.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Any favorite fanfics?

Ponyville & Other Poems, Cloud Wander's Cake Twins stories, and Rarity Has A Book On Her Head (It's There) spring to mind.

11 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

I've seen ideas thrown around a lot, but I want to know what you think. How do ponies hold items with their hooves?

Definitely some sort of subconscious telekinesis.

all hoers have unehcron magikz they just don't know it yet

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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I'm afraid of heights, but I'm not angry or hateful towards them, and no suffering has resulted from my aversion to heights (more likely, some suffering has been averted by my aversion to heights, because I'm less likely to fall off things if I'm giving them a deliberately wide berth).

Dumb Yoda.

. . .

In the context of the movies, better it works.

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nu just smidgen bad grammar

Just checked, "a smidgen" is also correct.

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my brother?

A potential answer, although not advised for legal reasons.

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I DIIIIIIIIIIIIID

AND HOW MUCH DIDJA MAKE

DID YOU SET UP REWARDS FOR PATRONS

MAYBE AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO WHERE YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE NEUTRINO BOMBS

OR SOME BLUEPRINTS

IT ALWAYS CATCHES PEOPLE'S ATTENTION

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you're a shill for the conspiracy

you don't have to make sense

Am I? If I am, it's a great conspiracy, as it seems even I was unaware of that.

 

Spoiler

For a second there I thought you wrote something else instead of 'shill' and I was very shocked

 

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what so i have to agree with everything you say on top of being hysterically hilarious to get a tuxpoint

is this bribery-based wish fulfilment i sense

No no, you just have to amuse me and/or intrigue me. And while you in particular may be very good at that, it is considerably more difficult to do it while having an argument/debate.

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she literally only just got a throne in the movie

after seven seasons redeemed

and celestia takes care of all royal public appearances that don't require both of them

while luna just sorts out bad dreams

demiqueen seems more apt don't you think

OH, SO IN EQUESTRIA, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE POSTAL SERVICES TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY THAN TO DELIVER MAIL SAFELY AND SWIFTLY, BUT ROYAL PAPERWORK AND ECONOMY('economy'=dealing with annoying nobles who never do anything remotely significant, like, I don't know, SAVE EQUESTRIA SEVEN TIMES) IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHAPING THE MINDS OF YOUNG FILLIES AND PREVENTING THEM FROM GOING CRAZY BECAUSE OF THEIR IRRATIONAL FEARS?

Double standard much?

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i have three nao so i'm gonna cash them you owe me sketch

Are you sure you don't wanna wait for ten? Word's been going around it's pretty nifty...

Alas, if your mind is set, please do instruct me on what it is that you desire.

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Kelvin.

SI units ftw.

Alright then, whatever the nerdy physician says...

this will do...

 

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how long is it gonna take for you to realise that this has devolved into a running joke

Oh, I believe you'll be somewhat forced to switch it up a little very soon...

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Nah, I bus to tertiary and walk to a lot of other places.

. . .

*sniff*

You feel my pain.

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Never seen or read any Potter and find the Hobbit quite insufferably dull.

I deny your options.

And you call yourself a 'nerd'...

 

 

-Any opinions regarding the Alicorn Amulet?

-How would you describe Tirek to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

-Slippers, flip-flops or crocs shoes?

-Favorite Disney princess? Why? (don't give me the manly excuse everybody knows Disney)

[Duality 10,739]

5 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Just checked, "a smidgen" is also correct.

NO YOU MISTAKEY PERSON I MEANT THAT 'WORSER' WAS JUST A SMIDGEN OF BAD GRAMMAR NOT A SMIDGEN OF SELF-DEPRECATION BRUH GET READING COMPREHENSION TUTORIALS ALREADY

6 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

AND HOW MUCH DIDJA MAKE

DID YOU SET UP REWARDS FOR PATRONS

MAYBE AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO WHERE YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE NEUTRINO BOMBS

OR SOME BLUEPRINTS

IT ALWAYS CATCHES PEOPLE'S ATTENTION

THEY LABELLED IT A HOOOOOOAAAAAAAX

 

 

 

also neutrinos don't even really interact with normal matter you get millions passing through your body every second so neutrino bombs would be lame

9 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Am I? If I am, it's a great conspiracy, as it seems even I was unaware of that.

dur that's why they call it a 'conspiracy'

11 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

For a second there I thought you wrote something else instead of 'shill' and I was very shocked

i get that a lot

for some reason people mentally autocorrect things i say to swearwords more often than they do for things other people say

even though i never swear

people are so weird

12 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

No no, you just have to amuse me and/or intrigue me. And while you in particular may be very good at that, it is considerably more difficult to do it while having an argument/debate.

that was intended to be the start of a humourously futile yelling competition not an actual debate

13 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

OH, SO IN EQUESTRIA, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE POSTAL SERVICES TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY THAN TO DELIVER MAIL SAFELY AND SWIFTLY, BUT ROYAL PAPERWORK AND ECONOMY('economy'=dealing with annoying nobles who never do anything remotely significant, like, I don't know, SAVE EQUESTRIA SEVEN TIMES) IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHAPING THE MINDS OF YOUNG FILLIES AND PREVENTING THEM FROM GOING CRAZY BECAUSE OF THEIR IRRATIONAL FEARS?

Double standard much?

DOING PAPERWORK AND DEALING WITH ANNOYING NOBLES IS NECESSARY FOR EQUESTRIA TO KEEP ON RUNNING WITH A SEMBLANCE OF LOGIC TO ITS MACHINATIONS

PLAYING THE PSYCHOLOGIST WITH FOALS (seriously probably all Luna's doing with her life is putting actual qualified medical psychologists out of business) IS NOT

THEREFORE CELESTIA IS OF MORE IMPORTANCE THAN LUNA WHEN IT COMES TO LEGAL AND GOVERNMENTAL (collectively: royal) MATTERS

AND YOUR COMPARISON IS INVALID THE INADEQUACY OF POSTAL SERVICES WOULD NOT RESULT IN EQUESTRIA'S POLITICAL IMPLOSION INTO ANARCHY

22 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Are you sure you don't wanna wait for ten? Word's been going around it's pretty nifty...

Are you trying to bait me into keeping on storing up points so you never have to actually follow up on your frivolous frittering thereof?

24 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

. . .

*sniff*

You feel my pain.

It's not that painful; the bus ain't that bad and I quite enjoy walking.

24 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

And you call yourself a 'nerd'...

I'm a nerd in relation to stuff that's actually worth obsessing over.

24 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Any opinions regarding the Alicorn Amulet?

I'm sure you have plenty enough already to keep yourself occupied.

25 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Oh, I believe you'll be somewhat forced to switch it up a little very soon...

25 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

How would you describe Tirek to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

evil red horse demithing with shimmying eldritch muscles

 

 

i can take you bruh

28 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Slippers, flip-flops or crocs shoes?

Slippers, they're the only ones that aren't abominations against fashion.

28 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Favorite Disney princess? Why?

Vanellope von Schweetz (yes, she's a Disney princess).

Because she's adorable.

And she's a winner.

And everyone loves an adorable winner!

32 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

(don't give me the manly excuse everybody knows Disney)

what are you talking about liking disney is incredibly manleh

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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NO YOU MISTAKEY PERSON I MEANT THAT 'WORSER' WAS JUST A SMIDGEN OF BAD GRAMMAR NOT A SMIDGEN OF SELF-DEPRECATION BRUH GET READING COMPREHENSION TUTORIALS ALREADY

I CAN BARELY KEEP MY EYELIDS UP QUIT BEING SO MEAN

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THEY LABELLED IT A HOOOOOOAAAAAAAX

THEN PROVE THEM WRONG

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also neutrinos don't even really interact with normal matter you get millions passing through your body every second so neutrino bombs would be lame

Don't take it too seriously.

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i get that a lot

for some reason people mentally autocorrect things i say to swearwords more often than they do for things other people say

even though i never swear

people are so weird

Maybe it's because you never swear.

