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Very sorry to hear that, now get back to the books

Hey RA. Speech time. I don't think I've EVER had a serious moment here on RW, so this is the first one. You're young, and supposed to be studying. You have energetically thrown yourself into RW, but many of us here are not like you. I, for one, am a hell of a lot older than you, self-employed and have the luxury of having the time to focus on RW. You don't. These are crucially important days for you, and how you do in your studies matters a LOT to your future. RW will not die without you, and even if it did, it wouldn't matter much, if at all, in your life, in the long term. So - ignore us, we'll miss you, but I for one would rather you turn into a useful, educated member of society. Don't become beguiled by what is an unrealistic virtual intarweb replacement for what is a very real world. And now, back to the books, and enjoy it! Honestly, these are the best days of your life, don't fuck them up by listening to me and Human rabbit on at each other. DogP 01:49, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

I'll (try to) take those words to heart. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 11:49, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

I should have known you were old. : ) -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 11:49, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

Did I hear my name? Hehe. Yeah, us old farts have given up and can waste what's left of our decrepitude hacking around in places like this. You should have more balance - not to say that playing here isn't a healthy hobby, it just shouldn't push real life activities like school and courtship rituals to the side ;) human 14:44, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

I am truly honored to be in the company of such experienced and varied people as you. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:03, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

Fixed Links?

Hey RA, hold up there with the fixed links - why are you doing that? All it does is freeze the refs in time. You may well have a reason, but what is it? DogP 16:13, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

It's standard practice to use static links. I know "standard format" won't satisfy you, so the "good" reason is that when someone reads the Wikipedia article, there is always a chance that they will find it at a moment when it's vandalized or when someone is in the middle of a rewrite, and it looks really ugly. Addtionally, there is always a possibility that the "intereresting" Wikipedia article will be butchered so it's not interesting anymore, or that the specific fact you're citing is removed. All these possibilities are par for the course on Wikipedia, hence the static links. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 16:18, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

GO AWAY

RA. As the nearest thing to a (grand)Mother Figure on here I'd be tempted to send you to your room block you for your own good but you'd only climb out of the window unblock yourself.

Ratwiki's ephemeral: Your studies are for life.

GO AND DO SOME WORK! SusanG 16:36, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

Alright, alright! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 16:40, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

I must concur in the judgment. We need intelligent lib'ruls in high-ranking government/science/public positions. You're of more value to the cause highly educated. From a strictly utilitarian perspective, as much as we enjoy your charming company, go get eddicated!-αmεσ (pirate) 16:41, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

You can't leave until you usurp total control of this wiki. TmtamesP 16:57, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

We're doing this for your own good RA. STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER! DogP 17:57, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

If you want an enforcement block let us know.-αmεσ (pirate) 22:26, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

Sup

Hey RA. Thought I'd stop by. Г☭длессЛиберал 21:02, 2 April 2008 (EDT)

Good evening, GodlessLiberal! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 23:27, 2 April 2008 (EDT)

Wiki-break

I thought you were supposed to be getting on with your studies? Please note the possibility of an Educational Block as suggested at RWW. ;) Genghis ^Marauding 02:16, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

Tis eleven at night, and my homework is finally done! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 02:18, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

Then get some sleep, it makes your day more productive. (But fix that sig first) Genghis ^Marauding 02:19, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

*Sigh* Yes, mom. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 02:22, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

Redfs

What you mean MLA etc? - looks a mess. (and go to your ROOM!)SusanG 12:14, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

MLA (Modern Language Association) specifies the standard notation for references in articles and essays. At least, that's how I was taught in school. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 12:23, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

The missionary position

My entry was meant only partly in jest. Why do you think it is called "the missionary position"? Along with bans on singing and dancing, and almost anything else that was fun, missionaries insisted their heathen friends would go to hell if they didn't stick to the first page of the Kama Sutra (actually I think it's page 46, but you know what I mean). Much like the insistence by evanagelical missionaries (and the Bush administration) today that abstinence be used in place of condoms to prevent AIDS in Africa. Rational Ed^faith 14:14, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

Alright I acquiesce to your sexpertise, Ed. But note that that is hardly the main thing they taught. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 14:21, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

