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[03:21:56] ski bonjour

[03:25:47] ski End3r is just expressing satisfaction with their earlier meal, surely ?

[03:26:28] ski yea, no need to worry, sushi-chan

[03:27:24] ski there were some people wondering about you, but there's nothing wrong with doing other stuff

[03:28:20] ski did you stop drinking coffee for a while, lately ?

[03:30:43] ski sushi-chan : try adding the last part that Angel missed, too

[03:30:49] ski i think a lot of people missed you

[03:31:22] ski but we're happy to see you. no need to feel embarressed for wanting somw away time

[03:32:43] ski foxy : i've currently had some downtime for some other channels i've been in, for months .. i'll be back, eventually

[03:32:49] ski s/had/having/

[03:34:29] ski eyes, foxy ?

[03:35:43] ski i've heard of azerty .. but not sure i'd recalled it was specifically in France

[03:36:14] ski don't german keyboards also have some keys swapped ?

[03:36:33] ski (where's h4, when you need him ? :)

[03:36:51] ski yea .. i know

[03:39:00] ski well .. it's understandable that people would assume that

[03:39:18] ski xanax ?

[03:39:25] ski scoliosis ?

[03:39:47] ski my newphew has that .. although i suspect not as worse as you

[03:41:58] ski .. reminds me, in a fantasy series, there was a lady with big bones (and muscles), who decided to walk over the back of a man, who had back pains. he said she killed him, but apparently, in the book, it did help him

[03:42:07] ski haha :P

[03:42:43] ski (she ordered him to lie down on the floor, on his stomach .. and i guess he didn't dare to refuse)

[03:42:54] ski nah, not film, it's a book series

[03:43:18] ski it's fun to read .. but not really that sophisticated or anything

[03:43:29] ski i don't think that's necessarily true

[03:43:56] ski there are a lot of people who are book-smart, who don't know to apply things, and don't e.g. have "street-smarts"

[03:44:53] ski hehe .. well, yea

[03:45:18] ski yea .. although, naturally, it would be .. yea, rarer

[03:47:12] ski the series was "The Mallorean" (three books), by David Eddings. but if you (in general) are going to read it, you should read "The Eleniad" (iirc) first, since it sets out the main characters

[03:48:09] ski it's sortof a stupid generic fantasy recipe of young person has to leave home, goes on quest to find magical artefact, meets people along the way, blabla .. but as such, it's not a particularly bad example, i think

[03:49:19] ski hm .. in Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Damned, they eat (iirc frozen ?) monkey brain

[03:50:03] ski also, there's the whole stuff about prionic diseases, like mad cow disease, and the sheep one (scrapie ?)

[03:50:40] ski ComputerTech : i dunno why they'd call it meat (same goes for stuff like kidneys, lungs, liver, ..)

[03:51:07] ski i can eat liver, or even kidney .. but it's not meat

[03:51:14] ski i don't particularly like it

[03:51:44] ski ComputerTech : would you eat haggis ?

[03:52:48] ski ComputerTech : nah .. it's the stomach bag (or how you call it), of a sheep, i think. filled with mixture of rice, meat, vegetables, &c. .. the package is knotted shut, then boiled

[03:52:53] ski ComputerTech : at least, iirc

[03:52:59] ski ComputerTech : scottish speciality, i think

[03:53:29] ski there might be pescatarian alternatives, ComputerTech ?

[03:53:46] ski like fish instead of meat, inside of it ?

[03:53:56] ski foxy : in french ?

[03:55:25] ski japanese typically don't eat much dairy, right ?

[03:56:04] ski i recall someone arguing in here that pineapple, or anschovis, doesn't belong on pizza

[03:56:27] ski foxy : like a pudding, kinda ?

[03:57:20] ski what's that ?