Swear-ception

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that was intended to be the start of a humourously futile yelling competition not an actual debate

Eh, don't really fancy those all that much. I always lose

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DOING PAPERWORK AND DEALING WITH ANNOYING NOBLES IS NECESSARY FOR EQUESTRIA TO KEEP ON RUNNING WITH A SEMBLANCE OF LOGIC TO ITS MACHINATIONS

PLAYING THE PSYCHOLOGIST WITH FOALS (seriously probably all Luna's doing with her life is putting actual qualified medical psychologists out of business) IS NOT

THEREFORE CELESTIA IS OF MORE IMPORTANCE THAN LUNA WHEN IT COMES TO LEGAL AND GOVERNMENTAL (collectively: royal) MATTERS

AND YOUR COMPARISON IS INVALID THE INADEQUACY OF POSTAL SERVICES WOULD NOT RESULT IN EQUESTRIA'S POLITICAL IMPLOSION INTO ANARCHY

IN A WORLD WHERE THE STRONGEST FORCE IS FRIENDSHIP, FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS MATTER MORE THAN THE LAND (CLOUD) OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS FOR THE NEW CASINO THAT'S TO BE OPENED IN LAS PEGASUS

IF EQUESTRIA HAD BEEN SAVED EVEN ONCE BY A MILITARY FORCE IN THE ENTIRE SHOW, I WOULD HAVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREED WITH YOU

BUT NO

FRIENDSHIP IS ALL THERE IS

AND YOU KNOW WHAT OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF FRIENDSHIP IN THE SHOW

UNJUSTIFIED FEARS AND PERSONAL INSECURITIES (which can ultimately turn into other misplaced feelings, such as jealousy or spitefulness, but these are the roots and causes), AND I'M TALKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HERE

AND YOU KNOW WHO DEALS WITH THOSE THINGS, NOT JUST FOR FILLIES, BUT FOR GUARDS, WONDERBOLTS, NOBLES AND EVEN ROYALTY

THAT'S RIGHT

THE MOON

WHAT DID 'SMILING AND WAVING' DO FOR YA THERE, HUH?

REAL HEROES SPEAK TROUGH THEIR ACTIONS

That being said I love Celestia and I think that much like the sun and the moon, they are both needed for there to be harmony, which by extension means they're both just as important. In pretty much every stereotypical fairy tale, the main fight is the one between the good and the bad, the light and the dark. However, Celestia and Luna don't quite exactly represent the day and the night, but rather the sun and the moon, the two celestial bodies preventing the darkness from establishing itself over their land at any time. Still, we don't know almost anything about how celestial bodies and gravity and all that stuff works in Equestria, so we should take everything in with a grain of salt.

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Are you trying to bait me into keeping on storing up points so you never have to actually follow up on your frivolous frittering thereof?

Not really, I'm actually quite eager to draw something for you, hence why I set up this whole system in the first place.

If only you could MAKE UP YOUR MIND ALREADY

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It's not that painful; the bus ain't that bad and I quite enjoy walking.

. . .

*sniff*

Nobody knows my pain...

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I'm a nerd in relation to stuff that's actually worth obsessing over.

I just wanted to 'trigger' you, I'm more or less on the same page. (Read the first four Harry Potter books, starts strong but it gets meh; never watched/read anything Hobbit-related)

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I'm sure you have plenty enough already to keep yourself occupied.

'What are you trying to say about me eh'

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i can take you bruh

Very well, let's make things a bit more...  chaotic.

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Slippers, they're the only ones that aren't abominations against fashion.

I WANT TO COME OVER THERE AND SHAKE YOUR HAND

 

 

-What kind of bed do you sleep in?

-How would you describe Discord to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

-Belts or suspenders?

-What is, in your opinion, the greatest thing you've ever done?

[Duality 10,739]

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I CAN BARELY KEEP MY EYELIDS UP QUIT BEING SO MEAN

sowwy tux didn't mean to be meanie

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

THEN PROVE THEM WRONG

but no-one lets me into anywhere important with my inventions because they all look like homemade nukes

so i can't show the government or nothing

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Don't take it too seriously.

they'd still be lame

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Maybe it's because you never swear.

Swear-caption

wat

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Eh, don't really fancy those all that much. I always lose

and in the very next paragraph...

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

[lunalunalunalunalunalunasortaunbiasedlastparagraph]

I note you didn't mention the fact that psychologists could easily do pretty much all of Luna's royal duties even better than her if given a half-decent dreamwalking spell.

They might need a florist for the lavender thingy, though.

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Not really, I'm actually quite eager to draw something for you, hence why I set up this whole system in the first place.

If only you could MAKE UP YOUR MIND ALREADY

OKAY FINE I WANNA WHICHEVER ONE OF THE MANE SIX YOU THINK YOU'RE BEST AT DRAWING

NOT ONE OF THE EXTENDED MANE SEVEN/EIGHT/NINE/TEN/WHATEVER NUMBER THEY'RE UP TO NOW

ONE OF THE MANE SIX

AS GOOD AS YOU CAN DRAW THEM

WAIT NO EVEN GOODERER

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

. . .

*sniff*

Nobody knows my pain...

Stop making it painful for yourself.

The bus ain't that bad and walking is fun if you have enough imagination to entertain yourself for extended periods of time.

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

'What are you trying to say about me eh'

The truth.

What of it?

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Very well, let's make things a bit more...  chaotic.

you're not discord

you told me just today you didn't want discord on your pc

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I WANT TO COME OVER THERE AND SHAKE YOUR HAND

i also like hugs

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What kind of bed do you sleep in?

A king single bunkbed that my idiot brother broke twice in a row last week just by sitting up in bed.

And I say 'twice' as in 'fixed it once and then broke it again the day after'.

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

How would you describe Discord to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

YOU'VE ALREADY ASKED ME THIS QUESTION YOU MUNSTER

I DEMAND A TUXPOINT IN RECOMPENSE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE ENSUING FROM YOUR ACTIONS

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Belts or suspenders?

Belts; they're the only one that isn't an abomination against fashion.

5 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What is, in your opinion, the greatest thing you've ever done?

I actually thought a lot about this, and I think I'd have to say becoming a Christian when I was 7 or so.

It changed my life and I've never regretted it.

Spoiler

weren't expecting that were you

[Guest]

What's it like to hail from Lake Vostok?

[Duality 10,739]

21 minutes ago, Sunset Rose said:

What's it like to hail from Lake Vostok?

It was a hard neighbourhood to grow up in.

The other eddy currents all picked on me because I was purer than them.

They laughed at my lack of dissolved minerals. . .*sniff*. . .and then they gave me swirlies!

It took me years before I could hold up my head in public because of the shame I experienced at their internal pressure variations.

 

 

 

On the other hand, ice carries sound pretty well, so I picked up on a ton of good gossip from the Russian station on top of our place.

Something something nuclear warheads hidden under Antarctica something something Putin's big red button something something global warming; stuff like that.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Duality said:

It was a hard neighbourhood to grow up in.

The other eddy currents all picked on me because I was purer than them.

They laughed at my lack of dissolved minerals. . .*sniff*. . .and then they gave me swirlies!

It took me years before I could hold up my head in public because of the shame I experienced at their internal pressure variations.

 

 

 

On the other hand, ice carries sound pretty well, so I picked up on a ton of good gossip from the Russian station on top of our place.

Something something nuclear warheads hidden under Antarctica something something Putin's big red button something something global warming; stuff like that.

I had this idea in my head of the two basins that make up Vostok's structure being some sort of inspiration for your name, but I imagine there's a more interesting nuance behind it? (This may have been answered earlier in the thread, but I am phenomenally lazy tonight. I'll go through the rest later.)

[Duality 10,739]

5 minutes ago, Sunset Rose said:

I had this idea in my head of the two basins that make up Vostok's structure being some sort of inspiration for your name, but I imagine there's a more interesting nuance behind it? (This may have been answered earlier in the thread, but I am phenomenally lazy tonight. I'll go through the rest later.)

No need to exert yourself, my good ma'am.

It's only been asked once before in this thread, and here's what I replied:

On ‎29‎/‎09‎/‎2017 at 9:08 PM, Duality said:

Glad you asked (someone had to). My username (and account, and O.C., and, well, pretty much everything else) is themed around a quantum-physical principle called wave-particle duality, whereby particles behave like waves under certain physical circumstances while still technically being particles at the same time. My original avatar was a droplet of water hitting the surface of a pond, causing ripples that spread out from the point of impact, which is a common analogy for wave-particle duality (the droplet hitting the pond represents the 'particle' aspect of the particle, and the ripples represent the 'wave' aspect of it).

Thus, Duality was formed.

The whole droplet-ripple-water-avatar thing is why all my avatars are water-based now (people started calling me 'the water guy' and similar).

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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sowwy tux didn't mean to be meanie

is fine, no worries

yes i said 'is fine' on purpose

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but no-one lets me into anywhere important with my inventions because they all look like homemade nukes

so i can't show the government or nothing

But it you're capable of making nuke-like things and they look believable enough for them to be afraid, wouldn't they check if they're actual nukes, and either arrest you or hire you as a scientist for the government?

