Any comments section I’ve seen with upvotes inevitably results in comments getting passive-aggressively down voted to hell without anyone explaining why. It kills discussions.
Sirksome
Yeah I’ve witnessed that too. I actually prefer this format in that regard. It’s not really about best comment but more first come first serve.
NotThatDrew
Has this format led me to restructure how I spend all of my nights now? Yes, but it’s WORTH it, goddammit
Tan
No downvotes. Only upvotes.
Cholma
I’m glad the comments section of Wilde Life isn’t like that.
Devin
Ah but see there’s a trick to that. The trick is the Hacker News model, which only has upvotes and no downvotes.
There are like five different really good book titles in this exchange. Sometimes I think the dialogue has less to do with expressing emotions or plot and is just Willis planting future book titles.
It’s just… the perfect form of awkwardness, where they’re both completely out of their depth trying to act like Functionalish Humans but it meshes together nicely instead of a trainwreck.
These two might actually work out as a couple. Somehow the awkwardness of both of them combined seems to be making them like each other more instead of causing this date to crash and burn.
You mean sharing about interests and studies? Psssh, that’s so old hat. Nowadays it’s all about trying to gauge how much of a mess each of you are, and if your mess likes/can handle THEIR mess
Well their neurosis kind of cancelled out the small talk anyway. Pretty sure Ruth was trying to just give up on this interaction in the first place, but Daisy’s so desperate to even have a romantic interaction with a girl at all she’s clinging to it like a life raft…and it’s kind of working I guess.
……… Oh god. This is why their interactions have been like this familiar from the start.
These are writers. You can bet hard cold cash the airing of neuroses isn’t only a measure of compatibility but how we flirt.
WanderingLynx
…. ohcomeon there’s got to be a better avatar than Walky for relaying this deeply embarrassing yet truthful information.
Reltzik
Walky is now a cartoonist.
WanderingLynx
Yeah, but maybe I should’ve clarified I was talking about sapphic writers :’) Hence the personal experience. Roz doesn’t apply either but I have no clue of how many times I can roll this thing.
Walky resonates with the “oh god I coasted through school and then college kicked my ass because UNTREATED ADHD” facet.
Reltzik
… so it’s not flirting when non-sapphic writers do it?
(That reminds me, I still need to get my laptop updated to Walky. Was this the right hash?)
Deanatay
It was.
Completely unrelated note, why do people refer to the waffle mark (#) as a ‘hash’? Hash and waffles are completely unrelated… although corned beef hash cooked on a waffle iron is amazing… mmm, waffle hash…
Sorry, what were we talking about?
Demoted Oblivious
@Deanatay That character has a number of names. Largely unused but most erotically unambiguous is “octothorpe” aparently by Bell labs, for it’s appearance of being a grid of agricultural fields viewed from above surrounding a village or thorpe. Also known as pound, number, hash, and sometimes waffle (although waffle is ambiguous with the 9 dot grid button google uses for “other apps”), and a close cousing of sharp in music. A quick uncited search reveals that it grew out of writing lb (el-bee) for ‘pound’. A completely hypothesized guess at hash, is that it looks like a hatch mark in draughting. Programmers being programmers, we look for ways to describe things concisely, so a quick easy word for an important character may have simply got faster. (hatch-> hash). It’s worth noting that in unix shell scripting this may be said faster still as the “sha” in “sha-bang” for the openning “#!” used to specify the interpreter at the start if a script. (yes “exclamation point is too verbose. So it’s “bang”) So now we’re back to bangin’.
milu
nerddddddd (<3)
….so, are you saying that "octothorpe" is the most or the least sexy? which, by the way, is a great metric to apply to typographical nomenclature and i support it 100%.
147 thoughts on “Bodyweight”
Ana Chronistic
Hate at first sight
TheGrimCorsair
Love at first fight.
Proto_Eevee
Love at first sweat
King Daniel
Sweat at first fight
Emperor Norton II
Sweat at first “fight”.
Reltzik
Flight before first sight.