[03:58:29] ski ah, ty

[03:59:43] ski foxy : it looks nice enough. i probably wouldn't turn down trying it (unless if i know it was too spicy, i guess)

[04:00:57] ski it looks yummy, sushi-chan :)

[04:01:46] ski sushi-chan : hm, kinda reminds me of birjani

[04:02:38] ski indian dish, with rice, and meat (usually chicken, i think ?) .. and veggies and stuff

[04:02:44] ski also in south-east asia, i think

[04:04:26] ski <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biryani>

[04:05:23] ski those balls look interesting, foxy

[04:07:53] ski (i remember listening to some jacksepticeye video, where he talked about Korea, and he said kimchi was delicious)

[04:09:45] ski .. i wonder if "mbap" is a syllable, or if it's just "bap"

[04:17:14] ski poor spiders

[04:17:30] ski ah, ty

[04:18:36] ski hm .. reminds me that someone said that those rice grains that they throw around, at weddings, that birds eat those, and then the grains swell in their stomaches, and the birds die

[04:18:43] ski i dunno if that's true, though

[04:20:05] ski wouldn't you love a romatic spider wedding ?

[04:20:30] ski with say bride veil spun from spider thread ?

[04:21:30] ski (two sisters, who loved spiders)

[04:23:46] ski i heard it suggested that the idea that Medusa (and her sisters, Stheno and Euryale) turned people to stone (also basilisks did that), had to with the freeze, fight, or flight instinct

[04:24:31] ski or if you hear the bell ringing, that's attached to the hand of the departed in the coffin

[04:24:56] ski ComputerTech : still at 3 ?

[04:25:12] ski sushi-chan : better to be cremated then, eh ?

[04:25:46] ski iirc, in Tibet, they've had aerial burial

[04:26:08] ski sushi-chan : well .. there's a computer game where something like that can happen

[04:26:32] ski hello FireWire

[04:28:19] ski sushi-chan : ah, right. the game was called "The Mortuary Assistant"

[04:28:35] ski not too bad of a horror game

[04:28:53] ski i'm fine, ty :b

[04:29:20] ski we're especially happy now that sushi's returned :)

[04:29:43] ski good night to ya, End3r. take care of your back

[04:30:11] ski ah, enbalming

[04:30:51] ski well .. don't you want to think about people will say about you, after you've passed, when they come visit your corpse ?

[04:31:43] ski apparently, they put the organs in separate jars, beside the body

[04:31:56] ski there's also mummies in the Andes

[04:32:31] ski (including child mummies, who most likely were drugged, and then left high up a mountain, bound, and left to dry in the wind)

[04:33:24] ski .. also there's the thing with Japanese buddhist monks, who let themselves be shut away, meditating while they withered away, with no food and water

[04:33:35] ski (maybe also in China, i dunno)

[04:33:57] ski they found one such monk, inside a statue, when they X-rayed it

[04:34:43] ski laughing about it is quite normal, sushi-chan :)

[04:35:04] ski yea, that's what i meant

[04:35:28] ski all the burial ceremonies .. they are for the living

[04:36:27] ski heya CrystalMath :)

[04:38:29] ski sushi-chan : it's partly to bind their communities together, to remember and celebrate their loved departed ones, to inspire people to take after their good deeds, &c.

[04:38:54] ski that's partly a recurring theme, for all sacrifices

[04:39:18] ski that's interesting, sushi-chan

[04:40:06] ski i'm sure there's a lot of such things, that westerners wouldn't think of ..

[04:40:23] ski .. and presumably, vice versa, at least some examples of such weird things we do, without thinking about it

[04:41:25] ski do they use spoons much, in Japan ?

[04:42:00] ski or do they soak up liquidy stuff with like bread or something else that's akin in that resepct ?

[04:42:11] ski what do they use for bibimbap ?

[04:42:19] ski ah, spoons, you said

[04:42:35] ski bamboo, usually ?

[04:43:08] ski reminds me of the whole cast iron pot thing

[04:43:32] ski oh, is it pine, in Japan ?

[04:43:48] ski maybe some harder wood

[04:43:57] ski aluminium ?

[04:44:19] ski mm

[04:44:35] ski water ? or food stains ?