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they'd still be lame

Such a killjoy.

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wat

Not swear-caption, ye silly puddle, swear-ception.

An "inception" joke play on words thing.

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and in the very next paragraph...

Don't get too cocky, now. I'm not letting you win this one.

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[lunalunalunalunalunalunasortaunbiasedlastparagraph]

I'm biased? Last time I checked, you were the one saying Luna isn't as important as Celestia, and I was the one saying they're both just as important.

AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOU I'M FORCED TO VERBALLY BASH CELESTIA AND CALL HER OUT ON STUFF

WHICH IS SOMETHING I HATE DOING BECAUSE OBJECTIVELY I LOVE THEM EQUALLY

IT'S JUST THAT I CAN RELATE MORE TO LUNA

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I note you didn't mention the fact that psychologists could easily do pretty much all of Luna's royal duties even better than her if given a half-decent dreamwalking spell.

They might need a florist for the lavender thingy, though.

Ah, yes, because NOBODY could ever replace Celestia. Nope, she's the only one in the whole country capable of bureaucracy, diplomacy and smiling+waving. I mean, it's not like she ever does anything useful when a big baddie shows up...  Aside from making irrational decisions that end up ruining their chances even further. And before you mention the episode where that dream monster Luna created escapes, that was an accident, not a decision. But, once again, you may say that the accident happened because she chose to create it in the first place, and perhaps you'd be right. They both make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes.

The big problem with Luna's importance in the show, one you surprisingly haven't mentioned yet, is the fact that we know Celestia can move the moon, but we don't know if Luna can move the sun. They try to make up for it with the whole dreamwalker thing, however, implying that Luna is the only one who can do that (and the only one who can cast a dreamwalking spell for other ponies).

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OKAY FINE I WANNA WHICHEVER ONE OF THE MANE SIX YOU THINK YOU'RE BEST AT DRAWING

NOT ONE OF THE EXTENDED MANE SEVEN/EIGHT/NINE/TEN/WHATEVER NUMBER THEY'RE UP TO NOW

ONE OF THE MANE SIX

AS GOOD AS YOU CAN DRAW THEM

WAIT NO EVEN GOODERER

Thine wish is my command (as long as you have enough TuxPoints™).

Here, have a cute short-haired Rarity:

Spoiler

(Do try to keep in mind that it's just a sketch)

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Stop making it painful for yourself.

The bus ain't that bad and walking is fun if you have enough imagination to entertain yourself for extended periods of time.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE HERE

GO BACK TO YOUR HAPPY FUN LAND AND LEAVE ME TO SUFFER PEACEFULLY

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The truth.

What of it?

Silly hydroxide puddle

The only truth is that there is no truth.

NOW ANSWER MY QUESTION PROPERLY

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you're not discord

you told me just today you didn't want discord on your pc

I was SO sure you'd make that joke at some point.

Be careful, Duality...   You're becoming predictable.

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i also like hugs

Alright, that'll be one TuxPoint™, please.

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YOU'VE ALREADY ASKED ME THIS QUESTION YOU MUNSTER

I DEMAND A TUXPOINT IN RECOMPENSE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE ENSUING FROM YOUR ACTIONS

DON'T BE GREEDY, I JUST MADE YOU A DRAWING

 

 

-What are your opinions regarding pizza?

-How would you describe Chrysalis to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

-If you had to choose between living in a really warm or really cold place, which one would you choose?

-What's the craziest, most outlandish thing you've ever done?

Edited October 7, 2017 by TheOneGuy0000

[Duality 10,739]

3 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

But it you're capable of making nuke-like things and they look believable enough for them to be afraid, wouldn't they check if they're actual nukes, and either arrest you or hire you as a scientist for the government?

If they arrest me, they'll figure out about the, shall we say, slightly sublegal activities I took part in to obtain the materials for my nuke-like things.

Because some of them are actually nuclear.

3 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Not swear-caption, ye silly puddle, swear-ception.

An "inception" joke play on words thing.

I don't know how, I don't know why, but somehow my autocorrect managed to autocorrect your comment as I was quoting it.

I didn't touch it, and I knew exactly what you were referencing anyway.

3 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I'm biased? Last time I checked, you were the one saying Luna isn't as important as Celestia, and I was the one saying they're both just as important.

That doesn't imply I'm biased.

Could just as validly mean that I'm right and you're biased.

3 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Ah, yes, because NOBODY could ever replace Celestia. Nope, she's the only one in the whole country capable of bureaucracy, diplomacy and smiling+waving. I mean, it's not like she ever does anything useful when a big baddie shows up...

However, there remains the fact that Celestia's been Equestria's ruler for literal millennia, and Equestria's sole ruler for the most recent one.

Even if she's mostly a figurehead, she's an absurdly powerful figurehead, both in terms of physical power and legal power.

If you think that replacing her wouldn't cause global financial upheaval that detriments Equestria for at least the next century, you don't understand a thing about economics.

 

Think about it:

Equestria's been politically static for the last millennium, due to Celestia (even if it's not her who's necessarily to thank for it, ponies would still perceive it as such, due to the whole 'if you're in charge everything is your responsibility' mindset).

Political stasis in a commerce-friendly resource-rich country that encompasses an entire continent means shareholders buy in unreservedly, especially after a century or two of proven reliability of investment (effectively no change in political procedures, protocols, and laws surrounding investments means plenty ease of mind for investors).

 

Now, take out Celestia.

Majority of stockholders panic and cash in most or all of their stocks before they have the chance to devalue (I certainly would).

Companies die.

Banks die.

Bit devalues.

Etcetera.

Equestria goes into depression.

 

And now, take out Luna instead.

Majority of stockholders don't care because it's basically the same thing as the entire last millennium.

Nothing really happens.

 

Footnote: My brother made the salient point that Luna could probably dream-micromanage the psyche of Equestria's stockholders to prevent them from panicking and wrecking Equestria's entire economy, but that's pretty personal-space-invading even for Equestria (hugs, anyone?).

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Thine wish is my command (as long as you have enough TuxPoints™).

Here, have a cute short-haired Rarity:

  Reveal hidden contents

(Do try to keep in mind that it's just a sketch)

IS IT FULL RESOLUTION?

I DON'T WORK IN ANYTHING BUT FULL RESOLUTION.

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE HERE

GO BACK TO YOUR HAPPY FUN LAND AND LEAVE ME TO SUFFER PEACEFULLY

WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BUSES

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Silly hydroxide puddle

The only truth is that there is no truth.

NOW ANSWER MY QUESTION PROPERLY

'The only truth is that there is no truth' is by necessity a false statement.

If that statement is (the only) truth, there cannot also be no truth whatsoever (because the statement itself is supposed to be true), so it's self-contradictory.

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I was SO sure you'd make that joke at some point.

Be careful, Duality...   You're becoming predictable.

This is called 'getting to know a person'.

You are 'getting to know me', therefore you can predict my actions to an extent.

This is not necessarily a bad thing for either of us.

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Alright, that'll be one TuxPoint™, please.

but i thought we were friends

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

DON'T BE GREEDY, I JUST MADE YOU A DRAWING

Oh, yeah, that reminds me:

Thank you for the amazing drawing, Tux.

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What are your opinions regarding pizza?

Pizza gud.

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

How would you describe Chrysalis to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

evil green horse demithing with shimmying eldritch shapeshifting magic

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

If you had to choose between living in a really warm or really cold place, which one would you choose?

Cold, because warming oneself up with blankies, hot chocolate, and a roaring fire is far more satisfying than cooling yourself off with a fan, selective nudity, and a bucket of ice water.

7 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What's the craziest, most outlandish thing you've ever done?

I live a very sheltered life, I'm sure I've said already.

I have no idea, in other words.

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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If they arrest me, they'll figure out about the, shall we say, slightly sublegal activities I took part in to obtain the materials for my nuke-like things.

Because some of them are actually nuclear.

. . .

THEN JUST SELL THEM ON THE BLACK MARKET YOU GOOFHEAD

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I didn't touch it, and I knew exactly what you were referencing anyway.

*COUGH* mister flawless *COUGH*

Argh, that blasted cough is back again.

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That doesn't imply I'm biased.

Could just as validly mean that I'm right and you're biased.

However, there remains the fact that Celestia's been Equestria's ruler for literal millennia, and Equestria's sole ruler for the most recent one.

Even if she's mostly a figurehead, she's an absurdly powerful figurehead, both in terms of physical power and legal power.

