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EchoEcho Per Aspera Ad InferiSuper Moderator, Moderator mod
Coins are awesome. Bills suck. Aww yeah.

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  • HachfaceHachface Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    Coins are awesome. Bills suck. Aww yeah.

    Most vending machines take dollar coins. And they take them more reliably than dollar bills, which they can be fussy about.

    Also this hydra-[chat] thing has got to stop. I am going to be pissed if I have to move to a different thread.

    Listen to History Lessons With Caleb, Mike & Terry, a podcast for the ill-informed.
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Six pack on a dick Registered User regular
  • thisisntwallythisisntwally Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    mrflippy wrote: »
    So if I'm going on vacation for a week, should I turn the air conditioning off completely, or just leave it on low or something?
    Why would you leave stuff running that you are not using? Is your energy bill in the eight double digits?

    If you live somewhere hot you don't want the temp in the room to exceed your electronics "don't leave in this temp" safeties.

    humidity. in my part of the country, mold runs wild if i leave the AC off for even a day or two.

    #fuckyeahboston
  • ArchArch Trust me, I'm a scientist Registered User regular
    what machines take dollar coins?

    do most take them and I didn't realize?

    Dollar coins are also the better option environment-wise as they last much longer and are recyclable

  • TehSlothTehSloth BIG DATA Registered User regular
    But guys, if we use more $1 coins, we can totally pay for things with gold pieces(gold dollar), silver pieces(dimes) and copper pieces (penny).

    That'd be totes rad.

    Egret wrote:
    That's the same ratio of words/farts that come out of your mouth.
  • EchoEcho Per Aspera Ad Inferi Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Sod it, I'll go wash my hair and let Will sort this out.

  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    This chat is also acceptable.

    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • HachfaceHachface Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    what machines take dollar coins?

    do most take them and I didn't realize?

    Dollar coins are also the better option environment-wise as they last much longer and are recyclable

    I've never come across a vending machine that didn't take a dollar coin. Even old machines. We've had dollar coins of one variety or another for a loooong time. And machines can be recalibrated in any case.

    Listen to History Lessons With Caleb, Mike & Terry, a podcast for the ill-informed.
  • thisisntwallythisisntwally Registered User regular
    This chat is also acceptable.

    some might even consider it preferable.

    #fuckyeahboston
  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    Hachface wrote: »
    Echo wrote: »
    Coins are awesome. Bills suck. Aww yeah.

    Most vending machines take dollar coins. And they take them more reliably than dollar bills, which they can be fussy about.

    Also this hydra-[chat] thing has got to stop. I am going to be pissed if I have to move to a different thread.

    I have never seen a vending machine that took dollar coins.

    but maybe that's because I don't have my handy pouch of dollar coins, so I am unconcerned about the dollar coin acceptance of vending machines.

    Mental midgets kill my inner child.
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Six pack on a dick Registered User regular
    I haven't gotten something from a vending machine in a long time. But the last time I did, I used a credit card.

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  • TehSlothTehSloth BIG DATA Registered User regular
    I don't think there's a very classy system for men to carry large amounts of coins. Also, I don't think strippers will appreciate them.

    Egret wrote:
    That's the same ratio of words/farts that come out of your mouth.
  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    When I buy things from vending machines I always feel like I fucked up. "Shit didn't prepare now I got to buy the used panties from a vending machine god damn it."

  • thisisntwallythisisntwally Registered User regular
    my old parking lot used to give back dollar coins if i paid cash.

    they were needlessly heavy and i tended to hoard the andrew jackson coins.

    #fuckyeahboston
  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    I hate carrying around change as it is, why would I really want to get dollar coins every time I paid for gas with cash?

    Mental midgets kill my inner child.
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Six pack on a dick Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    I don't think there's a very classy system for men to carry large amounts of coins. Also, I don't think strippers will appreciate them.
    Yeah but if you pull down on their arm at the end of a long night...

