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The Second Annual [Quarantimes] Thread

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I'm so sorry expendable, that fucking sucks. At least you'll be with her until the end. :(
    Wanna spoiler this because it feels tonally weird, but I got my first vaccine shot today!

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    I got my second! My arm hurts!

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    chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    Same. That's all I've got so far is arm soreness. I'm hoping to crank up those side effects to show that my immune system is working, but not so much that it really makes me feel bad.

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    Juggernut on
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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I wonder what caterpillar soup tastes like?

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Well, you're not hot. You turned to soup, there's a specialized organ you were carrying around the whole time who used the you-soup to grow into a whole new critter. Since your brain was one of the bits that turned into soup and the organ grew a new brain to replace it, I'd argue that the butterfly is not the same entity as the caterpillar in the same way that twin siblings are not the same entity.

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I'd welcome the sweet release of soupy oblivion if a better, hotter me could emerge from the goop and live a new, hot life.

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    TefTef Registered User regular
    The way I figure it, this is one of them there Wreck of the Hesperus situations

    help a fellow forumer meet their mental health care needs because USA healthcare sucks!

    Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    As Juggernut Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams one morning, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Thats basically just a regular weekday for me

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    I had to hurry for a second just now, like, ambulate quickly

    and I felt like that runner in the Animatrix who runs so fast he starts to substantiate and the agents make all his muscles pop

    I started moving and my limbs were like "enough of that" and I was "limbs come on if you stop we'll fall over."

    Depressperado on
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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

    How do we certify that a butterfly “remembers” things that happened to a caterpillar?

    I’m asking this in a very smarmy way but legit question, I’d be fascinated to hear about whatever experiment they devised to verify a caterpillar memory, let alone that a butterfly remembers it later.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    I had to hurry for a second just now, like, ambulate quickly

    and I felt like that runner in the Animatrix who runs so fast he starts to substantiate and the agents make all his muscles pop

    I started moving and my limbs were like "enough of that" and I was "limbs come on if you stop we'll fall over."

    'World Record'

    made by madhouse studios and directed by the guy that did redline

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    it's my second favorite one!

    well, third technically, because The Second Renaissance is a two-parter

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    TynnanTynnan seldom correct, never unsure Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

    How do we certify that a butterfly “remembers” things that happened to a caterpillar?

    I’m asking this in a very smarmy way but legit question, I’d be fascinated to hear about whatever experiment they devised to verify a caterpillar memory, let alone that a butterfly remembers it later.

    Without knowing what studies 3clips3 is referring to, it's probably a conditioned-stimulus kind of thing. Sort of like Pavlov, but with larvae instead of dogs.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

    How do we certify that a butterfly “remembers” things that happened to a caterpillar?

    I’m asking this in a very smarmy way but legit question, I’d be fascinated to hear about whatever experiment they devised to verify a caterpillar memory, let alone that a butterfly remembers it later.

    They have the researchers say very mean things about the caterpillar and then see if the butterfly writes about it in its journal

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Awww tiny sad butterfly journal

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

    How do we certify that a butterfly “remembers” things that happened to a caterpillar?

    I’m asking this in a very smarmy way but legit question, I’d be fascinated to hear about whatever experiment they devised to verify a caterpillar memory, let alone that a butterfly remembers it later.

    They have the researchers say very mean things about the caterpillar and then see if the butterfly writes about it in its journal

    That is animal abuse and I will not stand for it.

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    All listening to a tiny butterfly version of Dashboard Confessional

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    I think I like moths more than butterflies but I'd prefer to be touched by a butterfly than a moth

    a moth flies into me and I act like I got an ember on me
    a butterfly lands on me and I'm like magnificent.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    “Get a butterfly or giant fuzzy moth to land perfectly on my extended index finger tip” is for sure on my bucket list.

    sarukun on
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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Juggernut wrote: »
    All listening to a tiny butterfly version of Dashboard Confessional

    Smashing Pumpkins, surely.

    A Bullet Journal With Butterfly Wings

    Jedoc on
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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I hate moths. Big ole moths like Lunas and deaths head are cool. But every other moth can go die. Especially the tiny little fuckers.

    They used to get into my room at night and would constantly fly into my eyes and mouth because I guess I am extremely white and the light from my phone illuminated my round face and their little internal light based GPS units would direct them right at me thinking I was the moon.

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    VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Tynnan wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

    How do we certify that a butterfly “remembers” things that happened to a caterpillar?