If you think that replacing her wouldn't cause global financial upheaval that detriments Equestria for at least the next century, you don't understand a thing about economics.

Think about it:

Equestria's been politically static for the last millennium, due to Celestia (even if it's not her who's necessarily to thank for it, ponies would still perceive it as such, due to the whole 'if you're in charge everything is your responsibility' mindset).

Political stasis in a commerce-friendly resource-rich country that encompasses an entire continent means shareholders buy in unreservedly, especially after a century or two of proven reliability of investment (effectively no change in political procedures, protocols, and laws surrounding investments means plenty ease of mind for investors).

Now, take out Celestia.

Majority of stockholders panic and cash in most or all of their stocks before they have the chance to devalue (I certainly would).

Companies die.

Banks die.

Bit devalues.

Etcetera.

Equestria goes into depression.

And now, take out Luna instead.

Majority of stockholders don't care because it's basically the same thing as the entire last millennium.

Nothing really happens.

YOU HYPOCRITICAL PIECE OF HYDROXIDE

HOW CAN YOU SA-

UNBELIE-

*inhale*

Alright I'm better now.

As you may recall, we had a bit of a debate about Derpy and the equestrian postal system way back when on our PM chat.

I chose to look at it the practical, rational way, or the "Earth" way. You appropriately chose to look at it the feelings > anything else way, or the "Equestria" way (y'know, the land where feelings reign supreme, literal dark overlords being born out of them, and friendship being able to overpower skyscraper-sized centaur demons who just so happen to posses all the magic in said land). Because of this, you won the argument.

In this 'debate', however, the roles seem to have switched. I'm the one talking about feelings and such and looking at it "the Equestria way", and you're the one talking about economy and monarchy based on our history and just generally looking at it "the Earth way", simply because it benefits you in the given scenario. I will NOT tolerate this double standard-ish bias, no siree.

Despite all of this, I shall still do my best to tackle your points and arguments.

Obviously, when a country's political system is monarchy, the monarch has all the power (unless it's constitutional monarchy, but Equestria is a very peculiar and unique example of monarchy). Because of this, it's needless to say that if the monarch is out of the picture, and there are no relatives to inherit the throne, 'all hell breaks loose'. However, THAT IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE FOR EQUESTRIA.

Back when the three tribes were still separated, Starswirl and other wise ponies representing them found it best to unite under the rule of alicorns, seeing as they represented all the tribes at the same time. The two alicorns being sisters and Equestria being the way it is, instead of attempting to kill each other, the decided to share the throne. At the time there were only two alicorns, and both of them were monarchs, so alicorns quickly became a symbol of monarchy. Going back to 'Modern Equestria', it seems to be implied by Twilight's wings that if you're an alicorn, you're automatically royalty and will be assigned a land/domain (whether physical and/or hypothetical - friendship) to rule over and take care of. This is most likely done to maintain the authority of alicorns and prevent coup d'états from happening. (There's a whole debate to be had about this questionably dictatorship-ish regime to be had, but it's irrelevant to the discussion at hand.)

Therefore it's safe to say that if Celestia somehow vanished/perished, the monarchical political system of Equestria wouldn't collapse. Instead, another alicorn would take her place. The obvious answer is Luna. If not her, then Twilight. If not Twilight, then Cadance and/or Shining Armor, until Flurry grows up and gets to rule the Crystal Empire while the other two rule Equestria or vice-versa. (Note that according to official maps of Equestria, the Crystal Empire is a part of it, at least after the return and defeat of Sombra.)

Now, you may say that Luna wouldn't know how to deal with all the paperwork-ish stuff, this being implied by the episode "A Royal Problem". But we're looking at this the "Earth" way, and there's no way the other alicorns don't partake in taking crucial decisions. (Judging by the episode, it's also possible that Celestia is "the face" of alicorns and therefore royalty, partaking in charity events and dealing with paranoid citizens using her imposing but also motherly and reassuring nature, these two being the exact two situations demonstrated in said episode.)

Although, as you said, ponies are used to Celestia's rule and her disappearance would cause a considerable political mess (at least for Equestria), it would still be completely mendable, especially now that there are three other princesses.

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Footnote: My brother made the salient point that Luna could probably dream-micromanage the psyche of Equestria's stockholders to prevent them from panicking and wrecking Equestria's entire economy, but that's pretty personal-space-invading even for Equestria (hugs, anyone?).

Your brother is the real MVP.

I have to say, though, I'm surprised (but also amused) that this little debate of ours managed to create a discussion between the two of you.

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IS IT FULL RESOLUTION?

I DON'T WORK IN ANYTHING BUT FULL RESOLUTION.

IT'S AS FULL RESOLUTION AS IT GETS

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WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BUSES

CROWDEDNESS 

ANNOYING THUGS

OBNOXIOUS CHILDREN

SMELLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE

GRANDMAS WHO LOOK AT YOU IN A MEAN WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THEIR FAVORITE SEAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER AVAILABLE SEATS

DO I GO ON

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'The only truth is that there is no truth' is by necessity a false statement.

If that statement is (the only) truth, there cannot also be no truth whatsoever (because the statement itself is supposed to be true), so it's self-contradictory.

IT'S JUST A SAYING LIKE "NEVER SAY NEVER" IT'S MAINLY PHILOSOPHICAL, IT'S NOT MEANT TO MAKE SENSE

NOW QUIT STALLING AND ANSWER MY QUESTION PROPERLY

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This is called 'getting to know a person'.

You are 'getting to know me', therefore you can predict my actions to an extent.

This is not necessarily a bad thing for either of us.

I know man I'm just jokin' around why so serious

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but i thought we were friends

Oh, don't even try to use that card on me, mister.

We both know very well that you also charge DualPoints for hugs.

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Oh, yeah, that reminds me:

Thank you for the amazing drawing, Tux.

You are very welcome, and thank you for the compliment.

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Pizza gud.

Oh, come on, now you're not even trying.

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I live a very sheltered life, I'm sure I've said already.

I have no idea, in other words.

>builds nukes during spare time

>when not building nukes, comes up with plans to destroy humanity

>"I have no idea"

 

 

-Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

-What are your opinions on Embe-  I MEAN THE ALMIGHTY DRAGON LORD

-Broccoli or spinach?

-What do you think about FLAMETHROWERS?

Edited October 8, 2017 by TheOneGuy0000

[Duality 10,739]

32 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

. . .

THEN JUST SELL THEM ON THE BLACK MARKET YOU GOOFHEAD

BUT ALL THE BLACK MARKET PEOPLE WANT TO KILL ME BECAUSE I DOUBLE-CROSSED THEM SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR INVENTION PARTS

BECAUSE I HAVE NO MONEY REMEMBER

34 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

As you may recall, we had a bit of a debate about Derpy and the equestrian postal system way back when on our PM chat.

COMPARING THE EQUESTRIAN POSTAL SYSTEM TO EARTH'S IS NOT INHERENTLY VALID BECAUSE OF THE PROBABLE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR BUSINESS MODELS

POLITICS/ECONOMICS IN GENERAL IS FAR LESS LIKELY TO BE INFLUENCED BY CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THAN A SINGLE POSTAL SERVICE SO THE COMPARISON BETWEEN EQUESTRIA AND EARTH HERE IS VASTLY MORE VALID

I NO DOUBLESTANDARDING

BLEAH TO YOU TUXEDO

39 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Although, as you said, ponies are used to Celestia's rule and her disappearance would cause a considerable political mess (at least for Equestria), it would still be completely mendable, especially now that there are three other princesses.

y u no respond to mai argument

 

I wasn't talking about the political impact of Celestia's hypothetical vanishment.

I was talking about the economic impact of Celestia's hypothetical vanishment.

 

Put it this way:

Celestia => the entire English royal line (sure she's been ruling for slightly less time but she's ruled with far more consistency and far less conflict than the English royal line) => the English Royal Line (ERL)

Luna => a relatively influential recently-voted-into-Parliament English political party (giving her some political credit here given that she don't really do none politicking usually) => an Influential Political Party (IPP)

Celestia/ERL is a fairly politically useless figurehead type that's been around since forever.

Luna/IPP is a random recently-ascended-to-authority type who's also not really politically essential (i.e., can easily be replaced by Cadance/Twilight a.k.a. other random political parties if she up-and-vanishes).

 

Now, if either of them vanished, they can both be easily politically replaced; no-one's debating that.