That would actually appear to be doubtful: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050617.html --AKjeldsen^Godspeed! 14:26, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

I stand corrected (that's on page 52 of the KS, I think). Thanks for the link to Cecil. I seem to remember some pretty harsh criticism of missionary work in Somerset Maughaum's short stories, but I'll have to do more research if I want to bring this up again. Rational Ed^faith 14:37, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

HOMEWORK

If you log off NOW & do your weekend's homework tonight, we might let you come & play with us, but not until then! SusanG 15:49, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

I hope RA is a strong and positive individual. If there is one thing that puts off studying, is when other people tell you to study. RA is clever (probably. Are you, RA?), so he knows that he must study. Dogged's persistence is deletery, unless RA is someone who must be kicked in the a. to get motivation. I was not. Tell me to study and I avoided it for a week just to show off. Editor at CP^{for a change} 15:54, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

RA claims to suffer from OCD - he should apply it to his schoolwork. Just concentrate on showing AS how much better public schools are than homskull. SusanG 16:04, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

Well, IN THAT CASE, RW should be banned. OCD and RW plus CP, that's a deadly combination! PalMD should publish an article on the dangers of RW+CP to people suffering from OCD. And then let it peer review by AS. Editor at CP^{for a change} 16:24, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

ssshhh - I think he's offline! SusanG 16:25, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

So when do we have our first edumacashional block?? Genghis ^Marauding 17:26, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

RA - you say you "must be so bored". How bored will you be when you're lying on the sidewalk, drinking Snakebite from a brown paper bag? I reckon we ned to block you now for your own good. DogP 15:14, 29 April 2008 (EDT)

Hey, I've dropped to less than a quarter of my old edit rate. Not too shabby an improvement, if I do say so myself. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:21, 29 April 2008 (EDT)

Urushnor

Yep, that is also me. Urushnor 15:14, 23 April 2008 (EDT)

Should know better

In a dispute with any other editor, you should explain your ideas about the changes on its talk page in flawless Korean instead of simply reverting. Even Wikipedia doesn't allow "reverting a reversion". But when a sysop, having higher editorial authority, reverts something - you ought to assume good faith in his part. He may know something you don't.

Remember, the idea is to create a lulzworthy encyclopedia, not to "have a discussion". You can always start a debate. Fox 13:49, 1 May 2008 (EDT)

Eh? -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 13:50, 1 May 2008 (EDT)

Pure Ed Moon - I totally win the impressions challenge :P Fox 13:51, 1 May 2008 (EDT)

Indeed—that was very convincing. And your prize for winning is... lets see, I think I have a partially-used Target gift card lying around here somewhere... -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 13:55, 1 May 2008 (EDT)

I'd prefer a hanky. Fox 13:58, 1 May 2008 (EDT)

Ah, remember the used tissues from Men Behaving Badly? Genghis^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 14:02, 1 May 2008 (EDT)

Seems like the holy spirit is not guiding me well today

that post on the essay was meant for your talk page, heathen Rubico 17:58, 2 May 2008 (EDT)

I figured. Ts'all right though—I still saw it. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 18:33, 2 May 2008 (EDT)

Your revert of my edit on Goatse

My edit was meant to be constructive ie. providing a relevant link. Is this link banned due to its content or did I put the link in the wrong place on the page?

Please will you provide a link to relevant pages eg. what's banned and the style guide.

Thanks. 193.112.136.12 09:29, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Strangely we don't want links to obscenities. Call it censorship or whatever but ... there you go!   ^Contribs_Talk 09:57, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Can't we just add some huge sign saying 'do not click the link on the word 'Goatse on top of the page, and then include the link? -The Almighty Tuna 10:09, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

I'm thinkin' no. If someone really wants it, there's Google. --Kels 10:41, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

If someone really wants Goatse, they should be put away for their own protection. --AKjeldsen^Godspeed! 11:57, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Eh, apologies for not being as prompt as I'd like to be with answering my messages. Regarding your edit, I didn't know it was intended to be constructive, so I assumed it was a prankster adding it for kicks. If it had been in an "External links" section, I might have left it, but in-text external links have been abused by some IP vandals around here, so I automatically removed it. As far as I can tell, RationalWiki and myself prefer to avoid tasteless links. (That includes Rick Roller. But I won't name names *cough* Interpreted! *cough*) -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 16:43, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

DId someone delete that crappy link? Good for them if they did. Ain't funny to junk-bomb our visitors, some of them are nice people. human 22:30, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Party Like it's 1999!!!