Proto_Eevee
Sweat at sight of fight
Clif
First trace of chemistry I’ve seen anyway. Maybe there is hope.
Stanistani
Fist rule of first date is don’t sweat at first date.
Doctor_Who
Daisy learned her romance techniques from the best.
BarerMender
Good one.
milu
mee hee ^^ very cute
King Daniel
“Tell us you’re thirsty without saying you’re thirsty.”
Daisy: “I’ve sweat my entire bodyweight six times since I saw you sitting here.”
datneeks
I like how that works for multiple understandings of the word “thirsty”
milu
“turn the fact that you’re super sweaty because you’ve been running in and out of the place several times for silly reasons into a pickup line”
Daisy: “I’ve sweat my entire bodyweight six times since I saw you sitting here.”
Mr. Random
Eh, I can dig it.
Leorale
After all, it’s her birthday
RassilonTDavros
“Look, you’re dumping lots of Roadblocks, but I’m still here aren’t I?”
Doctor_Who
Ruth dumped Roadblock? Man, I bet the staredown was epic.
Leorale
how can you DUMP ME / your jersey is FRUMPY. >:(
Leorale
Darn, I could’ve used “grumpy”. Oh well.
I’m not who you’re CHOOSING
And your team’s always LOSING
… I’ve never seen GI Joe.
khn0
I feel like Ethan could have participated to the comics contest solely with Roadblock rhyming poor decisions
a/snow/mous/e
you just dump me like a DUMP TRUCK
seriously b0ngo? you… UM, SUCK
(couldn’t just go for the obvious here)
NotThatDrew
Huh, against all odds Daisy seems to have managed to hoist the sails on this one. I’ll be honest, I’m impressed
Sirksome
The unmovable depressive force meets the unstoppably desperate object.
Mydnyt
God I wish I could do upvotes on this site
Delicious Taffy
Any comments section I’ve seen with upvotes inevitably results in comments getting passive-aggressively down voted to hell without anyone explaining why. It kills discussions.
Sirksome
Yeah I’ve witnessed that too. I actually prefer this format in that regard. It’s not really about best comment but more first come first serve.
NotThatDrew
Has this format led me to restructure how I spend all of my nights now? Yes, but it’s WORTH it, goddammit
Tan
No downvotes. Only upvotes.
Cholma
I’m glad the comments section of Wilde Life isn’t like that.
Devin
Ah but see there’s a trick to that. The trick is the Hacker News model, which only has upvotes and no downvotes.
Dylan
*upvotes both these comments*
Clif
Downvotes this comment because it’s what Mike would have wanted.
TaintedSpud
Whatever Dumb Mess You Are, My Mess is Digging It
Next book title!
Sirksome
There are like five different really good book titles in this exchange. Sometimes I think the dialogue has less to do with expressing emotions or plot and is just Willis planting future book titles.
NotThatDrew
Finding a good book title is like cooking pasta. You just gotta throw possible ones at the wall to see which stick.
Lokitsu
If you threw Daisy at a wall right now, she might stick.
BarerMender
She’d slide sideways. She’s lubricated. No, not like that. Well, maybe like that.
Keulen
That’s good, but so are these two:
I’ve Sweat My Entire Bodyweight Six Times Since I Saw You Sitting Here
If You Smell Something Weird, That’s Not Me
Demoted Oblivious
But is the smell weird, or is it that thing making the smell that is weird?
milu
or is the manner in which you are smelling something that is weird?
Demoted Oblivious
Well if it is me we’re now talking about, the weirdness is a given. I am not a unique snowflake in that regard.
milu
just your regular run-o’-the-mill weirdo
BBCC
I can’t stop laughing, I love these two.
Regalli
It’s just… the perfect form of awkwardness, where they’re both completely out of their depth trying to act like Functionalish Humans but it meshes together nicely instead of a trainwreck.
Delightful.
Lokitsu
They’re both trying so hard to be considerate to each other but they’re both so bad at it. Adorkable!