If Luna/IPP vanished, no economic impact would result; political parties disband all the time (=> she was in the moon for like forever anyway so effectively no economic impact would result if she vanished again).

If Celestia vanished - imagine what would happen if ERL vanished. The English Royal Line, every last member, those who have ruled England since time immemorial, just vanishing (disturbingly easy to imagine, given how terrorism is going nowadays). Sure, politicians would get the political scene sorted quickly enough, but consider how the economy would be affected. Stockholders hate changes in the status quo, and such an immense status quo change - not just politically, but culturally - would be devastating for England's economy. The pound would tank hugely, to say the least (like how it did when Brexit was announced but possibly ever-so-slightly worse, methinks), and they might even end up bankrupt like Greece did recently.

Therefore, Celestia is more important than Luna.

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Your brother is the real MVP.

I have to say, though, I'm surprised (but also amused) that this little debate of ours managed to create a discussion between the two of you.

We chat about all sorts of weird stuff, and recently quite a lot of it has been in relation to whatever debate/s you and me have got going on at the time.

Because our debates are a good supply of chattable weird stuff, apparently.

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

CROWDEDNESS 

ANNOYING THUGS

OBNOXIOUS CHILDREN

SMELLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE

GRANDMAS WHO LOOK AT YOU IN A MEAN WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THEIR FAVORITE SEAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER AVAILABLE SEATS

DO I GO ON

JUST WEAR ONE OF THOSE GOTH LEATHER JACKETs WITH METAL SPIKES STICKING OUT OF IT EVERYWHERE AND PEOPLE WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

IT'S JUST A SAYING LIKE "NEVER SAY NEVER" IT'S MAINLY PHILOSOPHICAL, IT'S NOT MEANT TO MAKE SENSE

PHILOSOPHY IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE SENSE YOUR STATEMENT IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I know man I'm just jokin' around why so serious

that was me joking around hurry up and get to know me already

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Oh, don't even try to use that card on me, mister.

We both know very well that you also charge DualPoints for hugs.

Nooooooooo, I said that you could cash in DualPoints for hugs.

In no way did I even come close to implying that I am not willing to hug you free of charge.

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Oh, come on, now you're not even trying.

PIZZA GUD

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

>builds nukes during spare time

>when not building nukes, comes up with plans to destroy humanity

>"I have no idea"

yes yes much legitimacy

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

Only if I tear one or the other from my screaming face and make manual contact between them.

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What are your opinions on Embe-  I MEAN THE ALMIGHTY DRAGON LORD

Dunno, I haven't seen any of her episodes.

weeps internally

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Broccoli or spinach?

At least broccoli has some texture to it.

Spinach is just slimy.

1 hour ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What do you think about FLAMETHROWERS?

Flamethrowers gud.

Especially for baking pizzas.

[TigerGeekGuy 4,662]

Sassy Comment Generator™ is down. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Questions:

1. How does the Mirror Pool work?

2. You friends with ^them^?

3. What would you say your worst fear is?

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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BUT ALL THE BLACK MARKET PEOPLE WANT TO KILL ME BECAUSE I DOUBLE-CROSSED THEM SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR INVENTION PARTS

BECAUSE I HAVE NO MONEY REMEMBER

THEN JUST GIVE THEM SOME OF THE STUFF YOU MADE TO MAKE UP FOR THE MONEY YOU OWE THEM

THEN SELL THE STUFF YOU SECRETLY KEPT FOR YOURSELF

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COMPARING THE EQUESTRIAN POSTAL SYSTEM TO EARTH'S IS NOT INHERENTLY VALID BECAUSE OF THE PROBABLE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR BUSINESS MODELS

POLITICS/ECONOMICS IN GENERAL IS FAR LESS LIKELY TO BE INFLUENCED BY CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THAN A SINGLE POSTAL SERVICE SO THE COMPARISON BETWEEN EQUESTRIA AND EARTH HERE IS VASTLY MORE VALID

I NO DOUBLESTANDARDING

BLEAH TO YOU TUXEDO

BACK IN THE DAY, A LOT OF IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS WERE TRANSPORTED VIA (private, more secure) MAIL

WE DO SEE SCROLL TELEPORTATION VIA DRAGON A LOT IN THE SHOW, BUT FOR ALL WE KNOW SPIKE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO IT

 

ALSO, WHAT IS THIS:

"POLITICS/ECONOMICS IN GENERAL IS FAR LESS LIKELY TO BE INFLUENCED BY CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THAN A SINGLE POSTAL SERVICE SO THE COMPARISON BETWEEN EQUESTRIA AND EARTH HERE IS VASTLY MORE VALID"

DUALITY, THEY DEFEAT THEIR OPPONENTS WITH FRIENDSHIP

THEIR ARMY IS BASICALLY USELESS, WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE FOR US IN THE MODERN, sort of PEACEFUL WORLD, BUT NOT IN THEIRS

AND I DON'T CARE THAT THE VILLAINS HAVE SUPER STRONG MAGIC

THE GUARDS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT USING THEIR NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY

DO THEY EVEN HAVE A CHURCH? A RELIGION? IT'S NEVER MENTIONED

THEY MOST LIKELY ONLY PRAISE THE ALICORNS LIKE THE GODS THEY ARE

 

AS I SAID, "EQUESTRIAN MONARCHY IS A VERY UNIQUE AND PECULIAR EXAMPLE OF MONARCHY"

AND WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU GO AHEAD AND COMPARE IT TO BRITISH MONARCHY, THE MOST QUEEN-OBSESSED MONARCHY OUT THERE

 

THERE ARE NO INBETWEENS, DUALITY

YOU CAN'T OBJECTIVELY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT'S SIMILAR TO HOW THINGS WORK IN OUR WORLD AND WHAT'S NOT, CONSIDERING HOW NONSENSICAL from our perspective MOST OF THEIR SOCIETY, ARMY/WEAPONS AND POLITICS ARE

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Luna => a relatively influential recently-voted-into-Parliament English political party (giving her some political credit here given that she don't really do none politicking usually) => an Influential Political Party (IPP)

Inappropriate comparison, Luna ruled for a good couple millenias alongside Celestia and fought with her to defeat many villains that threatened the country before being banished. Ninety-five percent of the population doesn't even know her and NMM are one and the same, probably thanks to Celestia, who most likely had everything set for her return, with Twilight and the other mane six and Ponyville and the elements and all, judging by her monologue at the end of the second episode.

Luna is anything but "recently-voted-into-Parlament".

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Imagine what would happen if ERL vanished. The English Royal Line, every last member, those who have ruled England since time immemorial, just vanishing.

You just disbanded your own argument. The queen isn't the only member of the royal family still alive. Although she is infinitely more important that any of the others, obviously, but the situation wouldn't be nearly as catastrophic as every last member of the royal family instantly vanishing.

That's even less the case for Equestria, where for the longest time there wasn't ONE monarch, ONE 'queen', but TWO. Sure, Luna didn't get as much appreciation as Celestia due to her duties taking place during the night and ponies sleeping and blah blah you know the story, but again, if we are to look at their political system realistically and judging by Celestia's love and respect for her sister, it's safe to assume that they both held the same amount of political power, consulting each other before making important decisions, probably as well as a 'council' with Starswirl as the head of it. Once again, that's especially the case now, with two more princesses 'added into the mix'. Luna also helped defeat Discord and Sombra, using the elements alongside Celestia, their brave, now legendary deeds portrayed on the throne room windows, for ponies and themselves to always remember.

It would be nonsensical and unlike Celestia to not have done everything in her power to go back to this system as soon as possible after Luna's return (pretty sure the elements are a foolproof-redeemer, and even if they weren't, she trusted Discord to deal with the whole Tirek situation, for Luna's sake). Although we don't see these serious matters being dealt with, the show being for kids and all.

Now, you may say that some older nobles and other important political figures who remember the whole story would have a problem with Luna, and you would most likely be right, but the show sort of deals with this in the episode "Luna Eclipsed" (again, it's a show for kids, political debates wouldn't have cut it, it's probably the best we'll get). Going even further, if we are to assume that each season takes up one year (which is pretty much the minimal estimation), Luna's been "back" for at least five years, plenty of time to deal with most of Equestria's nightmares for each pony at least once (Equestria's population isn't nearly as big as ours, seeing as they only have one huge city - their version of New York, Manehattan; Las Pegasus was depicted as having very few buildings in comparison to its irl equivelent). Proving her wisdom and goodwill and perhaps even establishing a more personal connection than Celestia ever could with most ponies would win her a few points, wouldn't you say? Yes, in retrospect it does sound somewhat invasive, but it's also very similar to being upset at someone for pushing you out of the way of a train, even if it was just a nightmare.