[04:44:54] ski i'd have imagined that if it was hard wood, not much would stick

[04:46:07] ski apparently, in middle ages, if someone had lost a lot of blood (like accident, or soldier, or period), they could get recommended to stick an iron nail into an apple, over night. then next day, remove the nail, and eat the apple. then repeat each following day

[04:46:56] ski yupyup

[04:47:59] ski i dunno, like falling off a wall, or whatever, that involved an exterior larger wound ?

[04:49:21] ski there must have been accidents at construction sites, smithies, &c.

[04:49:46] ski well, they could get exhausted

[04:50:36] ski like during the cultural revolution in China, when they tried to scare away sparrows from eating grain, and the sparrows got exhausted and dropped dead. and then bugs and stuff multiplied, iirc

[04:51:03] ski there's some bird, which flies out from northern america, into the pacific ocean, for days, to get to some small islands

[04:52:09] ski apparently researchers first thought it shouldn't be possible for them to make that journey. but because of the formation they fly in, the ones before the lead bird can use upwind spirals being the wings of the bird in front, and so not need to exhaust themselves as much. and they take turns being the lead

[04:52:58] ski sushi-chan

[04:53:25] ski .. just some stuff sticks to my mind a bit, i guess .. if i find it interesting enough

[04:53:59] ski (conversely, if i don't find it interesting, i have a hard time learning it, even if i know it would be useful)

[04:54:26] ski i've never really been able to just cram facts

[04:54:52] ski most preferably, i want explanations. that makes it way easier to learn and remember

[04:55:08] ski but if i use some stuff enough, then eventually, it starts to stick

[04:56:03] ski (perhaps related to me having trouble visualizing anything at all)

[04:56:18] ski i don't think it's too uncommon, FireWire

[04:56:55] ski they used to have to learn to recite poems and stuff by heart, in school

[04:57:14] ski my mother is apparently quite good at memorizing stuff

[04:57:30] ski yea .. i think some people are able to do it better. but certainly not all

[04:58:02] ski we tend to assume that people have mostly similar-functioning minds .. but i think that's most likely false

[04:58:25] ski there could still be rather large groups of people, with large similarities, within each group .. but large differences between groups

[04:58:55] ski .. but we lack vocabulary to discuss such things .. we can't exactly look at someone else's mind and see how it works differently

[04:59:01] ski well, there's that, dramo

[05:00:02] ski a *lot* of what people say and think, are to a large extent mostly copied from other people

[05:00:10] ski (including for myself, of course)

[05:01:07] ski sushi-chan : or they resort to spreading rumours

[05:01:52] ski what's he doing ?

[05:02:50] ski why ?

[05:03:03] ski he got insecure, about her ?

[05:04:26] ski did some noise from the shower alert him to it ?

[05:04:51] ski .. some people get paranoid

[05:06:50] ski i've seen old mirrors with what looks like cracks in the reflective surface at the back

[05:06:56] ski while the glass is still intact

[05:07:23] ski .. i wonder what's the cause of that

[05:09:17] ski hm, is that like a TikTok challenge ?

[05:10:07] ski c0ded : i guess i'd try to deescalate. but perhaps, if he's being bone-headed enough, he needs a reality-check

[05:10:53] ski hm, what's the Bloody Marry challenge ?

[05:11:17] ski sushi-chan : oka .. well, i try to stay away from TikTok stuff

[05:11:55] ski you should never try to follow or please too many people at once

[05:13:15] ski never heard :)

[05:14:04] ski is that like Kuchisake-onna, or somesuch ?

[05:14:55] ski hm, there's apparently also some such rumor/legend, about hearing someone in the bathroom stalls, at night, asking for toilet paper, i think

[05:15:05] ski 口裂け女, "Slit-Mouthed Woman"

[05:16:13] ski a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō, of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, a machete, or a sword. She is most often described as having long, straight, black hair, pale skin, and otherwise being considered beautiful (except for her scar). She has been described as a

[05:16:19] ski contemporary yōkai.