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    But guys, if we use more $1 coins, we can totally pay for things with gold pieces(gold dollar), silver pieces(dimes) and copper pieces (penny).

    That'd be totes rad.

    I remember back in Everquest coins had weight, so if you had enough coins in your inventory, you couldn't move.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    mrflippy wrote: »
    TehSloth wrote: »
    But guys, if we use more $1 coins, we can totally pay for things with gold pieces(gold dollar), silver pieces(dimes) and copper pieces (penny).

    That'd be totes rad.

    I remember back in Everquest coins had weight, so if you had enough coins in your inventory, you couldn't move.

    Yeah, I remember on long camps you'd end up tossing your copper and silver coins. Hell there used to be players who made money being defacto item drops for people in long camps. Mini mmo pawn shops!

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    also, why is the nickle huge? fucking thick and large, make it slightly larger than the penny and the dime slightly larger than the nickle and both smaller than a quarter and so forth.

    lets standardize this crap.

    Mental midgets kill my inner child.
  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong and a cast of thousands Registered User regular
    Let's just phase out cash entirely and do everything with direct bank transfer. I don't care if that's with debit cards or whatever, who cares. Just don't make me carry around bits of metal and paper. I like to have as few things in my pockets as possible.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Let's just phase out cash entirely and do everything with direct bank transfer. I don't care if that's with debit cards or whatever, who cares. Just don't make me carry around bits of metal and paper. I like to have as few things in my pockets as possible.

    "So he can't buy a food or a place to sleep unless he cuts someones hand off, lets hope he doesn't figure that one out."

  • Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco Registered User regular
    If you can't handle carrying around dollar coins, you are a snivelling weakling.

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  • TehSlothTehSloth BIG DATA Registered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    also, why is the nickle huge? fucking thick and large, make it slightly larger than the penny and the dime slightly larger than the nickle and both smaller than a quarter and so forth.

    lets standardize this crap.

    Seriously, why is the dime smaller than everything else.

    And why do just some of them have ribbed edges? Whose pleasure is that for?

    Egret wrote:
    That's the same ratio of words/farts that come out of your mouth.
  • thisisntwallythisisntwally Registered User regular
    Let's just phase out cash entirely and do everything with direct bank transfer. I don't care if that's with debit cards or whatever, who cares. Just don't make me carry around bits of metal and paper. I like to have as few things in my pockets as possible.

    die hippie

    #fuckyeahboston
  • visiblehowlvisiblehowl Registered User regular
    I think I fucked up putting an 8 minute video in the OP of my [chat].

    Now people are going to watch that for 8 minutes while the other [chat]s pass it in posts.

    "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it."

    "Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    This thread sucks but it has mod approval so I guess it wins.

    VH, all YT videos are blue boxes at work but I'm guessing it's a clip from Louie. It better be the heckler clip.

  • ArchArch Trust me, I'm a scientist Registered User regular
    This thread sucks but it has mod approval so I guess it wins.

    VH, all YT videos are blue boxes at work but I'm guessing it's a clip from Louie. It better be the heckler clip.

    uncanny

  • visiblehowlvisiblehowl Registered User regular
    This thread sucks but it has mod approval so I guess it wins.

    VH, all YT videos are blue boxes at work but I'm guessing it's a clip from Louie. It better be the heckler clip.
    That's exactly what it was.

    "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it."

    "Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."
  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    In Canada, we have two dollar coins. Crazy, I know.

    I support the idea of all transactions done with plastic. We already have pizza guys with portable debit machines.

    Inquisitor wrote: »
    I fucking hate you Canadians.
  • HachfaceHachface Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    And why do just some of them have ribbed edges? Whose pleasure is that for?

    The blind.

    Listen to History Lessons With Caleb, Mike & Terry, a podcast for the ill-informed.
  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong and a cast of thousands Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Let's just phase out cash entirely and do everything with direct bank transfer. I don't care if that's with debit cards or whatever, who cares. Just don't make me carry around bits of metal and paper. I like to have as few things in my pockets as possible.

