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[peepeep]

@peepeep

It’s a square source image, with a dog face on a white background (overlaid with a ‘circle mask’ by Discourse.) But might it be a ‘transparent’ background that Discourse recognizes and drops, revealing whatever might be ‘behind’ it?

 

[Crease]

Yeah, I’ve seen that one before, too. I generally like the way the transparencies look, especially with Discourse’s Dark Theme. That’s what happened over here, when the first image I pasted actually had a white background, but then I grabbed the version with the transparency because I preferred that look.

[peepeep]

@Crease

Yeah, I’ve seen that one before, too.

Blasé. You may need a didgeridoo played over you…

…to get here

[Crease]

Maybe. I still gotsta watch that.

[Crease]

I don’t expect @Antonius to use this, so I mocked it up for him:

[Antonius]

This would be better for the WYZE Forum

[habib]

@Crease

Good! I just wanted to be clear, because you previously said that you’re “not allowed”,

Actually I was right, technically we are not allowed to own guns in Canada. However, there are loopholes, such as hunting,

@Crease

You’re welcome! I had fun figuring out how to do that, and I’m pleased that you chose to use it!

Looks like you have more time on your hands than I do

@Crease

I kid. I’ve never been there, but I wouldn’t mind a fishing trip sometime.

It’s a beautiful country and not just for fishing. Take my word for it as I wasn’t born here.

@Crease

I’m just trying to convince @habib that I’m not actually a bot. Might be an uphill climb.

Would you please give it a rest already

[Crease]

@habib

Would you please give it a rest already

All in good fun. I appreciate your being a good sport and playing along.

[habib]

@Crease

All in good fun. I appreciate your being a good sport and playing along.

Life’s to short and shouldn’t be taken to seriously. No one is getting out of it alive

[carverofchoice]

Don’t take the following comment too seriously: Your comment made me invent a new riddle though! And since we’re in the water cooler, I’m going to overshare my chaotic thinking:

@habib

No one is getting out of it alive

There is 1 person I know of who got out of this life alive…

(This is not a religious or fictional/fantasy answer/joke… But a real scientific example mixed with a thought experiment)

Answer me that riddle... Who is the 1 person who may have scientifically gotten out of this life alive?

By all scientific definitions of alive, Henrietta Lacks is still alive and is among the most likely people to stay “alive” indefinitely… Even though in some ways part of her “died” 73 years ago in 1951… Yet her DNA continues to reproduce and live by all definitions of alive and is distributed all around the world. She is so spread out that she is the most protected/safe “human” in the world. So in one sense she “got out of this life alive” because she died in a colloquial sense in 1951 (of cancer), but based on scientific definitions of “alive”, she’s also still alive… So there is sort of 1 person who got out of this life alive.

That’s not counting some of the non-humanoid-based life forms that that can theoretically live forever if they avoid or are protected from extreme physical trauma, And are eventually transported away from the Milky Way galaxy when it collapses… But there are several life forms that don’t age and may not leave this life, given the right conditions.

Not to mention some other cool research being done… Let alone the possibilities in a technological singularity…

But I digress…

How’s that for a brain busting riddle I just made up on the spot. (credit for the assist goes to @habib )

But okay…I still agree with your point. I just couldn’t resist being a nerd.

[habib]

Semantics

Thanks for sharing, I learned something new today.

[ssummerlin]

Good story, but not much of a life.

[peepeep]

Here’s a couple.

For @dave27 maybe:

And ‘girl having smacked bear off fence to save dog runs back to house with steely resolve (and electric hair.)’

Brunettes rule.

[dave27]

@peepeep

I believe that may be a picture of a recent frequent poster here. The hair is due to the EMF.

[Seapup]

@dave27

The hair is due to the EMF

[Crease]

This really shouldn’t have made me laugh.

[peepeep]

You can’t help who you are.

[Crease]

True story. Reading some of those other topics (but mostly avoiding posting and getting directly involved), I’ve seen how some other Forum members have responded in earnestly helpful ways, and it makes me think of the genuine empathy discussed in another topic. I’m glad that some of the people who choose to participate here are the people they are.

[dave27]

After a certain point empathy can actually be counterproductive and the person needs a firm wake up call (applies to a lot of scenarios in life). Which I think is basically the path most of us that got sucked into that conversation took. Here’s some help - oh they’re blasting you with death rays? - ok please, please seek out the proper help from the proper mental health venue or a loved one…

Feeding/taking the paranoia seriously can be extremely damaging.

I still think it is someone messing with us though, or simply looking for attention (but that in and of itself is a potentially dangerous health issue).

[habib]

I think your take on paranoia is spot on. Having a good friend who was diagnosed with it a long time ago and with years progressing into bipolar disorder, I tend to lean towards the same conclusion.

@dave27

After a certain point empathy can actually be counterproductive and the person needs a firm wake up call (applies to a lot of scenarios in life).

I had the “pleasure” to sit in on some sessions with his psychiatrist, and that is exactly what the doctor was doing. Trying to talk sense into his nonsense. He told me beside the meds, shattering the nonsense is the best way to try and help him out.

His mental health ruined his carrier (he was a respected Civil Engineer), his wife left him (luckily no kids) and now he lives his live isolated in a small apartment with no outside contact except me. For some reason he only trusts me. He is unable to live a normal life, I take care of all his day to day chores except grocery shopping. Luckily, I have an understanding wife that doesn’t mind me taking one day a week to go and visit him and do whatever needs to be done.