Mestiv he/him Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 On 28.05.2017 at 0:23 PM, Oversleep said: I already posted it in Math & Science thread but I figure more people frequent this one... 1 hour ago, Oversleep said: I know The whole thing is a very elaborate trolling. Reveal hidden contents The "95% of people cannot solve it" is actually true. One solution is x = 4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036; y = 6875131794129999827197811565225474825492979968971970996283137471637224634055579; z = 154476802108746166441951315019919837485664325669565431700026634898253202035277999here is explanation @Chaos have you seen this? that's quite interesting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 I tried watching a bit of an old Nazi propaganda 'documentary' about Jews. I figured it'd be educational in an unpleasant sort of way to see what kind of subtlety or clever manipulation might have been involved in the build-up to the Nazi atrocities... but less than ten minutes in I came upon this gem. "These Jews are being made by German forces to clear rubble off the streets following the Polish annexation. They are clearly unaccustomed to hard work, and they don't like it. They would rather be bartering or making loans, where they are in their element..." ... I feel like this film was made not to convince decent people to become genocidal racists, and more to reinforce the conviction of people who already believed that. Which is scary in its own way... I think probably the only thing more frightening then the video itself are the comments under it on YouTube. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinnacle-Ferring he/him Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 @Darkness Ascendant I love your new profile pic. The Backwater Gospel is one of the darkest animations I've ever seen. Just be warned, here lies extreme violence, gore and disturbing imagery. If anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/vVkDrIacHJM Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 13 minutes ago, Kobold King said: I tried watching a bit of an old Nazi propaganda 'documentary' about Jews. I figured it'd be educational in an unpleasant sort of way to see what kind of subtlety or clever manipulation might have been involved in the build-up to the Nazi atrocities... but less than ten minutes in I came upon this gem. "These Jews are being made by German forces to clear rubble off the streets following the Polish annexation. They are clearly unaccustomed to hard work, and they don't like it. They would rather be bartering or making loans, where they are in their element..." ... I feel like this film was made not to convince decent people to become genocidal racists, and more to reinforce the conviction of people who already believed that. Which is scary in its own way... I think probably the only thing more frightening then the video itself are the comments under it on YouTube. Yep. We like to think that people are good and could only be tricked by devious means, but it turns out they are just waiting for an opportunity to manifest their worst selves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Orlion On a Cob said: Yep. We like to think that people are good and could only be tricked by devious means, but it turns out they are just waiting for an opportunity to manifest their worst selves. Eh, it goes both ways. The positive and negative aspects of human nature are both pretty astounding. I agree that the negative does seem to present itself more often though. As a whole, humanity is pretty disgusting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Evil overlord who made nine human kings serve him by offering them power. He rules over the wasteland of ash. He was defeated by having the jewelry that contained his lifeforce stolen. Spoiler This guy Spoiler or this guy? Spoiler 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemalurgic Headshot he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Oversleep said: Evil overlord who made nine human kings serve him by offering them power. He rules over the wasteland of ash. He was defeated by having the jewelry that contained his lifeforce stolen. Reveal hidden contents This guy Reveal hidden contents or this guy? Reveal hidden contents Ooh. You know, I'm conflicted. I'm pretty sure its TLR, not tLotR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 @Orlion On a Cob - I think you're wrong here, and quite wrong. The people were at that point already conditioned, or tricked into assuming they were. They weren't looking for an opportunity to show their worst selves; they were tricked into belief they hadn't previously held; as if by a conman. Here they're being told that they already knew that Jews were awful. They weren't being told Jews were awful, they were being told they already believed Jews to be awful. The idea is to create cognitive dissonance with the position that no, Jews are not awful. This kind of propaganda assumes a position intentionally to make you fall into that position. For this kind of con to be effective, you need to spend some time conditioning your mark first, planting the ideas in their head - which the Nazi's had already done to the German people. This is why this kind of thing is so shocking or dissonant to us; we haven't been conditioned to accept it. @Calderis - Oh don't be so pessimistic. As a whole, humanity is pretty amazing. Sometimes we're awful, and I'll be the first to admit that there's evil gnawing at the heart of us (after all, that is one of the theological and philosophical positions that I espouse, and is held as a tenant of my faith). But there is also great light and wonder and beauty in us. Do not underestimate humanity! We will always surprise ourselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 @Pinnacle-Ferring The Shadow of the Undertaker.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 *crawls onto the forum, flails around a bit, and finally collapses in a heap upon a convenient pile of cushions* Guys, convention staffing is exhausting. But ConQuesT is done for another year, which of course means that next month we start planning for 2018. I think I'm gonna have to take an extra day or two off of work in order to properly recover, especially since they're slowing heaping more responsibility onto my shoulders. There is so much that goes into even a small convention like ours. On 5/24/2017 at 0:13 PM, Mestiv said: Hmm, if only I knew someone who knew how to do that... so when's your birthday exactly? Hee. It's August 24. I turn 40 this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 17 minutes ago, Kaymyth said: Hee. It's August 24. I turn 40 this year. That's so far away I'm gonna forget about it 3 times until then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, Mestiv said: That's so far away I'm gonna forget about it 3 times until then This is what Google Calendar reminders are for! (Seriously, you don't really have to do this. Not that it wouldn't fill me with glee, because it would, but this whole thing is mostly me talking out of my nether regions.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just now, Kaymyth said: this whole thing is mostly me talking out of my nether regions.) *Is blessed with horrifying imaginations* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just now, The Honor Spren said: *Is blessed with horrifying imaginations* Clearly, I am accomplishing great things today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Kaymyth said: Clearly, I am accomplishing great things today. you are 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Here I am! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StrikerEZ he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 I'm so confused, what is going on here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeldancer he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 5/18/2017 at 4:57 PM, Oversleep said: Ideas are like weeds. Before you know it, they got roots and they're growing... See, there was a thread about what we would want in the Cosmere. I mentioned I'd want to see a Shardworld that is almost entirely water, high seas, naval battles, legendary monsters, pirates, worldhopper crews... and magic system based around air and water currents. I just realized I started developing those storm mages... for example, storm mage surfer could ride the wave for miles... Didn't Orson Scott card do something like that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 8 minutes ago, The Flash said: Didn't Orson Scott card do something like that? I wouldn't know, never read him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeldancer he/him Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Oversleep said: I wouldn't know, never read him. Yeah. The only one I highly reccomend is Enders game. It's a classic. Most of the time he had great ideas, but ended up taking them too far... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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