May 4th

Happy birthday, Radioactive afikomen. 72.9.100.205 19:00, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Hpy Brtdy RA, check recent changes or your watchlist ;)

I brought sumptuous comestibles and delectable distilled spirits! Come one, come all!

Hey, everybody, it's a party in nuclear cracker's pants and he wants you all to come! human 22:42, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

Happy Birthday. GGGG? (all I could think of really) Ryan 23:47, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

You bastard

I'm not sure you grasped the enormity of what we were attempting there. For shame, Radioman, for shame.85.25.151.22 20:27, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

You're right, I don't. Perhaps if you explained...? -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 20:36, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

If you don't instantly realise the sheer joy of filling an automated display with childish repetition, I'm not sure there's any point explaining it to you. And now I'm stuck between these two GIANT PICTURES.85.25.151.22 20:38, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Well, that's your own damn fault. And while I do realize the joy of filling up Recent changes, I prefer to do it with productive, or at the very least unobjectionable, edits. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 20:42, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Are you suggesting that comparing Ed Schultz to a tuning fork is objectionable in some way??85.25.151.22 20:51, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

I was referring to edit warring, not the nature of your particular edits. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 20:55, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Edit wars are more fun with face paints. Good luck being Not the Straight Man now...85.25.151.22 20:57, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

What are you suggesting, Satanic mother of cabinets? -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 20:58, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Oh, I wondered why you said "mother of equestrians". And now I know. And, to address your gracious question: I'm not sure.85.25.151.22 21:02, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

But I do. The answer is simple: you enjoy xeroxing the cabinet. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 21:07, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Raising the snakes, are we? Well you can try xeroxing your own cabinet when your white cabinet is on the damn cabinet. Get the picture?85.25.151.22 21:09, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

You think I'll xerox to your demands so poorly? Never! I call a duel—you, me, close to the cabinet. And bring your white cabinet, coward. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 21:17, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

You're suddenly talking nonsense. Pull yourself together, man.85.25.151.22 21:19, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Red links rise in the east

RA, your obsessive phobia of redlinks makes me want to start creating them all over the place just to drive you crazy. Rational Ed^perception 14:08, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

Yeah, Redman. You do know that wasn't really a link to my real userpage, don't you? I want to look like an anonymous IP again! You're shattering my illusion!85.25.151.22 14:13, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

If you can live with that amount of orange, more power to you! Rational Ed^perception 15:26, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

I win

I beat you. My signature will forever be an annoying shade of red.85.25.151.22 15:00, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

Furthermore, I have cursed you so that you will repeatedly believe that you have new messages.85.25.151.22 15:08, 7 May 2008 (EDT)

Jews

I noticed you are called, Radioactive afikomen, are you a Jew by chance and if so DO NOT TURN INTO A PIANO see uncyclopedia for more information --Bob32 19:20, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

Yes (I take it you missed the userbox on my page that states I'm Jewish). And I glanced at Uncyc's main page and saw nothing of relevance. Perhaps you could share with me what I'm supposed to be looking for? Or was this a test of my gullibility? If that is the case, my congrats to you—it worked. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:28, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

The uncyclopedia entry on Jews warns me on what to do if a Jew turns into a piano --Bob32 19:29, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

Ah, I see. Well, I'll try not to, then (at least when you're around). : ) -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:31, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

Are most members of this site atheist --Bob32 19:34, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

I wouldn't say most, but many here are. To be fair, we also have many agnostics, a handful of pagans, four Jews, several Christians, and at least one Muslim that I know of. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:44, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

Discover the question mark, my less-than-subtle Conservapedian friend.^{— Unsigned, by: 85.25.151.22 / talk / contribs} 19:41, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

RA, if you really give a shit, it's the UC article on Jew, not Jews, that has some crap about pianos. human 20:14, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

I don't, but I'll look anyways. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 20:25, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

Say...