Lastly, I'm going to tackle the inevitable "only one throne" argument. There are multiple possible explanations for this:

-They switch. It's been established in "A Royal Problem" that Luna mostly sleeps during the day, due to her tiring nightly duties. Why would they need two thrones if they only use one at a time? The only reason would be symbolism, and it seems they finally got around to it with the movie, I certainly hope they also change it for season eight. (wouldn't make much sense if they don't)

-They didn't want to remake the intro and reference sheets for the Canterlot throne room. You can notice Celestia's animation when opening the scroll is nearly if not completely identical to season one, Luna just being added in front of her. The only other thing that changes in that part of the intro is the picture sent with the scroll, which is still (just zoomed in) and therefore cheap. You can notice this in other parts of the intro as well, where they don't completely redo it, but rather add details, like Discord waving at Fluttershy from behind the window during the "Sharing kindness" part.

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Therefore, Celestia is more important than Luna.

Terrible, terrible words coming from someone I look up to. Now you see why I must prove you wrong.

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We chat about all sorts of weird stuff, and recently quite a lot of it has been in relation to whatever debate/s you and me have got going on at the time.

Because our debates are a good supply of chattable weird stuff, apparently.

Indeed they are. Kinda glad I'm hooking him in to discuss about the show. He can deny it all he wants, soon he'll be one of us.

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JUST WEAR ONE OF THOSE GOTH LEATHER JACKETs WITH METAL SPIKES STICKING OUT OF IT EVERYWHERE AND PEOPLE WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE

PLEASE REFER TO THE FIFTH ISSUE I LISTED, AND NOTICE HOW THAT WOULD MAKE IT A MILLION TIMES WORSE

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PHILOSOPHY IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE SENSE YOUR STATEMENT IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS

IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE SENSE IN A FIGURATIVE WAY, NOT LITERALLY. YOU COULD EASILY SAY "DON'T EVER SAY NEVER", BUT THE SELF-CONTRADICTION GIVES IT MORE WIT

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that was me joking around hurry up and get to know me already

I'M TRYING MY BEST HERE, BUT IT'S A TEAM EFFORT

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Nooooooooo, I said that you could cash in DualPoints for hugs.

In no way did I even come close to implying that I am not willing to hug you free of charge.

Oh.

Well, now I feel bad.

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PIZZA GUD

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT

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Dunno, I haven't seen any of her episodes.

weeps internally

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE MISSING GO WATCH IT RIGHT NAOW

NAOW 

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Flamethrowers gud.

Especially for baking pizzas.

Seriously? 

 

-Can you wiggle your ears?

-How would you describe the elements to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

-McDonald's or KFC?

-What's our sun most likely to turn into after it implodes? (you could just google this one, but that would ruin the fun)

[Duality 10,739]

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Sassy Comment Generator™ is down. Sorry for the inconvenience

Here, I've got a few spare you can use.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

How does the Mirror Pool work?

Phases objects between alternate, effectively-identical universes.

At least that's how I see it.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

You friends with ^them^?

I'm friends with everyone.

 

 

 

Not everyone's friends with me, though, but, hey, their loss.

10 hours ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

What would you say your worst fear is?

I have trichophobia, a morbid dislike of loose, cut, strands of hair.

If you wanna know what that feels like, just imagine that every loose, cut, strand of hair you see repulses you like a live cockroach or a live spider or whatever creepy-crawly disturbs you the most.

 

 

 

Now imagine having a haircut.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

THEN JUST GIVE THEM SOME OF THE STUFF YOU MADE TO MAKE UP FOR THE MONEY YOU OWE THEM

THEN SELL THE STUFF YOU SECRETLY KEPT FOR YOURSELF

but they wanna shoot me on sight

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

DUALITY, THEY DEFEAT THEIR OPPONENTS WITH FRIENDSHIP

THEIR ARMY IS BASICALLY USELESS, WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE FOR US IN THE MODERN, sort of PEACEFUL WORLD, BUT NOT IN THEIRS

AND I DON'T CARE THAT THE VILLAINS HAVE SUPER STRONG MAGIC

THE GUARDS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT USING THEIR NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY

DO THEY EVEN HAVE A CHURCH? A RELIGION? IT'S NEVER MENTIONED

THEY MOST LIKELY ONLY PRAISE THE ALICORNS LIKE THE GODS THEY ARE

That's military/religion.

You don't mention economics.

Economics tends to only work one way, regardless of culture, military, and/or religion.

Our own planet proves that.

You get money, you get people who want money, voila! You get economics, just like you've got it on Earth.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

AS I SAID, "EQUESTRIAN MONARCHY IS A VERY UNIQUE AND PECULIAR EXAMPLE OF MONARCHY"

AND WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU GO AHEAD AND COMPARE IT TO BRITISH MONARCHY, THE MOST QUEEN-OBSESSED MONARCHY OUT THERE

It's really not that unique of a monarchy.

They got one queen, they got one demiqueen, and they got a couple other newbie hemiqueens.

It's just a composite monarchy.

And it would make perfect sense that everyone be obsessed with Celestia, because she's a thousand-year-old immortal sun-and-moon raising queen of all Equestria.

You reckon they'd probably worship her, yet you claim that they wouldn't be at least as obsessed with Celestia as the Brits are with their queen.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

YOU CAN'T OBJECTIVELY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT'S SIMILAR TO HOW THINGS WORK IN OUR WORLD AND WHAT'S NOT, CONSIDERING HOW NONSENSICAL from our perspective MOST OF THEIR SOCIETY, ARMY/WEAPONS AND POLITICS ARE

Society yes, army/weapons yes, politics who cares that's not my point, economics which is my entire point no; economics works on effectively universal principles.

Society and military vary greatly with the nature of a civilisation.

Economics varies greatly in in its areas of encompassment with the nature of a civilisation.

Society and military have their chessboard defined by the nature of a civilisation.

Economics has its chess pieces defined by the nature of a civilisation.

Significant objective difference means objective pick-and-choose possible.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Inappropriate comparison, Luna ruled for a good couple millenias alongside Celestia and fought with her to defeat many villains that threatened the country before being banished. Ninety-five percent of the population doesn't even know her and NMM are one and the same, probably thanks to Celestia, who most likely had everything set for her return, with Twilight and the other mane six and Ponyville and the elements and all, judging by her monologue at the end of the second episode.

Luna is anything but "recently-voted-into-Parlament".

Oh, yeah, that's right, she was 'voted into Parliament' a millennium or two ago!

And then never got 'elected' again for the next thousand years!

Great selling point for 'voters' there.

The public must obviously revere her.

Stunning verification of Luna's inherent economic significance in this day and age.

10/10 would never refer to as a wimpy political party again.

 

^ Also, the bolded sentence up there isn't canon.

For all we know, she and Celestia only ruled for a decade or two, and all the villains came effectively at once.

It's unlikely that they only ruled for a decade, but the fact remains that a good few of these villains first appeared "one thousand years ago", like how everyone always starts their villain-expositions.

"One thousand years ago" means possibly plus or minus a century, but certainly not a 'good couple of millenia' either way.

It's more likely that they ruled together for a single millennium tops, probably closer to a matter of centuries.

 

 

But even these two points are irrelevant.

Sure, she might have ruled for an eon back in the day, but it's been empirically proven that Equestria can indefinitely survive just fine without her. Not so for Celestia, in fact, she's, in the public eye, at least, near-solely responsible for Equestria's aforementioned indefinite survival.

Stockholders won't care if Luna ruled for ages back in the day. All they care about is that Celestia is apparently responsible for their investments' profit and has proven herself reliable in such matters for the last thousand years.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

You just disbanded your own argument. The queen isn't the only member of the royal family still alive. Although she is infinitely more important that any of the others, obviously, but the situation wouldn't be nearly as catastrophic as every last member of the royal family instantly vanishing.

I didn't disband my argument, I stated in my original analogy definition that Celestia = the entire royal family, because the entire royal family is a mediocrely-politically-influential millennia-old figurehead of their entire nation.

The queen of England has only been around since living memory, but Celestia is a literal immortal legend, one that's protected and guided her country since time immemorial.

The queen's gonna die soon, and they're already preparing for how they're gonna replace her, but Celestia ain't expected to die full-stop.

Only the entire English royal line is comparatively indefinitely-lifespanned as well as simultaneously culturally and historically significant enough to compare to Celestia.

