Ok, family, let's do this. I'm new, but I work here. AMA!

@narfcake Yes, I’m wearing one. Next question!

@cinoclav Thanks! I was going to give you nothing, but since you’ve already got it, cheers!

@ExtraMedium I’ll treasure it forever!

@carl669 Canon. 20D first but since it was stolen from my trunk, Nexus 5 then Pixel 3a. Works in a pinch and I don’t leave 'em in my car.

@tinamarie1974 Polydactyl Siamese named Polly. She hates humans (all animals if I’m honest) but we keep feeding her.

@ExtraMedium such a fluffy kitty!

@tinamarie1974 Fat. The word you’re looking for is fat.

@ExtraMedium uuummmm, no FLUFFY like one of my favorite comedians

/giphy fluffy Iglesias

@ExtraMedium @tinamarie1974 Oh, I love him!

@RiotDemon Very little if I’m honest. They pay me to help customers but really I just tell them I can’t help them. Hope that helps!

@ExtraMedium @RiotDemon I guess that’s better then working the IT help desk. They all have a 2051 page manual and every page says, “Delete your cookies, temp files, and history then reboot.”

@Mehrocco_Mole @RiotDemon “Have you tried turning off and back on again?”

@medz The one that’s hated less?
“IT’S A TRAP!”

@medz

@medz

@medz @riskybryzness my favorite part of this question is that medz is the only person to like it.

@Barney

@shahnm Didn’t we replace him with a robot?

@medz This first date is very awkward. I might fake an emergency text soon. Hrm…I wasn’t supposed to tell you it will be fake so pretend like you are a sensitive person concerned about my emergency and be understanding when I dip out.

@CaptAmehrican GALAXY QUEST! But really, Star Wars. Bring the hate.

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican Keep it to the original versions of the original trilogy, and everything will be ok…

@CaptAmehrican A drone strong enough for my cat to ride!

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican There’s some hope in the future. Does your cat know how to ski?
https://dronedj.com/2020/08/24/amazons-drone-will-pull-you-up-a-mountain-replacing-ski-lifts/

@CaptAmehrican @cinoclav Heck yes! We’ll get the buyer to find a $39 version of that and I’m sure it won’t result in…many…injuries.

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @cinoclav

Hmm I can see it now… using a drone to speed you up going down the hill. What could possibly go wrong?

Or why bother to climb up half dome. Just take a lift on a drone.

PS

A drone strong enough for my cat to ride!

They make vacs for that.
/giphy cat on roomba

@CaptAmehrican Shouldn’t you also give him the threesome option?

@shahnm you should wash your mouth out with soap for that repulsive mental image.

@CaptAmehrican I like to be inclusive.

@CaptAmehrican Yes?

@shahnm No?

@CaptAmehrican I don’t have sea legs, but I’ve landed on an aircraft carrier. Nuclear power boat?

@ExtraMedium Which one? I was a sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) many years ago.

@PocketBrain USS Nimitz (it’s a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ironically enough) and I had the chance to land, tour, and take off from it. All very exciting. The take-off was quite a bit like riding a 2-3 second roller coaster. Good time.

@CaptAmehrican The Girl Without Hands. Adapted animation was fantastic as well. My name is actually because Grim is taken in most games I play online as well as this very forum, and the fact that I’m a younger brother, but you were correct to assume I’m a fairy tale fan.

@shahnm Scratch that itch.

@CaptAmehrican I have a popcorn bucket full of toys, gadgets, and things. Aperture Science Funko crew, and this that I built.

@ExtraMedium that is awesome

PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!

@CaptAmehrican That’s a Funko of me in my riding jacket along with the desk bucket and a mug that says MUG…if there was any doubt.

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican That’s a nice bucket.

@mossygreen My only wish is that they’d made the logo into a removable sticker so it wouldn’t say “popcorn mix” really big on top. Otherwise, it’s one of my favorite tins.

@ExtraMedium @mossygreen

/giphy spraypaint

@ExtraMedium @RiotDemon Actually, around here we use Sharpies.

Here, you can use one of mine:

@ExtraMedium @RiotDemon It looks like there’s a darker version of the design around the logo, but that’s what masking is for!

@ExtraMedium @mossygreen @RiotDemon Or cover it with meh stickers?

@shahnm It does keep me up at night.

@ExtraMedium Have another cider - that’ll help.

@shahnm Cider. No gluten problems, just how I roll.

@ExtraMedium You do you!

@CaptAmehrican Hire date was a few days ago. Been training and getting used to how things work. I love to crew and the culture. I’ve been around for year as a former woot! shopper and a few friends have been with the company for a long time. I’m stoked to be on board and on the inside now.

@shahnm Steel on all my guitars, nylon on both my ukes because duh.

@ExtraMedium Fer sure, duh!

@riskybryzness

@riskybryzness

@ExtraMedium

@shahnm Counter point, the three-sphere is the only type of bounded three-dimensional space possible that contains no holes.

@ExtraMedium Yeah I don’t know anything about math…

@shahnm That’s the premise of Poincare’s conjecture. You can’t prove that I googled it.