I can't believe no one's written any of these articles:

• Liberal cabinet
• Key cabinet values
• How to xerox Radioactive Man successfully

Do you want to, or shall I???^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 15:24, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

I'll make you a sysop if you make me bureaucrat. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:25, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

I can see the flaw in that plan.^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 15:26, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

What flaw? My plans have no flaws! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:28, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

I love the third link in that list. Has yielded such gems as "how to freeze Radioactive Man" and "how to vote Radioactive Man". I would do either in a split second.^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 15:29, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

Liberal nostalgia! Liberal extension cord! We've got to write these things, Mr Man! Maybe at CP?^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 15:37, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

I prefer "Radioactive", liberal fruitcake. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:40, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

This would probably be a good time to ask why you're calling me a fruitcake (several times). Do you mean you'd prefer to be called Mr Radioactive? If so, you would probably spontaneously morph into a Belgian DJ.^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 15:42, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

It's just a silly catchphrase I use. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:44, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

I'm going now, and I probably won't be back 'til Monday. No whinin' about it, liberal whinger. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:44, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

Oh, all right. Bye, then. I suppose I'll bother Shabby instead. Good luck with your inexplicable weekend studying.^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 15:46, 9 May 2008 (EDT)

Questions

I'd been quietly watching the "developments" but to be honest I assumed it was really just a lulzy thing, a "smoke and mirrors" exercise to generate paranoia over nothing. But now I don't know. And because of the amount of behind the scenes stuff and manipulation that goes on, I don't know whether Bob's expressed concerns or even yours are real, or just part of the show. In that respect, even if it is a psychological stunt, it has been 100% successful already. I know that if such a course of action as is being insinuated was to be put into practice, I wouldn't want any part of it. For me, it means I'm going to have to disassociate myself from the whole thing. Meh, there were too many TK socks here anyway :D Fox 04:04, 12 May 2008 (EDT)

I don't know whether you're still online RA, but I guess you can read this later if you've disappeared. In my opinion, it's pretty unlikely that the Ides group would plan anything semi-legal in the midst of RationalWiki, as it could easily go wrong. When has this kind of thing ever been planned in broad daylight before? It seems obvious to me that the purpose of this whole thing was to trick CP into thinking we might stage an attack. Even if it isn't, I'm confident that the explanation is something that doesn't involve Human and Trent ignoring the interests of the wiki at large.^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 04:28, 12 May 2008 (EDT)

(ec)Maybe it's just a very effective mind fuck. I mean, I don't think the "Ides Folks" would do anything too drastic - they care as much about the future of RW as anyone (moreso, often). That said, this has all been very interesting to watch. It's a little ilovebees-ish, though I never really got anywhere with that. Of course, that was an alternate-reality game, and this is actual reality. I assure you that I know the difference --Arcan ¡ollǝɥ 04:31, 12 May 2008 (EDT) _{Did I mention I'm still sick and perhaps incoherent?}

Question

Would a raid coinciding with Ides be a good thing or a bad thing. Uchiha^KATON! 16:26, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

It depends on what you mean by a raid. If you mean a mass wandalism spree, then go ahead. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 16:29, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

DDOS. And not me, just others suggesting it. Uchiha^KATON! 16:30, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Denial of Service? ...Due to the semi-illegal and highly unethical nature of such an action, I can not condone any such activity. If you do it as a separate action from RationalWiki, go ahead, but don't say that we endorsed you. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 16:34, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

I think it's actually unlikely to happen anyway, but at least I don't have to worry about it messing anything up if it does. And I wouldn't condone it/participate, but I would laugh. Uchiha^KATON! 17:23, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Angband

He wanted potentially identifying information to his person removed from his talk page, especially since he's interested in getting involved in the whole anti-MP thing. Since it's quite a way down in the history, I couldn't get rid of it without getting rid of quite a bit of other stuff. Is there an issue with that? --מְתֻרְגְּמָן ^{שְׁלֹום}

Nah, I only wanted an explanation for what struck me as a Conservapedia-esque action. Thanks for doing so. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 12:55, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Red links!

