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Badger of Basra posted:Do people still smoke opium in the 19th century opium den way, or has it been replaced by heroin/other opiods? Not many
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credburn posted:another thing i am wondering is what do you think the noods smell like haha im just curious for laughs haha i would like to smell them
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Badger of Basra posted:Do people still smoke opium in the 19th century opium den way, or has it been replaced by heroin/other opiods? As an aside, heroin users in the UK/EU usually smoke it. This is because heroin in the UK is sold as heroin #3, the freebase, and is ready to be smoked but it's not water soluble. Users who want to shoot/snort it must first treat it with an acid such as lemon juice. Heroin destined for the American market, heroin #4, is the hydrochloride and ready to snort/shoot but isn't smokeable.
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Alright, abort, abort! It was just an idle curiosity, I don't want to start a thing.
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credburn posted:Alright, abort, abort! It was just an idle curiosity, I don't want to start a thing. You cannot unring a bell.
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Thirteen Orphans posted:You cannot unring a bell. av/post combo
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Nov 30, 2020 01:45
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credburn posted:Why does everyone hate TV Tropes so much? I just discovered it a year ago and I love it. I've been talking to people about all these things forever, and used to make my own poorly organized databases of examples of these tropes. The articles on the site are also pretty well written. I've never seen anyone here explain WHY they hate it so much, but there is a lot of side admonishments toward the site.
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Nov 30, 2020 04:02
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That's a bit helldumpy
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Nov 30, 2020 04:45
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It's literally in this thread.
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It's still a bit helldumpy. What's wrong with tvtropes anyway?
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Gobbeldygook posted:...This is because heroin in the UK is sold as heroin #3...
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Trapick posted:What are heroin 1 and 2, how many heroins are there, and is that how drug deals are done? Like "oh I need 2kg of #3, 5kg of #4", etc? Heroin #3: Heroin freebase. Not water soluble but ready to smoke. Commonly available in Europe. Pg 15 Heroin #4: Heroin hydrochloride. Water soluble. Standard in the United States. Yes even black tar heroin, Wikipedia is wrong. Pg 16-17 of the PDF. What heroin #1 and #2 are is disputed, but in any case they refer to preceding steps in the process that aren't actually heroin. A dealer and his customers expect their heroin to be in a certain form (freebase or hydrochloride) and would not order the other kind.
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Gobbeldygook posted:Here's the DEA's guide to manufacturing heroin (PDF). To just answer your question, Heroin #1-4 are old DEA designations of steps in the Asian manufacturing process.
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Nov 30, 2020 07:00
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Gobbeldygook posted:Here's the DEA's guide to manufacturing heroin (PDF). To just answer your question, Heroin #1-4 are old DEA designations of steps in the Asian manufacturing process. where is the one to cook meth
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Nov 30, 2020 07:04
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Hyperlynx posted:What's wrong with tvtropes anyway? It's mostly just fairly pointless. On its own, pointing out that there are similarities between aspects of different stories doesn't really tell you anything. Especially when a lot of them are very broad so as to include as many examples as possible. A character in this show is similar to a character in that show. OK. So what? What does that mean? It's just endless classification with no purpose. It feels like useful work, but nothing ever comes of it.
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This thread is the only reason I’ve been to TVTropes in at least a decade because there are a number of questions answered by “TVTropes lists examples of that thing you’re talking about under ‘Unmoving Plaid‘ ” or whatever.
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Nov 30, 2020 07:21
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How do we make this a new smilie?
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Nov 30, 2020 07:29
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Grouchio posted:How do we make this a new smilie? By plunking down 30 bucks here: https://secure.somethingawful.com/products/smilie.php
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Part of the reason people hated tv tropes back in the day was hating on autistic people, and part of it is just that it leads to stagnation in creativity and criticism. People who do surface level categorization of facets of media they consume, as tropes, and don't think deeper about it. That's fine, who cares, but then you have people creating media whose understanding of narrative and genre end at the tropes list, and that makes for very boring, formulaic, basic media that people (especially the creators) think is a lot deeper because they confuse tropes with themes. They then passionately and angrily defend themselves, take no criticism, and become huge drama bombs to discuss.
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Nov 30, 2020 07:57
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Mak0rz posted:Does anyone remember this really strange (I think goon-made) music video? It wasn't 'Darkness', it was 'The Hunger', I think. I remember the mock thread
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Two words: Troper Tales You can't have anything but disdain for the site after wading through that muck.
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Nighthand posted:Part of the reason people hated tv tropes back in the day was hating on autistic people, and part of it is just that it leads to stagnation in creativity and criticism. People who do surface level categorization of facets of media they consume, as tropes, and don't think deeper about it. That's fine, who cares, but then you have people creating media whose understanding of narrative and genre end at the tropes list, and that makes for very boring, formulaic, basic media that people (especially the creators) think is a lot deeper because they confuse tropes with themes. They then passionately and angrily defend themselves, take no criticism, and become huge drama bombs to discuss. So what you're saying is that Ernest Cline is an admin there.
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steinrokkan posted:Two words: Troper Tales Oh god, I’m having flashbacks. They all started with “This Troper...” and had a really formulaic format. The mock threads here were fun though.