    "So he can't buy a food or a place to sleep unless he cuts someones hand off, lets hope he doesn't figure that one out."

    Tying it to biometrics is a terrible idea.

    We'd also need to make it so you could manage without a physical address, SSN, etc.

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  • ArchArch Trust me, I'm a scientist Registered User regular
    In Canada, we have two dollar coins. Crazy, I know.

    I support the idea of all transactions done with plastic. We already have pizza guys with portable debit machines.

    fuck that

    dude you can order pizza on the internet from many retailers

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    what the shit kind of op is this

  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Six pack on a dick Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    also, why is the nickle huge? fucking thick and large, make it slightly larger than the penny and the dime slightly larger than the nickle and both smaller than a quarter and so forth.

    lets standardize this crap.

    Seriously, why is the dime smaller than everything else.

    And why do just some of them have ribbed edges? Whose pleasure is that for?
    The ribbed edges were from when coins were made of precious metals, and their value was based on their weight. It prevented people from filing down the edges, since a merchant could see if the coin had been reduced in weight if the edges were smooth.

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  • TehSlothTehSloth BIG DATA Registered User regular
    In Canada, we have two dollar coins. Crazy, I know.

    I support the idea of all transactions done with plastic. We already have pizza guys with portable debit machines.

    Man, that's awesome, we just have to give them our info when we place the order. Having to process credit cards is what I decided made my idea for a pizza delivery chain more than I wanted to deal with.

    Egret wrote:
    That's the same ratio of words/farts that come out of your mouth.
  • thisisntwallythisisntwally Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    In Canada, we have two dollar coins. Crazy, I know.

    I support the idea of all transactions done with plastic. We already have pizza guys with portable debit machines.

    fuck that

    dude you can order pizza on the internet from many retailers

    i find that the pixels kinda taste funny

    #fuckyeahboston
  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    In Canada, we have two dollar coins. Crazy, I know.

    I support the idea of all transactions done with plastic. We already have pizza guys with portable debit machines.

    fuck that

    dude you can order pizza on the internet from many retailers

    Yeah and it's great.

    I'm just saying, we have portable debit tech already. Not only portable, mobile. Everything should use it.

    Inquisitor wrote: »
    I fucking hate you Canadians.
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    This thread sucks but it has mod approval so I guess it wins.

    VH, all YT videos are blue boxes at work but I'm guessing it's a clip from Louie. It better be the heckler clip.
    That's exactly what it was.

    Good.

    I would have also accepted "TELL ME YOU LOVE ME, MOM! JUST SAY IT!"

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    The story of Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, who quit in a blaze of profanity-laced glory after a dispute with a passenger, has become a bit of an Internet folk hero.

    It certainly didn’t hurt that the guy had style: He delivered his tirade—and resignation—over the plane's PA system, grabbed two beers from the galley and escaped via the inflatable emergency chute.

    ahahahaha

  • TehSlothTehSloth BIG DATA Registered User regular
    The story of Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, who quit in a blaze of profanity-laced glory after a dispute with a passenger, has become a bit of an Internet folk hero.

    It certainly didn’t hurt that the guy had style: He delivered his tirade—and resignation—over the plane's PA system, grabbed two beers from the galley and escaped via the inflatable emergency chute.

    ahahahaha

    Yeah, that story was great before I'd heard about the beers, that makes it all the better.

    Egret wrote:
    That's the same ratio of words/farts that come out of your mouth.
  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    TehSloth wrote: »
    I don't think there's a very classy system for men to carry large amounts of coins. Also, I don't think strippers will appreciate them.

    There also isn't a classy way for me to tote around my hunting falcon and Jacobean ruff.

    Who carries around any signifigant amount of cash in this day and age anyway?

    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
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