The Syndicate

G-Man wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:10 am In poking around tonight, I take it that Walrus music contests are still a thing around here? I'm getting an itch to run one.

Yeah G! Do it!

RIP America

G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:23 pm What’s shakin’ gang?

Hey there, G, just waiting patiently for the next game to start. We had a pretty good run for a bit there, but I think back-to-school comes with a bit of a lull maybe.

Come and plaaaaay!

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:35 pm do i look like i know or care what that means

G-Man wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:13 am I have reached the conclusion that my dreams grow ever stranger the longer I try to sleep in.

No no, it's just that the best dreams happen when you wake up from a good sleep, but then go back to sleep. This is the way.

fingersplints wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:20 am I like it because ours is a couple weeks after yours, so for those few weeks the time difference between me and my family and friends is only 4 hours instead of the usual 5.

You ever think of moving back over here?

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:25 am Every year (twice a year) I spend far too much time reading about the history of daylight savings time. Every year (twice a year) I spend the better part of a full day wondering why we keep doing this stupid, antiquated nonsense.

There's much talk of eliminating it here.

What, groundhogs are marmots??

So, how about that Trump Coronavirus?

nutella wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:26 pm I assume it's just a thumbnail from the link that can change what shows in the tweet thumbnail retroactively based on what is currently on the front page of the site.

Oh ok, I didn't know that was a thing.

I'm not into QAnon conspiracy stuff, but what is this:



May 17 tweet from The Obama Foundation that includes a George Floyd protest sign... but Floyd was killed on May 25.

Someone sent it to me, and I told them Photoshop exists, and went to see for myself and took this screenshot.

This is the first time I've seen this happen. Maybe we should have a thread for departed Mafia community members.

fingersplints wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:25 am Hello mafiathesyndicate. After learning of the passing of an old friend from irc, I have spent a lot of the morning reminiscing about the good times I had with you all playing mafia, discussing Lost, and just the general chatting/friendship. It feels like a lifetime ago, but I miss you guys. Just thought I’d stop by to say I hope you are all keeping well and safe in this scary time.

I still remember a particular game where you were Mafia and I was Civ, and we went at it in the thread fiercely! Good times. Come and play sometime, hey, during these Quarantine days, what better time to come and sign up for Epi's Coronavirus Mafia?

Was the IRC friend known to Lostpedia/Mafia?

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:00 pm My wife and I are watching Outbreak. What is wrong with us?

Contagion is trending as well.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/frown

"An example of frown is when drinking is discouraged."

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:46 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:06 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm ... I’ll have to wait a whole nother week.

tmesis
/t(ə)ˈmēsəs
noun
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech

Abso-fuckin-lutely!

apparently that's a regional new england phrase. or somewhere area that encompasses new england

We've had "a whole nother" here my entire life. Maybe the area you speak of reaches southern Ontario.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:14 pm I am in the hunt for a "did not participate" trophy.

I think that's the real prize.

Things you have said make this teacher seem wimpy in comparison.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm ... I’ll have to wait a whole nother week.

tmesis
/t(ə)ˈmēsəs
noun
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech

Abso-fuckin-lutely!

dunya wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:27 pm best thing about leaving sweden is not having to be knee deep in snow every day and shoveling snow multiple times every friggin day.

Don't come to Canada right now, or you may feel disappointed with a hint of irony.
Was there ever a child who was proud of a Participation Award? I don't think those phony awards really did damage to a generation. Maybe the sentiment behind them did, but there was no age where I didn't look at a Participation Award as only slightly better than a sheet of used toilet paper.

Was it the President in Battlestar Galactica?

[mention]Golden[/mention]

What was the game where one of the roles got to make a Game Rule for the following Day?

juliets wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:26 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:26 am

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:37 pm Hey, I walked without a cane today which was a major breakthrough. My physical therapist is torturing me though to get me to bend my knee at a sharper angle (meaning he forces my knee to the sharpest angle he can get by pushing my heel toward my hamstrings while I'm lying on my back). Passed my one year anniversary of the break back in October. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I still can't believe it even happened.

You and me both. My life is divided into "before" and "after".

Divided further down the road to 'after after'?

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:37 pm Hey, I walked without a cane today which was a major breakthrough. My physical therapist is torturing me though to get me to bend my knee at a sharper angle (meaning he forces my knee to the sharpest angle he can get by pushing my heel toward my hamstrings while I'm lying on my back). Passed my one year anniversary of the break back in October. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I still can't believe it even happened.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:56 pm Actually it should be sensitive not sensible (damn false cognates). Otherwise I'm lost.

Yeah, I figured you meant sensitive... "sensible stomachs" made me laugh. I'd like to have a sensible stomach... mine likes cookies too much.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:03 pmmy father's side has very sensible stomachs

No, take only a bit of time, and get your butt back here for A World Asunder!