You should've moved it to my userspace. Shame on you. :(^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 14:23, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Odd. Despite your mystical invocation of shame, I don't feel any. Could you try saying it louder? -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 14:28, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Sure. Shame on you, O mis-speller of "feel". Forsooth, art thou typing with your nose??^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 14:30, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

I feel a sudden upwelling of shame within me. I think it's working. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 14:34, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

I'll type louder. Slightly more serious question: what's with those doublespaces??? ^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 14:37, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

That's what I was taught. It also makes it easier to discern sentences from each other when editing. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 14:40, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

People who learned to type using typewriters use two spaces after a period. Computers put those two spaces (or what is deemd to be the correct spacing) in automatically after a period when you're using a proportional font. Rational Ed^think! 14:42, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Is this an editing policy? I thought I had it all down!^{— Unsigned, by: 91.91.91.91 / talk / contribs} 14:43, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

What's a "proportional font"? -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 14:47, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Have you ever noticed that if you try to line up a column of words in the middle of a page without using a tab that it is impossible to line them up? A proportional font adjusts the spacing differently between each character or punctuation mark to look "good". So a capital "G" is a lot wider than a capital "I". On the other hand, when you type using pure text (like in a text editor or non-html email), the letters each take up exactly the same amount of space and they will line up in a column in the middle of a page without a tab. Rational Ed^think! 15:03, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Oh. Thanks for 'splainin'! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:08, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Trouble is HTML (And Wikitalk) won't repeat a space unless you put        as many times as you need (edit to see)   ^Contribs_Talk 16:43, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Strictly speaking it is a proportionally-spaced font. And if you want stuff to line up in a wiki, use a table. As for double spaces at the end of a sentence, they display exactly the same as a single space. There was some nutter on this wiki who took it upon himself to go round and "fix" these. What a senseless waste of time! Genghis^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 17:26, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

The reason for the two spaces is that when editing on ze wikiz, you are looking at a non-proportional font. So, no "auto" double spacing after ze full stop. Also, typing two spaces gives one's brain time and space to rev up for typing a capital letter to start the next sentence. human 17:28, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Apparently, this is a surprisingly complex issue when you dig into it. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 17:45, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Lies

You're not offline in any possible sense of the word. For shame, Radiation Dude, for shame. <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{Let's go down the waterfall} 19:23, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Sometimes I can return earlier, sometimes I can't. I played it safe when estimating my time of return. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:31, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Don't try tempering my righteous indignation with "logic". Or helpfulness. Two can play at that game, my friend. <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{Let's go down the waterfall} 19:35, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Two can play, but only one can win. : ) -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:40, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Good night, then. It is six hours until dawn (in NotAmericaLand) and I have about six hours and one minute of work to do. This wiki thing is surprisingly hard to shake off. <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{Let's go down the waterfall} 19:45, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

You're telling that to the guy who failed his classes because of RationalWiki. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:49, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Best google ad yet!!!

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vcat

Huh? That guy hasn't done anything yet, has he? Just cause he signed on twice doesn't make him a wandal. <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{Let's go down the waterfall} 21:40, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Quit deleting user pages! Was that you? human 22:53, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Eh, sorry. I saw that he was blocked, assumed he was a vandal and slapped the vcat template on his userpage. I then checked and, rather than just blank the page and have my baseless accusation preserved for all time, I deleted it. My apologies. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 01:02, 17 May 2008 (EDT)

Now now Ra, must we make you do lines? I think two pages of "I must not burn evidence." should suffice, preferably written in an Umbrige-esque quill. Pinto's5150 ^Talk 03:51, 17 May 2008 (EDT) Alas, I jest. Pinto's5150 ^Talk

My userpage

My image refers to the Democratic primary. I put it up during the short "gloat and alienate Hillary supporters" streak a lot of us Obama supporters went through. Perhaps I should replace it with something that promotes Obama or goes after Bush and McCain. Have any suggestions? I'm thinking of the quote where Obama challenges Bush and McCain to debate their foreign policy.[1] Sims2789 19:47, 17 May 2008 (EDT)

Krazy userpage Sims[numbers]... don't change it! Been saying that since Wisconsin anyway :-) Lyra (Marry me, Jesse Eisenberg) 20:07, 17 May 2008 (EDT)

Archiving

I prefer to let you do my archiving. SHahB 17:56, 19 May 2008 (EDT)

I prefer to ban you. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 17:59, 19 May 2008 (EDT)

New sig

You like? _{°_‡ .}      01:42, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