And, yes, the whole point is that it would be a catastrophic situation if one or the other vanished.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Lastly, I'm going to tackle the inevitable "only one throne" argument.

That argument wasn't inevitable, because this entire chunk of textwall still misses my point.

I'm still not talking about the political ramifications of Celestia's hypothetical vanishment.

I'm still talking about the potential economic ramifications thereof.

Allow me to quote myself:

On ‎9‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 8:50 AM, Duality said:

I wasn't talking about the political impact of Celestia's hypothetical vanishment.

I was talking about the economic impact of Celestia's hypothetical vanishment.

 

Put it this way:

Celestia => the entire English royal line (sure she's been ruling for slightly less time but she's ruled with far more consistency and far less conflict than the English royal line) => the English Royal Line (ERL)

Luna => a relatively influential recently-voted-into-Parliament English political party (giving her some political credit here given that she don't really do none politicking usually) => an Influential Political Party (IPP)

 

Celestia/ERL is a fairly politically useless figurehead type that's been around since forever.

Luna/IPP is a random recently-ascended-to-authority type who's also not really politically essential (i.e., can easily be replaced by Cadance/Twilight a.k.a. other random political parties if she up-and-vanishes).

 

Now, if either of them vanished, they can both be easily politically replaced; no-one's debating that.

 

If Luna/IPP vanished, no economic impact would result; political parties disband all the time (=> she was in the moon for like forever anyway so effectively no economic impact would result if she vanished again).

If Celestia vanished - imagine what would happen if ERL vanished. The English Royal Line, every last member, those who have ruled England since time immemorial, just vanishing (disturbingly easy to imagine, given how terrorism is going nowadays). Sure, politicians would get the political scene sorted quickly enough, but consider how the economy would be affected. Stockholders hate changes in the status quo, and such an immense status quo change - not just politically, but culturally - would be devastating for England's economy. The pound would tank hugely, to say the least (like how it did when Brexit was announced but possibly ever-so-slightly worse, methinks), and they might even end up bankrupt like Greece did recently.

Now, read it all and try again.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Terrible, terrible words coming from someone I look up to. Now you see why I must prove you wrong.

Pass me the magnifying glass, I don't see anything.

 

 

Really, is it that terrible to imply that the continued welfare of Equestria's economy relies on Celestia more than Luna?

Realistic, sure, but terrible?

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Indeed they are. Kinda glad I'm hooking him in to discuss about the show. He can deny it all he wants, soon he'll be one of us.

For the record, he reckons you're wrong.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

PLEASE REFER TO THE FIFTH ISSUE I LISTED, AND NOTICE HOW THAT WOULD MAKE IT A MILLION TIMES WORSE

WHO CARES ABOUT MEAN GRANNIES

IT'S FOR THE GREATER GOOD

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE SENSE IN A FIGURATIVE WAY, NOT LITERALLY. YOU COULD EASILY SAY "DON'T EVER SAY NEVER", BUT THE SELF-CONTRADICTION GIVES IT MORE WIT

NO IT DOESN'T IT JUST GIVES IT MORE WRONGNESS

THERE IS NO 'FIGURATIVE WAY' OF MAKING SENSE

IT EITHER MAKES LOGICAL SENSE OR IT DOESN'T

JUST SOMETIMES IT CAN CONFUSE LAYFOLK INTO THINKING IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE

THE LATTER IS WHAT WE CALL A 'MISCONCEPTION', AN 'URBAN MYTH', OR AN 'ALTERNATE FACT'

THAT WAY LIE MONSTERS

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I'M TRYING MY BEST HERE, BUT IT'S A TEAM EFFORT

DON'T LOOK AT ME, I'M JUST THE MORAL SUPPORT

*waves pompoms around*

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Oh.

Well, now I feel bad.

Here, have a hug to make you feel better.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT

DO YOU DENY THAT PIZZA GUD

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE MISSING GO WATCH IT RIGHT NAOW

NAOW 

i dunno

i do

i can't

 

T.T

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Seriously? 

you asked

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Can you wiggle your ears?

Yep, but only both at the same time, not individually.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

How would you describe the elements to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

Rainbow friendship Infinity Stones.

 

 

 

jk glorious rainbow horseamulet demithings with shimmying eldritch death rays

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

McDonald's or KFC?

I reject your reality and substitute Burger King.

4 hours ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

What's our sun most likely to turn into after it implodes? (you could just google this one, but that would ruin the fun)

Off the top of my head (how dare you doubt me like this you should really know better by now), a red dwarf.

From Google, sun => red giant => white dwarf.

 

I was kinda incorporating parts of both potential answers into my response, but the sun won't really implode, it'll just expand then shrink a smidge, so your question was misleading anyway.

Edited October 9, 2017 by Duality

[TigerGeekGuy 4,662]

5 hours ago, Duality said:

Phases objects between alternate, effectively-identical universes.

At least that's how I see it.

Was Pinkie already aware of these universes before she used the Mirror Pool?

 

5 hours ago, Duality said:

I have trichophobia, a morbid dislike of loose, cut, strands of hair.

If you wanna know what that feels like, just imagine that every loose, cut, strand of hair you see repulses you like a live cockroach or a live spider or whatever creepy-crawly disturbs you the most.

Ah, this information. I can use this.

 

Questions:

1. You are struck with Poison Joke, what does it do to you?

2. Do you play any video games? If so, what are your favorites?

3. Any plans for Halloween?

4. Is The Great Pumpkin real?

5. Liquid water is discovered and confirmed to support life on another planet, your reaction?

6. Given an opportunity to colonize another planet, would you?

7. Favorite ice cream?

8. Can you solve a Rubik's cube?

9. Is ignorance really bliss?

10. Science Fiction or Fantasy?

Edited October 10, 2017 by TigerGeekGuy

[Frostgage 7,975]

How do you approach a challenging problem, whether math-related or when you are faced with adversity in real life?

edit: I just noticed you won the day yesterday :0 Congratulations good sir

Edited October 10, 2017 by Frostgage

[Duality 10,739]

10 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Was Pinkie already aware of these universes before she used the Mirror Pool?

Nah, otherwise she would've realised that, the first time she used the pool, she went through the surface, instead of the clone coming out of the surface, which implies that the entire episode took place in a parallel universe where the real Pinkie Pie ended up stuck.

Unless, of course, the 'real' Pinkie Pie actually was one of the ones who got sent back and the one that managed to watch the paint dry successfully was the Pinkie of that particular universe, which is a far less depressing ending.

13 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Ah, this information. I can use this.

Meh, not really, it's just like, if there's a loose, cut, strand of hair on me, I brush it off with a repulsed shudder.

It's gotten better over the years.

15 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

You are struck with Poison Joke, what does it do to you?

My cranium becomes excessively overinflated and jiggles around like a balloon full of wet Jello.

16 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Do you play any video games? If so, what are your favorites?

Minecraft to both questions.

16 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Any plans for Halloween?

I don't even know what date Halloween falls on.

So no.

17 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Is The Great Pumpkin real?

Obviously.

17 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Liquid water is discovered and confirmed to support life on another planet, your reaction?

EARTH-ORIGIN PANSPERMIA I TELL YOU

20 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Given an opportunity to colonize another planet, would you?

Nope.

No good Internet connection.

20 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Favorite ice cream?

Boysenberry, hands down.

20 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Can you solve a Rubik's cube?

no ;-;

21 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Is ignorance really bliss?

No, it's the source of most fear.

21 minutes ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Science Fiction or Fantasy?

They are but two sides of the same coin.

18 minutes ago, Frostgage said:

How do you approach a challenging problem, whether math-related or when you are faced with adversity in real life?

For maths, I just shove the data I've been given through every equation I can think of and generate as much additional valid data as possible, then gather the data I need into a single comprehensive answer.

 

For real life, I take a step back and contemplate the source of the problem.

Then, I take another step back and consider the possible paths to solve the problem, focussing on eliminating the source thereof.

Then, I take a third step back and consider how I can work from where I am through one of the aforementioned paths to eliminate the initially-stated source thereof.

Then, I use my three steps worth of space between me and the problem to get a running start to solving it.

25 minutes ago, Frostgage said:

edit: I just noticed you won the day yesterday :0 Congratulations good sir

Oh, wow, I hadn't a clue that I'd done so until you pointed it out.

And, why, thank you, my equally good sir.

[TigerGeekGuy 4,662]

2 hours ago, Duality said:

I don't even know what date Halloween falls on.

This is truly disturbing.