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It also had mock worthy stuff like "innocent panties", where users lovingly detailed every time a(n underaged) character had their underwear showing. The page now, if you try to go to it says it all: quote:Note: This page was cut for reason: FastEddie: Why don't people report this poo poo? E: iirc there was also a problem with it devolving into people pasting "fetish fuel" and then listing everything, a page for hentai and other things that made it look less like a chronicling of stuff in media and more 4chan categorizing their hentai. Leal fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Grouchio posted:How do we make this a new smilie? Powered Descent posted:By plunking down 30 bucks here: https://secure.somethingawful.com/products/smilie.php Forums poster Midjack beat you to it in the in-jokes/smilies thread: Midjack posted:Hang on.
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Helith posted:Oh god, I’m having flashbacks. And anyone who ddn't get a chance to experience Troper Tales back in the day can at least get a snippet through this podcast: https://thefpl.us/episode/60
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Yak Shaves Dot Com posted:It wasn't 'Darkness', it was 'The Hunger', I think. I remember the mock thread Yes! Thank you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrek1oAjG0
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Something of an unusual question: I have an alarm clock with a radium dial that no longer glows. It's my understanding that this isn't a failing of the radium, which should remain radioactive for more than a thousand years, but rather the luminous varnish breaking down. There are any number of luminous paints and powders on Amazon, but they're the usual modern sort that are supposed to be charged in the light and then glow for a time. Would the radiation emitted by radium cause them to glow perpetually? If not, what sort of glowy material am I looking for?
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PersonFromPorlock posted:Something of an unusual question: I have an alarm clock with a radium dial that no longer glows. It's my understanding that this isn't a failing of the radium, which should remain radioactive for more than a thousand years, but rather the luminous varnish breaking down. There are any number of luminous paints and powders on Amazon, but they're the usual modern sort that are supposed to be charged in the light and then glow for a time. Would the radiation emitted by radium cause them to glow perpetually? If not, what sort of glowy material am I looking for? edit: This page contains instructions for how to apply phosphor to a watch, so worth a glance. Their pigment is probably a Strontium-based one that will glow much brighter than the zinc sulfide, if you're not just trying to restore it to it's former glory. Gobbeldygook fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Is there a movement in Colombia to rename the country, similar to people wanting to change Columbus Day and take down Columbus statues etc in the US?
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Badger of Basra posted:Is there a movement in Colombia to rename the country, similar to people wanting to change Columbus Day and take down Columbus statues etc in the US? No, the rest of the world doesn't care tbh. Nobody is upset over British Columbia, either.
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Methanar posted:No, the rest of the world doesn't care tbh.
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Trapick posted:British Columbia (I dunno about Columbia) isn't even named directly for Columbus - it's named after the river which was named after a boat which was named after the general region which was named after Columbus. So pretty sure nobody thinks "we live in a province named after Columbus", it's just a name at this point. No one puts that much thought into the origins of place names. Look at Rhode Island voting to remove “and Providence Plantations” from its official name.
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Platystemon posted:No one puts that much thought into the origins of place names. Last I heard it wasn't clear that they had actually voted to remove "and".
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I have a home inspection scheduled for a home I've put an offer in on. The previous two times I've been in this situation, I've been too far away to attend the inspection in person. The woman who scheduled it said that people usually show up towards the end of the 4-hour period. Would it be considered rude if I wanted to be there the whole time? Would I just be getting in the inspector's way, or is attending the whole thing common as well?
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I attended the whole thing for mine! I'm paying hundreds of dollars for this person to look at the house I might spend many thousands on, you better believe I'm going to be there for every minute of it. I found it very instructive too and the inspector was cool and helpful.
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How come some restaurants have both a delivery fee and a minimum order for delivery? I would have thought the fee covers it.
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Hyperlynx posted:How come some restaurants have both a delivery fee and a minimum order for delivery? I would have thought the fee covers it. It could be to "cover the cost of the delivery driver" but really it's there because people will pay it.
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Hyperlynx posted:How come some restaurants have both a delivery fee and a minimum order for delivery? I would have thought the fee covers it. A delivery fee may cover the cost of additional expenses of delivery (like the infrastructure and the labor) while a minimum delivery order amount would prevent wasting time on small orders since time, especially during rush restaurant hours, is extremely tight.
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hooah posted:I have a home inspection scheduled for a home I've put an offer in on. The previous two times I've been in this situation, I've been too far away to attend the inspection in person. The woman who scheduled it said that people usually show up towards the end of the 4-hour period. Would it be considered rude if I wanted to be there the whole time? Would I just be getting in the inspector's way, or is attending the whole thing common as well? It's fine, just don't get in the way and don't constantly pepper the inspector with questions. Bring a notepad, write down your comments and questions, and hit him or her up once or twice during the inspection. DON'T follow them around like a puppy or constantly asking "what are you checking now? How does this compare to a normal house? Whatcha looking for right now?" Ultimately, everything they see will be in the report so you're not really doing much except making their job harder just to get some dribs and drabs of info a day sooner. You'll be bored out of your skull and/or constantly annoying them 20 minutes in but it's your money they're being paid so have at it.
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