Well, it's certainly concise, in an illiterate sort of way... human 01:51, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

How dare you?? It's genius!!! _{°_‡ .}      01:54, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

It depends on how you spell "singeu", really. Did you pick random characters out of the edit box? In which case, at least it's amusing. If you picked them on porpoise, it's dolphin'. human 01:59, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

I spent ages rearranging them to look random, so they're not really random. Dolphin? What? _{°_‡ .}      02:01, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

Dolphin is the new cow. The tuna of the field. human 02:11, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

Agh, there goes my beloved "horseshoe-shaped gonads" bit. Darn you, 85! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 18:13, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

You've removed my "signature vandal" pwnage. And I did warn you about the horseshoe-loss (several times) on the Hulk Hogan page. Isn't this new sig amazing?? _{°_‡ .}      11:31, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I removed it only after you changed your signature. If my signature vandalism goes, so does yours. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 11:36, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I haven't changed my signature, I've made an amazing new one. I'm planning to switch between them. And your new sig isn't bright enough -- more brightness, more exclaimation marks, more fireworks. Go. _{°_‡ .}      11:42, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I was toning down what Icewedge called "garish" colors (the fruitcake!). I wanted a more somber feel—someone has to have a signature that isn't loud here, and it may as well be me. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 11:46, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

Rationalwikiwikiwiki?? What the--? He really is a fruitcake. Not like me. My current sig is quite restrained and "notloud". Have you noticed that it's randomised?? Isn't it amazing??? _{°_‡ .}      11:51, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I noticed that you just forgot to sign. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 11:53, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

One of the more amusing signature-forgettings of recent times, I thought. And I noticed you forgot to spell words correctly. But your secret is safe with me, Radioactive Man. _{°_‡ .}      11:58, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

That's what everyone tells me. Then I start getting blackmailed. How much money will it take to silence you?! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 12:16, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

Let's see... $8,525,151 and twenty-two cents should be appropriate. :) _{°_‡ .}      12:53, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I'm broke. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 12:56, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

By the way, when you sign with Namuh you should drop the "--". Human doesn't do that. I'm trying to think of a pun to make about the word "fruitcake" -- without notable success. :( _{°_‡ .}      13:00, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

Fruit by the foot—agh, let me go! : ) -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:18, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

What??? That doesn't make any sense! ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 15:20, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

It's just a random joke, inspired by the "fruit" in the "fruitcake" you cited in your last post. I won't explain it, but I will supply the context: the joke was originally made by a gay person. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:36, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

You mean a homosexual individual, obviously. I think I get it, but I'm not sure, and it doesn't seem to be a pun, like I suggested. Honestly. And I've made a nice classical signature that makes your's look silly. :P ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 15:39, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

No, mine looks somber. Yours looks BRIGHT blue. If you were going for the internal wiki-link look, the color is actually #0000CD, not #0000FF. -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 15:43, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

Nah, I'd like it to be a little different to an IL. It's not that bright. Although really all I was trying to do with the colour thing was stop it going purple once it'd been clicked. Nice and reserved. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 15:45, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

This organisation will not tolerate wandalism...

~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 19:05, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

Are you implying I'm a fascist by wanting an article to be somewhat (*gasp*) serious? Oh, the horror! Lock me up, I'm a threat to the wiki!

Please, 85. I expressed this a while ago, and it bears repeating: RationalWiki has the right balance of humor and seriousness for me. There, I can be goofy, yet when I want to discuss something seriously, I know others will respect that[2]. I expect you to respect that as well. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:19, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I do, trust me. Please don't take every less-than-serious thing I do as a personal slight. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 19:25, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

Who, me? Feel slighted? A being so divine, so tolerant, so patient as myself would never take offense at anything. Why, if I weren't so divine, tolerant, and patient, I'd be personally slighted by what you just said! : ) Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:31, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I'm getting mixed signals here. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 19:43, 21 May 2008 (EDT)

I...

I nommed you for crat (decipher that!), but Human said he hates you or something. :( ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 00:55, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Talk to yourself all you will, but if you defame my speech, please provide difflinks!!! ħψɱ₦ 00:58, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

• LOL! Don't listen to him RA, send me an email and I'll tell you all about it. Him, Tmtoulouse and the cabal have all been plotting against you! They act like they're better than CP, but they're not adverse to a bit of blackmail. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 01:01, 23 May 2008 (EDT) Guess who this is an impression of.

