Let Me Tell You How I Really Feel

[Darkforge]

So....what beats Spock then?

paper and Lizard, but why would you not pick spock if you had the option?

[Jester]

An introvert recharges by being by himself and loses energy by being around other people.

Even if this is true (and I have no idea if it is or is not), there are plenty of solitary things an introvert can do to enjoy themselves away from the home front.

Regarding the Bear-Hunter-Ranger thing... I think I have an explanation.

I read this sentence and shuddered. Even after reading the explanation, it still makes me shake my head. Both for the Sky Train drunks and for the employees of this screwy manager.

This is indeed my only plan. I require rest and the silence that only hiding from humanity can grant me.

I am not the type of person who can combine "go out" and "have fun". Such things bring me no amusement. Also, I could not become that which I hate on transit.

Okay, I can see spending a few days doing this, but your whole vacation? Really? There is nothing outside of your domicile that you enjoy doing? Even by yourself?

Look, I know that you and I are probably not going to enjoy the same things recreationally. I am your polar opposite when it comes to stuff like this. Hell, there are times I AM the drunken idiot on the Sky Train that makes you shudder. (Metaphorically speaking, as I have never actually been on the Sky Train or even in Canada.) But I have enjoyed many things solitarily away from my bed and tv, and I can't imagine that you have nothing beyond your doors that pleases you.

I DO understand hiding from humanity (I've done it myself), but this? Really? Has your job run you down this much? If so, you NEED a new job, my friend. And pronto!

Not knowing what squirrel tastes like prevents me from being able to quantify its meal placement. I probably should have assumed that it, like all other things, tastes like chicken and moved it into the lunch or dinner bracket.

I've never tasted squirrel either. I was merely making a joke.

...actually the whole thing about women seeing more colors than men is a widespread but false myth.

There's no evidence, physiologically or linguistically, that men and women see colors differently.

This is both true and false.

"But Jester, how could that be?"

Simple. While in general there is no difference between the genders regarding this, the fact remains that men ARE more prone to color-blindness than women are. I myself am slightly colorblind (they tell me I'm "color-deficient"), and have trouble distinguishing some shades of greens from each other, and some shades of reds from each other. I know that some shades of pink are completely unseeable to me. (I once bought a beige rug from a female student in my dorm, only to be laughed at by my buddies for buying what was actually a pink rug.)

So while non-colorblind people will see colors about the same, regardless of gender, there are more guys who just can't see all the colors the right way.

So as I said, this theory is both true and false. See how that works?

From Big Bang Theory. Sheldon had a theory that Rock-Paper-Scissors was too limiting, so he invented this variation. But it didn't work, because everyone ALWAYS picked Spock.

So....what beats Spock then?

[HawaiianShirts]

Still, I'm betting you guys didn't start bent over with your asses pressed together. -.-

No, definitely no butt-to-butt contact happened when I was forced to play this game. Just the thought of that adds an entirely new element of unpleasantness.

[Andara Bledin]

But does the kid see the rainbow first, or do we point it out and name it? All we know is that a kid sees the paper (or the sky) that the rainbow is on/in. We dont know if they see the colors of it because we say "Is it purple? Like that one? Or is it Green, like that one?"

I sitll don't buy it.

I see colors all the time (online, on cars, on buildings, etc) that I look at and go, "Oh, hey, that's pretty, it's kind of like Color X, but with a little hint of Color B." According to the things posited, I'd see it and since I had never seen it before or heard it named, I'd never get past seeing Color X, and that just doesn't happen.

I really don't think it's because people can't see colors until they have a way to name them so much as most people just don't care. To some, Dove, Smoke, and Ash have meaning, to others they're all just Grey.

^-.-^

[Mondestrucken]

Oh, I am DYING here! I don't even know what it MEANS, and I'm

From Big Bang Theory. Sheldon had a theory that Rock-Paper-Scissors was too limiting, so he invented this variation. But it didn't work, because everyone ALWAYS picked Spock.

[morgana]

Or it's cousin, Rock-Paper-Scissor-Lizard-Spock.