    I’m asking this in a very smarmy way but legit question, I’d be fascinated to hear about whatever experiment they devised to verify a caterpillar memory, let alone that a butterfly remembers it later.

    Without knowing what studies 3clips3 is referring to, it's probably a conditioned-stimulus kind of thing. Sort of like Pavlov, but with larvae instead of dogs.

    Yep, looks like it

    https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa16/2016/11/14/do-butterflies-remember-being-caterpillars/

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    okay so back in olden times when bugs were real big it was because there was way more oxygen in the atmosphere, right?

    so whaaaat if you made a biodome and filled it with plants and also pump a bunch of oxygen in and then just kinda let some bugs be bugs out there

    do you think they'd get bigger as generations passed?

    do you think they'd get real big?

    because I can think of worse reasons to own a greenhouse.

    edit: god, I'd be the best mad scientist

    Depressperado on
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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    The only bug you're allowed to bigify is a ladybug.

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
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    JarsJars Registered User regular
    I watched a video of a ladybug eating aphids. the aphids sat there while all their buddies got eaten, then continue sitting there while they themselves get eaten

    aphids are real dumb

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Tynnan wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Hey do ya'll ever think about how when caterpillars make a cocoon they turn into soup and then reassemble the soup into a butterfly and how absolutely wild that is?

    Imagine just getting into a sleeping bag, going to sleep, liquefying into soup and then you get out and you're hot.

    Crazy.

    What's really wild about it is that after turning into soup and coming out as a butterfly they still remember things that happened to them as a caterpillar, and no one understands how.

    How do we certify that a butterfly “remembers” things that happened to a caterpillar?

    I’m asking this in a very smarmy way but legit question, I’d be fascinated to hear about whatever experiment they devised to verify a caterpillar memory, let alone that a butterfly remembers it later.

    Without knowing what studies 3clips3 is referring to, it's probably a conditioned-stimulus kind of thing. Sort of like Pavlov, but with larvae instead of dogs.

    It's precisely this!

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    chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    “Get a butterfly or giant fuzzy moth to land perfectly on my extended index finger tip” is for sure on my bucket list.

    I don't know how common they are over there, but butterfly tents are definitely a thing and putting a little nectar or something on your finger would surely give you the desired result.

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    I got a moth to land on my fingertip once.

    About half a second later my cat was also on my fingertip.

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    Butterflies pollinate plants

    Moths eat my sweaters

    Fuck moths.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    My arm is a bit sore but otherwise I feel fine!

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    #pipe wrote: »
    Butterflies pollinate plants

    Moths eat my sweaters

    Fuck moths.

    Moths pollinate too! Moths are friends!

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    3clips3 wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    Butterflies pollinate plants

    Moths eat my sweaters

    Fuck moths.

    Moths pollinate too! Moths are friends!

    this sounds suspiciously like some moth propaganda

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    3clips3 wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    Butterflies pollinate plants

    Moths eat my sweaters

    Fuck moths.

    Moths pollinate too! Moths are friends!

    this sounds suspiciously like some moth propaganda

    I am being told by the tiny twins in this seashell that moths are friends

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    chromdom wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    “Get a butterfly or giant fuzzy moth to land perfectly on my extended index finger tip” is for sure on my bucket list.

    I don't know how common they are over there, but butterfly tents are definitely a thing and putting a little nectar or something on your finger would surely give you the desired result.

    That’s cheating!

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I have a story about pollinators that happened yesterday. I'm still upset about it
    I went out to water the flowers on my deck and I saw a couple of native bees on one of the plants. "yay!" I thought, "not only bees, but threatened bees! I'll wait to water until they're gone". One of them did look a bit odd posturally, but I didn't pay too much mind, bees do weird shit sometimes.

    anyway I came out a bit later and I saw one of the bees off the flower, on the dirt near the edge of the planter, curled up and looking dead. But still kind of moving? Ok that was REALLY weird so I took a closer look and realised that underneath the bee was a fucking spider*, eating it.
    If it hadn't been a native bee I wouldn't have cared, my deck spiders are usually friends. But FFS couldn't you be eating, like, a fly or something??

    hopefully there are more bees around.

    *(possibly a jumping spider, after some googling, which normally I like. But leave my bees alone!)

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    I woke up at 2 AM in bed, have zero recollection when I even got in bed much less fell asleep. Last thing I remember was finishing dinner sometime around 8 PM.

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