@Cobaltasaurus said in Random funny:
@Arkandel out of curiosity did it work when I reported it? Cause I saw it and went "wtf" but he was still around for a day.
Ditto this. I saw the 'hide things people' go up after that iirc, but that one never ended up behind a tag despite it being the one I think I clicked.
Oh fucking well.
@JinShei ...dammit
Try now!
@insomniac7809 yeeeeeeeesssssssss
Weirdness. Never heard of him. I have him blocked.
@Cobaltasaurus @surreality Yeah, I was wondering too, 'cause it was the other one I specifically reported but it did include essentially 'maybe I'm old but this looks like a kid to me' and 'just hide those things from people working' happening sometime after that left me kind of uncertain. (The other one made me go wtf uncomfortably too but I honestly wasn't sure I wasn't just missing some reference.) If the flagging system isn't working right, that probably needs fixing.
@Ninjakitten said in Random funny:
@Cobaltasaurus @surreality Yeah, I was wondering too, 'cause it was the other one I specifically reported but it did include essentially 'maybe I'm old but this looks like a kid to me' and 'just hide those things from people working' happening sometime after that left me kind of uncertain. (The other one made me go wtf uncomfortably too but I honestly wasn't sure I wasn't just missing some reference.) If the flagging system isn't working right, that probably needs fixing.
Last I was an admin, the flag system was not notifying the admins and we had to manually go in and check those notifications.
I had hopes nodebb had fixed that bug by now but it sounds like maybe no. 
So people may need to directly DM the admin team for issues.
@surreality said in Random funny:
@Cobaltasaurus said in Random funny:
@Arkandel out of curiosity did it work when I reported it? Cause I saw it and went "wtf" but he was still around for a day.
Ditto this. I saw the 'hide things people' go up after that iirc, but that one never ended up behind a tag despite it being the one I think I clicked.
As @Auspice said, when you flag something nodeBB doesn't pop up a notification for... some reason. So unless we manually check for flagged posts we don't see them.
I try to do that often but... life.
When you log in to see the Arx Peeve thread in the Hog Pit's last post in your feed is 16 hours old and there are five more pages to read...
A recent find in Egypt (detailed here https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/these-mysterious-egyptian-head-cones-actually-existed-grave-find-reveals) led to me making this meme:
@tek said in Random funny:
Is it sad I remembered the perfumed wax theory from costume history classes? Because I feel like it is, somehow.
Though NOW I'm wondering -- since they mention 'full heads of hair' -- if it was something people who didn't shave down and wear wigs did specifically, perhaps.
SO MANY QUESTIONS NOW.
Oh fucking well.
@surreality I've always found the melty-perfume-fat-cone theory to be suspect. It just sounds GROSS and not something you would want at a dinner party.
@tek It's not as bad as the super popular Roman sauce/spice/flavoring thing made of rotting, fermented fish, at least?
My sleep-deprived 'why wasn't I asleep hours ago' brain just went: 'just think, though! They could have had wicks at the top and been roving scented candles at parties!'
Yep, time for bed.
Oh fucking well.
@surreality Garum is delicious.
@tek said in Random funny:
@surreality I've always found the melty-perfume-fat-cone theory to be suspect. It just sounds GROSS and not something you would want at a dinner party.
Well, you kinda need to calibrate "gross" by the standards of period hygiene.
(Like, "the ammonia in human urine makes it an excellent detergent and mouthwash!" levels of calibration.)
@insomniac7809 @surreality @tek
There was probably some refinement that we're missing like lost wax bronze casting or something Humans still use musk ... I'm sure we've tried lots of whacky stuff, some probably stuck around a bit as 'trendy' in their times.
Trying to browse the internet at work because you're bored but also trying to avoid Star Wars spoilers be like:
@Cobaltasaurus said in Random funny:
@Arkandel out of curiosity did it work when I reported it? Cause I saw it and went "wtf" but he was still around for a day.
Ditto this. I saw the 'hide things people' go up after that iirc, but that one never ended up behind a tag despite it being the one I think I clicked.