@ExtraMedium I’m kidding. I’m a dual-PhD math scholar with multiple university appointments and international accolades for my work.*
.
*no I’m not. I don’t know shit about math.

@shahnm Believe in yourself. Anything is possible if you put lies on the internet!

@eonfifty I think this is the longest it’s taken to ask this question. New record.

@eonfifty @riskybryzness Answering with a question, do I answer honestly while my boss is watching?

@riskybryzness

@ExtraMedium @riskybryzness
Why not?
/giphy why not ?

@eonfifty @riskybryzness I know what the inside of a jail cell looks like. Vague enough to CMA.

@ExtraMedium

@shahnm “Metaphors? I hate metaphors. That’s why my favorite book is Moby Dick. No frufu symbolism, just a good simple tale about a man who hates an animal.” No.

@ExtraMedium Consider yourself fortunate. That was the most tedious slog I ever made myself get through…

@ExtraMedium @shahnm I kind of liked it. The main story with Captain Ahab is kind of boring. It’s all the weird side stuff that likely gets edited out of the abridged versions that I liked.
I found that it reads a lot like hard science fiction, except in place of made-up technology and alien creatures and societies the reader is assumed not to know about, Melville wrote about ships, real creatures, and whaling practices and culture, and he writes very enthusiastically.

@ExtraMedium @shahnm +1 for ron swanson reference.

@ExtraMedium @Limewater I coulda done without the four hundred page tangent on the finer aspects of proper barrel selection for the storage of whale oil. Ok that’s a bit of a context paraphrase - I don’t remember if Melville specifically talked about the barrels. But he probably did, and four hundred pages is probably an underestimation…

@carl669 @shahnm I see you, too, are a man of culture.

@ExtraMedium @carl669 You take that back right now!

@shahnm Many apologies, I was only responding to @carl669 and should have insured the response reflected that. I already regret everything I’ve ever said to you.

@ExtraMedium @shahnm

@ExtraMedium @carl669 That was a close call. My heart rate still hasn’t come back down!

@duodec Dare I say, yes please?

@duodec Sir Terry Pratchett. Good Omens was one of the first books I truely loved. Nothing wrong with Hitchhiker’s Guide though.

@jimmyd103 What is Celebrity Jeopardy, Alex?

@ExtraMedium

@ExtraMedium @jimmyd103
anal bum cover for 500…

@chienfou @jimmyd103 I don’t care how you pronounce it, man! What I want to know is, does it work?!?

@ExtraMedium @jimmyd103
as well as the 'penis mightier"

@Cerridwyn Lived in England for 3 years…tea for me, please. Earl Grey w/milk and sugar until the spoon stands up.

@ExtraMedium
I am so sorry.

but coffee flavored gelato
ponders

@ExtraMedium @Cerridwyn did you become a fan of Liverpool FC whilst in England?

And do you agree Old Trafford should be torn down and replaced with a cockroach farm?

@ExtraMedium @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup is onion soup a cereal?

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @ybmuG that looks… Fascinating.

Question. What’s the brown thing in the background? Is that a chocolate cereal scared of the onion cereal?

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup @ybmuG good eye.

https://korean-lifestyle.myshopify.com/products/limited-edition-kelloggs-chex-green-onion-350g-korean-cereals-overseas-direct-shipment?variant=33085730062422&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup that would be correct. It was apparently a contest back in 2004 for what enhanced flavor people wanted and Onion won unexpectedly. They just recently produced the “winner”…

https://www.koreaboo.com/news/south-korea-now-offers-green-onion-flavored-chex-cereal-everyone-nightmare/

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup @RiotDemon
Oddly, there are no reviews yet…

So who’s going to sacrifice…I mean volunteer to try then for the group?

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup @RiotDemon
So the wife said they might be good in Chex mix…hmmmm…maybe $26 for a box could be worth it…

@CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @RiotDemon @ybmuG Thanks, I’ll pass on the cereal.

@OnionSoup I did not become a fan, I was an Arsenal fan long before living in the UK. No feeling on Old Trafford, sadly. Liverpool was lovely, though. Only spent 2 days but I had tea on top of a converted double decker so that was pretty rad.

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @RiotDemon @ybmuG
Supporting Arsenal is forgivable.

Incorrect answers would have been Chelsea, or Man Utd. Spurs would have been met with caution.

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup @RiotDemon @ybmuG

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @Cerridwyn @OnionSoup @RiotDemon @ybmuG I guess that explains why people are cautious around me

@j2 Tottenham can burn in a fire.

@ExtraMedium Wow! You sound just like my husband. He is also an Arsenal fan.

@Kidsandliz Gelato. If you’ve had it you know why. Coffee flavor.

@speediedelivery Do you mean favorite crisps, or “fries”? I feel like Salt and Pepper chips is the right answer, but Chili Cheese Fritos call to me from time to time. If you meant fries, gimme Dick’s (Seattle area) or something covered in chili and cheese.

@ExtraMedium Left open on purpose

Crisps was original thought. The Works is the correct answer but discontinued. Current is Utz Maui. Although most of the Utz line is good. Herrs salt and vinegar if you get a good bag is hard to beat.