[05:16:48] ski well, i don't recall exactly. either the spirit gets angry, if you don't hand them the paper. or angry if you do, or both

[05:17:26] ski apparently, Kuchisake-onna, at least in the story i heard, was a woman who got cheated on by her husband

[05:19:05] ski c0ded : well, i guess better than him being that stupid

[05:19:36] ski sushi-chan : pretend you didn't hear, and leave quickly ?

[05:19:51] ski well, the toilet paper thing was not related to Kuchisake-onna, fwiw

[05:20:15] ski i heard GabSmolders mention the toilet paper ghost thing, while she was playing some horror game

[05:20:44] ski (also heard about Kuchisake-onna, in another game she played. they had a version of Kuchisake-onna, in that game. it took place in Tokyo)

[05:21:02] ski she's a great fan of japanese horror (and horror in general). has lived in Japan

[05:21:53] ski she's quite relaxing to listen to, when she's playing games .. i've seen comments from people saying they're too scared to play the game, but with watching her, it's relaxing

[05:21:59] ski yea

[05:22:02] ski and interesting lore

[05:22:10] ski and building atmosphere

[05:22:51] ski yea

[05:23:07] ski well .. i dunno. maybe some people would claim that

[05:23:22] ski she doesn't go out of her way to try to make what you'd think of as ASMR content. she's just being herself

[05:24:03] ski have a nice meal :)

[05:24:09] ski and nice to see you again :D

[05:24:54] ski (you made our day)

[05:26:14] ski poor toni

[06:26:07] ski heya Kuro-chan :)

[06:27:03] ski hope you're fine

[06:27:39] ski well, better than not, i suppose :p

[06:29:10] ski np

[22:17:58] ski heya

[22:20:44] ski and you ?

[22:25:48] ski hehe :)

[22:26:02] ski (what's it supposed to do ?)

[22:32:57] ski can't spiders also make noise with their legs ?

[22:34:18] ski according to urban legend, some people who've bought a baby alligator have flushed it down, when it starts to get a bit too big to handle

[22:41:14] ski i guess that makes sense, sushi-chan

[22:41:36] ski (trying to help someone else with a question, right now, hence why i'm being a bit intermittent)

[22:44:12] ski iiuc, Tumblr is female-dominated. maybe Instagram too, to a lesser extent ?

[22:45:28] ski dumbgoy : heh (the pic) :p

[22:46:00] ski what is, Ahsoka ?

[22:49:16] ski sushi-chan : aren't there those very small vehicles, that younger people can drive. sometimes with just three wheels ?

[22:50:44] ski ComputerTech : no, in EU countries .. perhaps it's just in some

[22:53:19] ski sushi-chan : this isn't you, right "The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 (Japanese indie horror)" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uabM6qwC6YE> ?

[22:54:15] ski sushi-chan : yea, i know, just teasing a little :b

[22:55:36] ski they made what ?

[22:55:50] ski ah, yea

[22:57:03] ski sushi-chan : or imagine relatives installing a livecam inside the coffin

[22:57:37] ski after a while in the coffin, you might look like Eddie ?

[22:58:08] ski moment

[22:58:23] ski yes

[23:00:12] ski if someone hits you with like a blade, it'll just pass through the dust

[23:02:40] ski probably, sushi-chan

[23:02:46] ski although might taste bad

[23:03:32] ski https://cdn.wallpaperjam.com/static/images/m/21/41/2141b671a027e1db10d0a3b314cec5c5d25abe13.jpg

[23:05:13] ski Elizabeth Bathory bathed in blood

[23:06:05] ski nini, Miggy-Kun

[23:06:37] ski sushi-chan : probably cause of brain damage ?

[23:07:07] ski higher cognitive faculties might deterioate before the lower, more animalistic, ones

[23:08:05] ski Ahsoka : what, ComputerTech's face is a joke to you ?