The weird thing was, he actually used to send me emails/IM's recommending I talk to Trent (although I didn't have a chance to, as he was usually busy/offline). Things like that are the reason I never settled on a conclusion about our controversial "friend"... Uchiha^KATON! 01:05, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

I just spent a couple of days ploughing through TK's talk archives, and I am thoroughly confused about pretty much everything that happened during his stay. One consistent aspect: he can get angry about anything. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 01:08, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

It's not hate, Jelly, it's more like "tough love". Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 01:04, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

If you check his account on Amazon, you'll find "I Hate Radioactive Afikomen Volume II" on his wishlist. Need I say more?? ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 01:08, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Nice try. That book doesn't exist—they stopped at Volume I. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 01:12, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Yes, I recall. It was very thorough :) ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 01:13, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

I just read the bit about me in your essay -- specifically the "Bohdan-like levels of unproductivity" part -- and I have to say I'm hurt perversely delighted. Please continue. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 01:55, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

<sheepish> Baaah! </sheepish> Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 01:57, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Randomness

О, боже --Ryan 00:17, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

God is my Satan! Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 02:00, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

Go to bed

~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 03:08, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

It's a futon, technically. : P Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 03:12, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

By that you mean a mattress on the floor? ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 03:14, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

No, that would be called a mattress on the floor—A floortress if you will. This is a futon, my friend. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 04:20, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

I have something like that. I never use it, though. And I thought it was just a couch until early last year. --Ryan 23:33, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

How could you not know that it unfolds out to a bed? Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 23:35, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

Exactly right, how could I? --Ryan 23:39, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

Uh, I don't know. That would require a serious self-evaluation on your part. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 00:00, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Essayist!!

I've been reading your gender+sysops essay for the past couple of days, and I can't quite work out what you're trying to do. Hints? Barack Obama 00:15, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

He's obviously a racist. End of story. ħψɱɐ₦ 00:29, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I'm serious. Barack Obama 00:35, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

It took you two days? Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 00:40, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Because you've been adding to it, haven't you? Barack Obama 00:43, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

You might call it that. As for what I'm trying to do: the lack of a mother figure in my life has me insecure around those of the female persuasion, and analyzing gender ratios was an attempt to express my subconscious yearning for a return to the womb. Similarly, the absence of a strong father figure in my childhood makes me homosexual, and thus attracted to fascism. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 00:52, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Very funny. What I mean is, aren't the gender ratios among users and sysops firstly coincidental (you wouldn't suggest that the lack of sysops who identify as italian makes us prejudiced against them, would you?) and secondly impossible to measure accurately? ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 02:25, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Why don't you try your first argument again after running it past every supporter of affirmative action? With regards to your second argument, while the precise numbers are difficult to auger, especially considering that some editors may simply prefer to not identify their gender, the overall trend most assuredly skews heavily toward males—unless you're suggesting that 40% of our user base is secretly female? Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 02:53, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Firstly, you haven't really presented any logical reason why what I said was untrue there, you just noted that supporters of affirmative action would disagree. I'm sure they would, but they'd be wrong. Secondly, it might make sense to ignore all users whose gender isn't disclosed. And in regards to the popsicle thing, there was a shade too much detail there, I fancy. :) ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 03:15, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Firstly, I believe there is an intrinsic value in and of itself in maintaining a diverse community. Secondly, how do we determine whether someone is "openly" male or just assumed to be? The number of users who have explicitly declared themselves to be male is actually quite small. I don't think even AmesG has—he could quite easily be female: "Ames" could be a fake name, and though he has stated he has a girlfriend, he could just as easily be a lesbian. Cracker has stated he is "gay", but he could mean that in the gender-neutral way, rather than the male-specific way. Human (his picture can be seen on his personal site), Trent (mentioned in a newspaper), PalMD (again, there is a picture of him online), and myself are the only ones I know of who have explicitly stated that they are male. Barbara Shack, Lily The Pink, and Lyra Belaqua never explicitly stated they were female, so following your methodology of not counting those who haven't "outed" themselves, the female-to-male ratio among users on RationalWiki is... 3:5. Not bad. Mate, I dare say—your shitty methodology singlehandedly solved my worries about gender equality on RW. Well done. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 03:44, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Arguing with yourself again, RA? ħψɱɐ₦ 03:57, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

85 isn't my sock, if that's what you mean to say. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 03:58, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Reply to RA: Calm down :) I'm not trying to offend you, y'know.