Fries you are close. Add onions, sour cream, black olives and hot sauce for Garbage fries. Putting go to Seattle for fries on my list of things to do.

Chip off the ole block? Chip on the shoulder? Let the chips fall? Poker chips? Chip away?

@speediedelivery I now realize that my read of you initial questions was incredibly narrow and I regret not giving a poker related response. I’ll up the ante in the future.

@ExtraMedium @speediedelivery Ponch or John

@ExtraMedium @speediedelivery And then there is chipping in golf too…

@speediedelivery What, no loggers in the crowd?
Big Chips

@narfcake PC for gaming, Mac for working. I’m not picky, they are both great at doing their job.

@chienfou Si, un pequeño. I took 2 years of German in high school, and growing up in Texas I picked up quite a bit of Spanish which, as it turns out, did me very little good while visiting Spain. Go figure.

@Mehrocco_Mole Black. Had to look “the enemy” in the eyes. But I have flown in just about every air asset that exists, just not in the hot seat.

@ExtraMedium Oh. I’m sorry. MH-53E minesweepers First Crew/Crew Chief. AT brown shoe.

@Mehrocco_Mole Nice. That’s one of the few I’ve not been in. How’s it ride?

@mehcuda67 Last meal I hated was at an Ethiopian place in November of 2002. Yeah, it stuck with me to that degree. Doro Wat might be an amazing dish, but the night I tried it I was full of regret. Can’t recommend.

Please don’t send Ethiopian to Meh, I live in another state and wouldn’t wish that on the wonderful people at headquarters.

@ExtraMedium @mehcuda67 That is a long time to hold a grudge against a plate of food.

@CaptAmehrican Solid work history and experience, mediocre resume, and some luck. Probably had a lot to do with applying for the job on indeed.com as well.

@CaptAmehrican @ExtraMedium Is cereal a soup?

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @tinamarie1974 it is the way my kids make it.

@CaptAmehrican Cereal counts as a soup. I will die on this hill.

@acrylic @CaptAmehrican Yes, Yes, Yes, and No, @tinamarie1974, I was told cereal is a salad and milk is a dressing. Sorry, acrylic.

@acrylic @ExtraMedium @tinamarie1974 cereal as salad that is interesting.

@acrylic @ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @tinamarie1974 yeah no one thought of that on that old is cereal soup thread.

@ExtraMedium @CaptAmehrican @tinamarie1974 Absolutely not. You have bits floating in liquid, not some liquid on bits.

@acrylic How much water are you adding to that cereal?!?

@OnionSoup Sadly, I’m about 2000 miles from where Irk and Glenn spend their days so I don’t think I’ll ever get to meet them in person.

@OnionSoup Yes, in Korea as street food and in DC from a candy shop that had bugs in candy.

@ExtraMedium @OnionSoup I can give you my kid’s recipe for stir fried tarantula if you’d like (). Stick roasted spider is easier though.

@Kyeh 6, but it’s actually 3 sets of 2 matching tattoos. I’ve found symmetry in my body art.

@ExtraMedium So like matching left-right arms, etc?

@Kyeh Exactly like that. Arms, shoulders, chest. All stars. Blue, green, and orange. More to come but I always beat myself up about spending the money.

@ExtraMedium That sounds cool! I’m sure a lot of us would enjoy seeing pix…

@Kyeh How dare you ask to see my body in a public forum! (you should have whispered me ) to be honest they’re pretty dull. I love them because they have a pretty deep meaning to me which I won’t go into here other than to say each represents someone close to me. They all just look like this but filled in color. ✰

@ExtraMedium Oh, sorry - lots of people here are quite happy to show off their ink - you know about the “Ink for IRKs” thing, right? I have none myself but find it interesting what people are willing to make a permanent part of their physical appearance. I just posted this on a different thread earlier today:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/08/17/this-103-year-old-woman-just-crossed-an-item-off-her-bucket-list-tattoo/

@Kyeh Though the two on my forearms are visible most of the time, I really got mine for myself as a sort of memorial so I don’t really “show them off.” I’m not embarrassed but I also don’t define myself as a tattoo kinda guy. That link is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

FOOLS! TOOLS! JEWELS! AWESOME!

@ExtraMedium That’s cool. If I ever got any it would probably be for similar reasons and very private!

@Ignorant Harold and Maude! Love that flick! Honestly never heard of Rubin and Ed so I’ll have to look into it.

Also, gimme Simon Pegg with Nick Frost for the best of buddy fun times.

@medz Are you propositioning me? Is this a job interview? We’ve established that I’m (happily?) employed.

@ExtraMedium purely recreational

@medz What I do in my spare time is between me and my onlyfans. Thank you.

@njfan Wow! I’d be honored! Mind you, I don’t follow the sportsball and pick my teams based on which mascot would win in a fair fight.

I’ve never chilled a brownie, but they’re amazing in ice cream so they can’t be bad cold. I’m a corner piece fan though, so it might be hard to chew.

@GetClosure 90’s alternative for most anything, but we’ll put that in action. Vaporwave for chill time. Nick Drake’s Pink Moon album for creativity.