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Ask a Staffer Catch-22: Ask me things! Sakura Rurouni
Aya Squawkermaru:
What are your stances on pie and cheesecake?
If it weren't for irony, this statement wouldn't be funny.
You and a close friend are both in the emergency room after being attacked by a serial killer in the alleyway. Luckily, help came before he could finish either of you off, but you are both dangerously low on blood, and the hospital only has enough blood to save one of you. If you had a say in the matter, who would you choose to live?
Wow, I didn't realize how morbid that was until after I typed it.
Alfred F. Jones:
--- Quote from: nintendonut888 on July 19, 2011, 07:08:17 AM ---Putting aside your dislike of video games, what is your stance on controversially violent video games like Grand Theft Auto?
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Laconic: Oooh, glamorizing violence! My favourite!
Regular: I loathe them, but I'm conflicted. I have so many friends who are gamers and try to convince me that they don't inherently encourage violence on sheer virtue of containing violence. And certainly War and Peace, written by Tolstoy (a comitted pacifist), didn't mean he was loony and warmongering. But there is a lot to be said for desensitization.
On the other hand, there is H.G. Wells' observation that "war games" are better than fighting actual wars, because "tin soldiers don't leave behind tin widows and tin orphans." But I am still not convinced.
--- Quote from: nintendonut888 on July 19, 2011, 07:08:17 AM ---If you found Kogasa on the side of the road one rainy day, what would the encounter be like? Details, please. :3
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Laconic: Destiny~
Regular: I would ask her if it wouldn't be too much of a problem to share her umbrella, since the weather here is so temperamental and it could get very bad very quickly. Once I got home, I'd invite her in for something to eat, and from there become friends. ^_^
--- Quote from: nintendonut888 on July 19, 2011, 07:08:17 AM ---On a related note, did anyone ever pick up that straw hat? :ohdear:
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Laconic: Yes.
Regular: It was gone the next day, so I guess it was picked up.
--- Quote from: nintendonut888 on July 19, 2011, 07:08:17 AM ---Not to oversaturate with questions like these, but what is my worst quality in your opinion?
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Laconic: You have so many it's hard to choose.
Regular: Complete blindness to the emotions and feelings of those around you is pretty high on the list, though. I can hardly think of something more guaranteed to ruin relationships than that.
--- Quote from: nintendonut888 on July 19, 2011, 07:08:17 AM ---Who has the best wingz in Touhou?
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Laconic: Utsuho.
Regular: Maybe Aya. Speaking of, my aya_wings_chart_updated.png will need a new update with WaHH.
--- Quote from: Iryan on July 19, 2011, 07:36:34 AM ---Are the people asking you about themselves instead of yourself getting annoying?
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Laconic: Very.
Regular: I'm just hoping it's not against some staff regulations to say what I think about certain peoples here, since it introduces bias. :ohdear:
--- Quote from: Iryan on July 19, 2011, 07:36:34 AM ---Do you like self-referential humor?
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Laconic: I don't even know what that is, to be honest.
--- Quote from: Iryan on July 19, 2011, 07:36:34 AM ---Do you find me annoying?
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Laconic: Yes. Sorry. >_>
Regular: That said, I still find your observations interesting, even if I disdain excessive reliance on logic on basic principle.
--- Quote from: Drunken Genichiro on July 19, 2011, 08:36:14 AM ---Are you glad I'm not hopping on the "what do you think of me" bandwagon?
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Laconic: Aren't you doing so indirectly?
--- Quote from: Drunken Genichiro on July 19, 2011, 08:36:14 AM ---What item currently in your possession has the most value to you? (Not monetary value) Why?
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Laconic: My flash drive.
Regular: It has all of my creative work on it, and a lot of memories with my friends. It would be incredibly painful to lose it, even if I could technically replace the structure of it at low cost.
--- Quote from: Drunken Genichiro on July 19, 2011, 08:36:14 AM ---If you were given solid proof something terrible could happen to the world if you continued to exist, how would you approach the situation?
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Laconic: Oh boy.
Regular: "Exist" is iffy. It would be much easier if you had said "live", since I would immediately cease to live on basic principle. But my religious studies courses (both self-initiated and academically mandated) have at the very least made me doubt that death is the end of everything. If my soul went on existing, then even my suicide would not save the world. Before I did anything drastic, I would find any way possible to good and truly cease to exist, soul and all. Putting innocent people in danger for my own selfish desire to live is not even an option worth considering.