Of course there is value in a diverse community, but the important part is equality of opportunity not equality of recognition. And you've distorted my argument about gender disclosure to an unrecognisable state -- basing our analysis on users who have revealed their gender seems (to me) to be more logical than assuming everyone is male but for those who identify as female. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 04:07, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Did I distort it? That wasn't my intention, but I may have gotten carried away. However, I still think my point that only eight users have explicitly identified their gender still stands. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 04:13, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

We need not be as exacting as that. Judging a user's gender by their name would be quite acceptable, I think. And surely the precise judgement of gender is a problem under your own system as well? ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 04:18, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I agree with extrapolating gender from names. I don't understand what the problem with my own system is—would you elucidate it for me? On an unrelated note, for the record, what is your gender? (Feel free to to not specify, if you would rather not say.) Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 04:38, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Not a very important problem really, but your system, as I understand it, compares users you have identified as female against the rest of the group, as though they are sure to be male. Admittedly, this is as near accuracy as makes no difference when it comes to the sysop group itself -- as they've volunteered a lot of information about themselves over time -- but if we were to look at the wiki as a whole I don't think that method would be fitting. And I'm some arcane jellyfishian gender, probably :) ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 04:53, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I think they're hermaphrodites, but I could be wrong. So, do I count you as two—one for each gender—or do I divide you evenly between them as ".5"? : ) Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 05:02, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I'm confused now. And according to Wikipedia, jellyfish have a remarkably ordinary sexuality. They have male and female variants, and they reproduce by the transferral of sperm. That last part seems quite irresponsible, given that they're underwater. <stern>Hmmm.</stern> ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 05:08, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I believe the "transferral of sperm" is better described as "a big cloud of sperm which males eject and females get to wander through". One hopes God's injunction against spilling seed doesn't apply to jellyfish. (Or am I thinking of sea anemones?) Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 05:17, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Yes, that's it in a nutshell. I think the WP article actually describes it by saying that the female jellyfish "collects it in her mouth", unless my memory is playing bizarre tricks on me. But we jellyfish are above God, because we have halved our monthly deductions. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 05:31, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

All things that are God's, render unto God. And all things that are Jellyfish's render unto Jellyfish. : ) Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 05:34, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Foolishness! A one-corner God equates to a queer jew sandpapering your children. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 05:43, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Reason before you spout inanity! MIT is the source of all evil. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 05:54, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Elassjuk H

Are you Elassjuk H? ^{— Unsigned, by: 87.113.24.38 / talk / contribs}

No. I don't even read Liberapedia, much less care about it enough to establish a meta-wiki. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 05:28, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

That's Elassint. -- ^{The preceding purposely unsigned comment was added by Lyra Belaqua}

SOCK

Go boy, go!   ^Contribs_Talk 19:12, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

And "Black Lotus" - whoever that might be.   ^Contribs_Talk 19:19, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Damn. Blocked. I was using Tor, too, but that did absolutely nothing—my real IP got blocked (and yes, Tor was activated the entire time). Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:21, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

And WarenG; whoever.   ^Contribs_Talk 19:55, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Tor: fail

I don't suppose there's any chance you were using IE instead of Firefox? ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 21:09, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I tried both (Firefox first). It doesn't work for either. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 21:11, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Hmmm. That's quite odd. I propose we summon Ames or Interpreted to shoot this trouble for you. ~ Jellyfish! (Talk • Contribs • Logs) 21:15, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Seconded. I'll use email; both have been less available of late and more likely to let items sit on their talk pages unanswered for a while. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 21:32, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Drunk Ben Stein

But, but, but... buzzed filmmaking *is* drunk filmmaking. Secret Squirrel 21:00, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

Just because he made a crappy propaganda film doesn't mean he's a drunk. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 21:01, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

I think you are right. His drug of choice appears to be quaaludes. Secret Squirrel 21:06, 25 May 2008 (EDT)