 

2 hours ago, Duality said:

EARTH-ORIGIN PANSPERMIA I TELL YOU

BUT HOW.

 

2 hours ago, Duality said:

no ;-;

Neither can I. ;~;

 

Questions:

1. Favorite CMC song?

2. If you could visit Equestria for only one day, how would you spend it?

3. A zombie apocalypse has begun, do you have a plan?

4. Breadsticks, onion rings, or mozzarella sticks?

5. You’re about to die and someone offers to upload your consciousness into a robot, do you take it?

6. Have you ever made a potato cannon?

[Duality 10,739]

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

This is truly disturbing.

I know how you like your horror stories.

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

BUT HOW.

SPACE JUNK WITH EXTREMOPHILES ON IT

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Favorite CMC song?

"Here We Are".

Don't care if it ain't technically canon, BlackGryph0n songs totally count.

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

If you could visit Equestria for only one day, how would you spend it?

Probably talking to Twilight about how their physics works and maybe a cajoled-up hug or two from pretty much anypony I can convince to participate.

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

A zombie apocalypse has begun, do you have a plan?

Of course I do.

I'm the one who started it, after all.

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Breadsticks, onion rings, or mozzarella sticks?

Mozzarella.

Cheese beats all.

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

You’re about to die and someone offers to upload your consciousness into a robot, do you take it?

Nnnnnope.

I have enough insanity on my plate without ending up as an immortal chunk of algorithms.

1 hour ago, TigerGeekGuy said:

Have you ever made a potato cannon?

Tragically, I must answer no to this query also.

Cannons, well, they're easy enough to build, but finding potatoes around here is simply impossible.

[TheOneGuy0000 404]

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but they wanna shoot me on sight

Then just mail it to them, this isn't some gangster movie taking place in the 30's.

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[abunchofargumentsthat'lltakeaverybigtextwalltorespondto]

Moving this whole debate to our PM chat. We made a big 'nuff mess here already. Besides, we're running out of things to talk about over there.

Sorry to anyone who was potentially enjoying it.

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For the record, he reckons you're wrong.

I was referring to the fact that you said he denied being interested in the show, but it's always nice to be reminded that everyone is against you.

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WHO CARES ABOUT MEAN GRANNIES

IT'S FOR THE GREATER GOOD

NO IT'S NOT

I'D RATHER SUFFER NEXT TO SOMEONE STINKY THAN HAVE EVERYONE LOOK AT ME IN A MEAN WAY

DIDN'T I ALREADY MENTION I'M SOCIALLY AWKWARD

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NO IT DOESN'T IT JUST GIVES IT MORE WRONGNESS

THERE IS NO 'FIGURATIVE WAY' OF MAKING SENSE

IT EITHER MAKES LOGICAL SENSE OR IT DOESN'T

JUST SOMETIMES IT CAN CONFUSE LAYFOLK INTO THINKING IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE

THE LATTER IS WHAT WE CALL A 'MISCONCEPTION', AN 'URBAN MYTH', OR AN 'ALTERNATE FACT'

THAT WAY LIE MONSTERS

IT'S MEANT TO CONTRADICT ITSELF

IT'S A CHEAP WAY TO MAKE IT SEEM SMARTER THAN IS

THE MESSAGE IT TRIES TO CONVEY IS TRUE THO

NOTHING IS SET IN STONE

DON'T FULLY TRUST ANYTHING OR ANYONE, NOT EVEN YOURSELF

AND MANY OTHER WAYS YOU COULD INTERPRET IT

 

YOU'RE A PHYSICIST DUALITY

YOU'VE GOT A GOOD SHOT AT SUCCEEDING IN THIS CRUEL WORLD

GO BACK TO ASSURING YOURSELF A BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE AND LEAVE THIS POINTLESS STUFF TO US STARVING PHILOSOPHERS

IT'S ALL WE HAVE LEFT

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DON'T LOOK AT ME, I'M JUST THE MORAL SUPPORT

*waves pompoms around*

AT LEAST YOU'RE TRYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

Quote

Here, have a hug to make you feel better.

NOW I FEEL EVEN WORSE

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DO YOU DENY THAT PIZZA GUD

PIZZA NOT GUD

PIZZA BEST

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i dunno

i do

i can't

SELL YOUR STUFF DUALITY

SELL YOUR STUFF

even your brother if you have to

Quote

Yep, but only both at the same time, not individually.

Impressive nonetheless

Quote

Rainbow friendship Infinity Stones.

jk glorious rainbow horseamulet demithings with shimmying eldritch death rays

...And here I thought you were gonna be original and witty again.

Quote

I reject your reality and substitute Burger King.

HERETIC

 

-Can you rub your belly and pat your head at the same time?

-How would you describe the alicorn amulet to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

-Victorian style or Gothic style?

-Do you have a part-time job? What is it?

[Duality 10,739]

10 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Then just mail it to them, this isn't some gangster movie taking place in the 30's.

but then they take it and then still wanna shoot me on sight

these people no play nice

11 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Moving this whole debate to our PM chat. We made a big 'nuff mess here already. Besides, we're running out of things to talk about over there.

Sorry to anyone who was potentially enjoying it.

you just don't wanna get embarrassed in public when you lose eh tux

also you no need bigtextwall when succinct

succinct better

12 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

I was referring to the fact that you said he denied being interested in the show, but it's always nice to be reminded that everyone is against you.

He denied being a brony.

He's coming to see the Movie with me, so I think it's growing on him.

12 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

NO IT'S NOT

I'D RATHER SUFFER NEXT TO SOMEONE STINKY THAN HAVE EVERYONE LOOK AT ME IN A MEAN WAY

DIDN'T I ALREADY MENTION I'M SOCIALLY AWKWARD

WEAR SHADES DREADLOCKS AND JAGGED-METAL CHAIN JEWELLERY ALL OVER AND NO-ONE WILL EVEN DARE TO LOOK AT YOU IN A MEAN WAY

PROBLEM SOLVED

15 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

THE MESSAGE IT TRIES TO CONVEY IS TRUE THO

NOTHING IS SET IN STONE

DON'T FULLY TRUST ANYTHING OR ANYONE, NOT EVEN YOURSELF

AND MANY OTHER WAYS YOU COULD INTERPRET IT

BUT SEE NOW YOU SAY THAT THE MESSAGE IT TRIES TO CONVEY IS TRUE

BUT IT CAN'T BE OBJECTIVELY TRUE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO IT 'NOTHING IS SET IN STONE' AND 'YOU CAN'T FULLY TRUST ANYTHING'

SEE

LOGICAL PARADOX

17 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

YOU'RE A PHYSICIST DUALITY

YOU'VE GOT A GOOD SHOT AT SUCCEEDING IN THIS CRUEL WORLD

GO BACK TO ASSURING YOURSELF A BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE AND LEAVE THIS POINTLESS STUFF TO US STARVING PHILOSOPHERS

IT'S ALL WE HAVE LEFT

STAHP DOING DUMB QUASI-NIHILISTIC PHILOSOPHY OR YOU'LL NEVER NOT BE STARVING

IT'S PARALYSINGLY PESSIMISTIC POINTLESSNESS

18 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

AT LEAST YOU'RE TRYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

*moar dorky pompomming ensues*

19 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

NOW I FEEL EVEN WORSE

but hug supposed to make you feel better

nao i feel bad

because hug broken

20 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

PIZZA NOT GUD

PIZZA BEST

GUD >>> BEST

20 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

SELL YOUR STUFF DUALITY

SELL YOUR STUFF

even your brother if you have to

but no-one wants my brother

and everyone who might want to buy my stuff wants to kill me and steal it instead

21 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

...And here I thought you were gonna be original and witty again.

Feels good to be proven right, doesn't it?

21 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Can you rub your belly and pat your head at the same time?

Yep.

22 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

How would you describe the alicorn amulet to someone who doesn't know anything about the show?

Boring edgy plot device that no-one really cares about hence why it got curbstomped in the third season.

Spoiler

OOOOOOOOOOH SICK BUUUURRRRRRRRRN

*obnoxious foghorns*

Spoiler

don't blame me you asked for more original wittiness

 

26 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Victorian style or Gothic style?

I have no idea.

Not an architecture buff, remember?

26 minutes ago, TheOneGuy0000 said:

Do you have a part-time job? What is it?

I deliver papers.

57 of them, to be precise, over a distance of two or three kilometres of housing, by foot, twice a week.

It's not really for the money, it's just an opportunity to get paid for a pleasantly invigourating stroll.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,332]

Do you own any anchors?