--- Quote from: Just Simply Solais on July 19, 2011, 11:23:39 AM ---Umm, right, a question.
"Who are you tsundere for?"
:3
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Laconic: Depends on your sources.
Regular: Most everyone I have met in this community will claim that I am tsundere for them. Believe them if you wish, or don't.
For my part, I don't think I'm tsundere for anyone, but that's not what everyone else seems to think. :S
--- Quote from: herdcrabs on July 19, 2011, 01:56:46 PM ---Do you think humanity will ever successfully colonize space, or at least launch space mining projects?
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Laconic: Yes, I do.
Regular: And as with most other major technological advancements we create, it will cause more (different) problems than it solves.
--- Quote from: The Aquatic Colossal on July 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PM ---What's your opinion on comic books/graphic novels as a medium?
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Laconic: The well-done ones rock my socks off.
Regular: That said, I could never get into traditional comic books here in America-- I just never had much interest. My only American comic book is a copy of the Amazing Spider-Man that I scribbled over when I was five years old. >_> I like manga and graphic novels quite a bit, though. The stories that come out of Japanese media are very different from the superhero stories here that I tried to get into but failed. As with most other forms of media, I prefer historical ones, but I do like some sci-fi and surrealism (and if Fushigi Yuugi is any indication, flowery shoujo stories as well).
--- Quote from: The Aquatic Colossal on July 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PM ---Fruits and vegetables you'd recommend to someone who's trying to expand their culinary horizons?
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Laconic: Um.
Regular: I can't think of any specific names right now, since I'd like to just recommend the many fruits and vegetables of Mexican cuisine in general. I'll get back to you on this, promise.
--- Quote from: The Aquatic Colossal on July 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PM ---Favorite classical composer?
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Laconic: Of the classical era? Bach.
Regular: Bofh got me hooked on his compositions. <333333333
--- Quote from: The Aquatic Colossal on July 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PM ---You've mentioned your commitment to pacifism before, but would you use violence to save the life of another if it was necessary?
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Laconic: Violence? Sure. Killing? If I can, avoid it at all costs.
Regular: Even so, no ideology is worth paying for with the lives of people who have not chosen to live or die by it. If it came down to a "if you don't kill this person, then this person WILL go out and kill ten other people", then the sin of murder has effectively already been committed, and the least I can do is reduce the human cost of that sin. However, I do not doubt that I would loathe myself for it forever. Oh well.
--- Quote from: rdjuugi Hoshiguma on July 19, 2011, 02:39:17 PM ---Is there a reason you became the acolyte of TARC over the other subforums (PSL in particular)?
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Laconic: The other staffers.
Regular: They love to look down on TARC. So do most of my friends, including most of the people who have posted in this thread. I was sick of having it looked down upon, so when Ammy left, I pledged to become Acolyte of TARC in his place. And PSL already had Sakana.
--- Quote from: rdjuugi Hoshiguma on July 19, 2011, 02:39:17 PM ---Who is your favorite journalist and why?
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Laconic: Naomi Klein.
Regular. Her exposes on disaster engineering and then profiteering are absolutely spectacular.
I have to cut off here because I absolutely have to catch the bus now, but I'll be back later.
Hello Purvis:
Justify your apparent love of magical girls.
Ibn Khaldun and Basil Davidson walk into the thunderdome. Who walks out, and why? Let us not presume undead or immortality as a cause for the ability to walk in.
Do you have a Kill Whitey t-shirt? If so, do you think it would fit me?
The winner of the prior thunderdome question later enters the Thunderdome with Dr Livingston? Who walks out, and why?
You are stuck in on a desert island with the rest of the librarians. Who do you choose to eat, and why?
Aya Squawkermaru:
Are you glad this period of questioning is almost over?
Iryan:
--- Quote from: Card Captor Sakura on July 19, 2011, 08:58:27 PM ---Laconic: Yes. Sorry. >_>
Regular: That said, I still find your observations interesting, even if I disdain excessive reliance on logic on basic principle.
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Eh, I like civil honesty, so no hard feelings.
I cannot comprehend your disdain for logic, but anything I'd have to say about it to make you understand my view would itself rely on logic, so I don't really see the point in even attempting (not to mention this thread not being the right place, as well as you most likely not being interested in the first place).
--- Quote ---Laconic: I don't even know what [self-referential humor] is, to be honest.
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This.
Also the problem I described in the paragraph above.
Most importantly though, my questioning post.
Layered. BV
No new questions, you deserve a break. :3