Keulen
These two might actually work out as a couple. Somehow the awkwardness of both of them combined seems to be making them like each other more instead of causing this date to crash and burn.
Alex
All aboard the good ship Daisy/Ruth!
Stephen Bierce
Today I learned about Taleggio cheese. Yes, Galasso’s has it.
*plays “Cold Sweat” on the jukebox*
Joe Moose
[Careless Whisper plays on hacked speakers]
Reltzik
[instant copyright strike by Warner]
King Daniel
[Kiss From a Rose plays on hacked speakers]
Stanistani
The version done by seals, not Seal.
Sunny
That is the 3rd funniest thing I’ve seen on the internet today, and I’ve been watching a lot of Ozzy Man and zeFrank.
Demoted Oblivious
Why is Mike issuing copyright strikes?
King Daniel
Why wouldn’t he, he’s a jerk
Roborat
Maybe it was Dot?
DailyBrad
I know Daisy’s desperate, but I mean, my mess is digging their collective mess. Fuck it, go for it, you two.
jupiterror
they are a good combo
crow
God, these girls are so obnoxious. What happened to asking your date what their major is?
NotThatDrew
You mean sharing about interests and studies? Psssh, that’s so old hat. Nowadays it’s all about trying to gauge how much of a mess each of you are, and if your mess likes/can handle THEIR mess
Sirksome
Well their neurosis kind of cancelled out the small talk anyway. Pretty sure Ruth was trying to just give up on this interaction in the first place, but Daisy’s so desperate to even have a romantic interaction with a girl at all she’s clinging to it like a life raft…and it’s kind of working I guess.
Reltzik
We’ve got an English major and a likely Journalism major. Compatibility is measured by complimentary neuroses.
(not said in seriousness about English and Journalism majors, put your torches and pitchforks down)
WanderingLynx
……… Oh god. This is why their interactions have been like this familiar from the start.
These are writers. You can bet hard cold cash the airing of neuroses isn’t only a measure of compatibility but how we flirt.
WanderingLynx
…. ohcomeon there’s got to be a better avatar than Walky for relaying this deeply embarrassing yet truthful information.
Reltzik
Walky is now a cartoonist.
WanderingLynx
Yeah, but maybe I should’ve clarified I was talking about sapphic writers :’) Hence the personal experience. Roz doesn’t apply either but I have no clue of how many times I can roll this thing.
Walky resonates with the “oh god I coasted through school and then college kicked my ass because UNTREATED ADHD” facet.
Reltzik
… so it’s not flirting when non-sapphic writers do it?
(That reminds me, I still need to get my laptop updated to Walky. Was this the right hash?)
Deanatay
It was.
Completely unrelated note, why do people refer to the waffle mark (#) as a ‘hash’? Hash and waffles are completely unrelated… although corned beef hash cooked on a waffle iron is amazing… mmm, waffle hash…
Sorry, what were we talking about?
Demoted Oblivious
@Deanatay That character has a number of names. Largely unused but most erotically unambiguous is “octothorpe” aparently by Bell labs, for it’s appearance of being a grid of agricultural fields viewed from above surrounding a village or thorpe. Also known as pound, number, hash, and sometimes waffle (although waffle is ambiguous with the 9 dot grid button google uses for “other apps”), and a close cousing of sharp in music. A quick uncited search reveals that it grew out of writing lb (el-bee) for ‘pound’. A completely hypothesized guess at hash, is that it looks like a hatch mark in draughting. Programmers being programmers, we look for ways to describe things concisely, so a quick easy word for an important character may have simply got faster. (hatch-> hash). It’s worth noting that in unix shell scripting this may be said faster still as the “sha” in “sha-bang” for the openning “#!” used to specify the interpreter at the start if a script. (yes “exclamation point is too verbose. So it’s “bang”) So now we’re back to bangin’.
milu
nerddddddd (<3)
….so, are you saying that "octothorpe" is the most or the least sexy? which, by the way, is a great metric to apply to typographical nomenclature and i support it 100%.