Oh, I am DYING here! I don't even know what it MEANS, and I'm

[Geek King]

I want it.
Ireland is close.
Amazon is closer.

Save your time. They had it on the shelf at Barnes & Nobles here in the U.S. last Friday when I was there.

Although Ireland is a lovely place to visit...

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

Ah yes, but then a (male) friend of mine maintains that men only see in 16 colours, a bit like Windows default settings.

16? That is a lot
Uhm, let's see... black; white. Good until here. Blue, yellow, red; orange, green, purple; pink; gray; brown. All the others are "kind of". A darker red, a lighter blue...

For the record, at least here in Ireland, the Necronomicon DOES exist for sale. Unfortunately, it does not allow you to summon the Elder Gods to smite foes and cause babbling madness on sight. It is a commemorative collector's edition of the writings of H.P. Lovecraft in their original printed form, spelling and grammar mistakes and ye olde English and all. I have a copy myself and love reading it. Especially in public near churches

I want it.
Ireland is close.
Amazon is closer.

I know what is happening here... The guy has a cordless phone and he's pressing against his head as he talks.
Unfortunately, I know this because I have family that does this...

...but... but... WHY??!?!??!?!?!?!??!!!!!

When I worked at Major Electronics Retailer, one of the managers liked to play "icebreaker games" during every pre-opening meeting.

...something that makes me want to stuff my contract down their throats and push it dow so deep that I start seeing the name of my first employer through the outher side.

[Krivak]

That... doesn't make sense. If you can't perceive colors until you have names for them, then how does a little kid see a full rainbow?
^-.-^

But does the kid see the rainbow first, or do we point it out and name it? All we know is that a kid sees the paper (or the sky) that the rainbow is on/in. We dont know if they see the colors of it because we say "Is it purple? Like that one? Or is it Green, like that one?"

We kinda defeat ourself on that

And, um, the whole theory on the rock paper scissors facade. Scary.

[Dentarthurdent]

Not knowing what squirrel tastes like prevents me from being able to quantify its meal placement. I probably should have assumed that it, like all other things, tastes like chicken and moved it into the lunch or dinner bracket.

It tastes like dark, dark turkey meat, with a little bit of nutty flavor to it. So, yeah, lunch and dinner.

[Pagan]

Enjoy your vacation sweetpea. You, more than anyone I know, deserve it. I completely understand becoming anti-social, too. Although I'm now out of retail, 12 years was quite long enough that I don't particularly like being out around a lot of people anymore.

Alas, Poor Rocky

Does it mean there something wrong with me that the first thing I thought when I saw this was "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

When I worked at Major Electronics Retailer, one of the managers liked to play "icebreaker games" during every pre-opening meeting. One of them was Bear-Hunter-Ninja. It was kind of like Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Or it's cousin, Rock-Paper-Scissor-Lizard-Spock.

[Pairou]

And Gravekeeper beat me to this point. Durp :P

I just finished my color theory class. It's interesting as Hell, how the human mind perceives colors and makes them up and so on... I can see about 999999 times more colors in a blank wall than I ever knew existed.

That being said, grey is not dove. It is grey. And even my color theory professor will agree.

I'll miss you GK! Have a great vacation!!

[Becks]

What dark force is compelling you?

The evil phone button pushing fairy.

Not a bad guy, but cheats at air hockey.

[Andara Bledin]

I'm not sure how a Ranger would replace a Ninja (Power Ranger, maybe?), but it sounds like the same lame game.

I suspect it's more along the lines of Park Ranger, who goes after the hunter for poaching, or something. And still gets mauled by the bear, which is more plausible than the ninja getting mauled by a bear.

This is actually true. It turns out there's evidence that people do not perceive certain colours until they have the language for it.

That... doesn't make sense. If you can't perceive colors until you have names for them, then how does a little kid see a full rainbow?

^-.-^

[TheRabbi]

...actually the whole thing about women seeing more colors than men is a widespread but false myth.

If you look at color naming studies, men will give more names for colors than women, but both give statistically similar numbers of names for colors. There's no evidence, physiologically or linguistically, that men and women see colors differently.