What about MP and Spacedaisy? Will they be gone? Is one of them staying? Both? They should both stay.

Is The Syndicate going to still be here?

Learn some Klingon.

juliets wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:37 am Well Epi, maybe you could look at it this way: that's the ONLY THING they could find wrong? I'd say that's pretty damn good if thats the only thing they could find wrong, shows what a good job you're doing.

That was my main takeaway. It's so lame and non-critical that I would believe that he's required to give some criticism, and really had trouble criticizing you.

juliets wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 12:01 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:55 am I'll post the current potential menu when I get access to her notebook. Current name is the Hummingbird Family Restaurant, but no one is in love with that name. Maybe the Glass Hummingbird?

I like the Glass Hummingbird. What is the relevance of a hummingbird?

It's to do with their grandfather, he liked hummingbirds, hummingbirds remind them of him... his ashes are in a box with a hummingbird on them.

Quin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:07 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:55 am I'll post the current potential menu when I get access to her notebook. Current name is the Hummingbird Family Restaurant, but no one is in love with that name. Maybe the Glass Hummingbird?

Will you do delivery? To Australia?

Hell yeah

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 1:06 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:14 pm
I feel like a leaf in a strong wind.

Don't say it like that....

It might be a really good wind though. Maybe we'll become richer!

I'll post the current potential menu when I get access to her notebook. Current name is the Hummingbird Family Restaurant, but no one is in love with that name. Maybe the Glass Hummingbird?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:44 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:48 am So we're starting a restaurant.

What should we name it?

This is exciting, do you care to share more details?

It's something we talked about five years ago. Something BR has wanted to do, but when we looked into it five years ago, there were financial barriers. Hell, there might still be, we haven't secured a loan yet, but we're in a better place now financially.

It's actually really sudden. A place opened up in town that has pretty affordable rent, and a great kitchen, and the sisters are driving forward to go with it. Much of the research (and a solid business plan) was already put together five years ago, so that's nice... and he has been Kitchen Manager at a local restaurant for a the last year or two, and has gained a lot of experience in how to run a restaurant.

Honestly, I'm just going along for the ride. We have had big plans before that have broken down for whatever reason, but I'm always going to support her dreams, and it's a dream of hers to own a restaurant. I feel like a leaf in a strong wind.

Long Rock is a cool name, but the main people behind the restaurant are BR and her sister.... I'm not front and center on this.

The Hunger is far too insanely perfect to work. But oh my god yes.

So we're starting a restaurant.

What should we name it?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:40 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:34 pm Do you guys have the same anniversary as LC and BR????? I just saw them posting about theirs on FB

They're July 5th, I believe. We're July 6th.

This is #notfakenews

speedchuck wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 12:25 pm I was mostly going to listen to SAW at work, and I can't play music out loud. But I'm not going to suffer through hearing half of an album with my right ear. :P

I don't see the issue. Listen to the other half with your left ear.

I usually feel like one's taste in music is so personal, that sharing your playlist is like baring your soul.

I am beyond you, father.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:47 pm TEN YEARS!!

http://ew.com/tv/2018/02/28/lost-the-co ... niversary/

The best and most impactful LOST episode.

When it aired, I ended up standing and laughing and crying and cheering at the same time.

From the article:

"In other episodes, flashbacks are announced with a whoosh sound. But as Desmond’s mind literally flashes back and forward, there’s no announcement sound, just timelines slipping through in a moment. (Charming: For the first time on Lost, a character onscreen knows the flashbacks are happening, the non-diegetic trope gone hyper-diegetic, like if one day Jack Bauer reached across the 24 splitscreens to grab the latest terrorist-affiliated evil corporate white guy, or if Darth Vader started humming “The Imperial March.”)"

Not only did I get to learn a new word... I just love his examples.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TEN YEARS!!

^ This is GOLD for the next Search for Quin game!!

Also [mention]Epignosis[/mention] : http://geekxgirls.com/article.php?ID=9626

Next Hosting Poll

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:50 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:09 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:17 pm Shout out to the time MovingPictures07 PMed me and was like "Hey DH I'm thinking of making another mafia website what do you think about that my best friend?"

Want to play a mafia game on that website?

I will 100% play the next LMS Map Based game the theme of which catches my interest and attention.

See you in Mafia: A World Asunder

We have a shirt with this coded text. I have a feeling it might be random trickery, but here, this Imgur page shows the original and gives some good basic analysis.

Anyone good at this kind of thing?

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:47 am Would a Man in the HIgh Castle mafia be good?

Depends on what role I get.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:51 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:10 pm I would like access to the Politics Thread please. @MovingPictures07 @spacedaisy

*Gutteral Hissing noise*

You don't need to look.

I would like access to the Politics Thread please. [mention]MovingPictures07[/mention] [mention]Spacedaisy[/mention]