[23:08:32] ski sushi-chan : perhaps they require a more sophisticated, "fine-grained" network of connections

[23:09:27] ski sushi-chan : i mean, more "brute-force" brain connections might survive longer, due to not being as fine-grained

[23:10:52] ski sushi-chan : imagine like a cap, or gloves, or a sweater, made from coarse thick wool threads, contra one made from thin slender silk thread

[23:12:05] ski if you put a sharp knife against a silk linen, it might easily break, slice. but with a thick woolen thing, it'll probably hold at least somewhat better

[23:12:23] ski e.g., c0ded :)

[23:12:34] ski sponges are animals

[23:13:14] ski fake grass isn't really comfortable to walk on

[23:13:44] ski c0ded : well .. how about bavarian white ?

[23:14:02] ski what's it about ?

[23:14:20] ski in a vat ?

[23:15:02] ski there used to be a big old jar, at the natural science museum here, with a dead baby with two heads in it

[23:15:26] ski immersed in formaldehyde, iirc

[23:16:21] ski CT's extended family travelled around ?

[23:16:32] ski yea

[23:16:37] ski i recall seeing it, as a kid

[23:17:02] ski not sure if it still exists, somewhere in the museum collections

[23:17:53] ski hm, there's a japanese yokai, that's basically just a huge head. said to sometimes fall/jump down from high up the trees in a forest, possibly crushing you, if you're not careful

[23:18:58] ski .. there's also a popular (but quite controversial) song here, about a siamese twin pair, one of whom has cerebral palsy

[23:19:47] ski "18 arms, eleven legs, 17 kg scrotum marble stones"

[23:22:05] ski sushi's not really interested in any of that, apart from joking around

[23:22:40] ski c0ded : "ha ha, only serious" jokes are quite fun

[23:23:50] ski ranch ?

[23:24:08] ski carrot waffles

[23:24:14] ski carrot sorbet

[23:26:17] ski egg, to keep it sticking together

[23:26:41] ski eating beetroot, your pee will become reddish

[23:27:08] ski play pool in the water pool

[23:27:57] ski .. now i'm wondering if there's anything that makes it green

[23:28:17] ski eating weed cakes ?

[23:28:26] ski have a nice meal, ComputerTech

[23:29:14] ski sushi-chan : i could imagine some vampires to be picky, and, say, only go for blood type B

[23:29:45] ski c0ded : baby shit can be green, i think

[23:30:12] ski i think i have a metal necklace thing, with blood type information, somewhere

[23:31:02] ski "Hi doctor, i'm only here because i wonder what my blood type is, and wondering which type vampires prefer."

[23:33:11] ski g'night, sushi-chan, pleasant dreams :)

[23:34:10] ski a lot of them makes no sense

[23:34:38] ski i think some countries choose a different timezone, just to spite their neighbour country

[23:35:12] ski (also because some leaders feel like lording over people's time)

[23:36:41] ski time and calendars are horribly complicated

[23:37:19] ski like there's calendars where sometimes you skip a date, going say directly from the 14th to the 16th .. or repeating the same date number twice in a row

[23:37:34] ski (that has to do with the varying distance of the moon to earth)

[23:40:36] ski which is 00:40

[23:41:56] ski my brother has a wrist watch which is set to true sun time (so it's 12:00 when the sun is at its highest)

[23:42:22] ski well .. he's quite into calendars

[23:43:01] ski he's been corresponding with researchers who in one way or another get to interact with calendars. and he's suggested a classification scheme, for calendars

[23:43:44] ski (and a four-letter code scheme, to name specific calendars, as well)

[23:44:27] ski .. calendars aren't exactly what i'm most interested in. but it's fun to discuss it with him, once in a while, and some of that rubs off on me, i guess

[23:45:23] ski superkuh : ham radio ?

[23:46:03] ski listen to the solar wind ?

[23:46:51] ski that's interesting

[23:47:57] ski that would make the activity greater

[23:48:57] ski close to five and a half year, between high and low ?

[23:50:02] ski i thought the sun switched poles every eleven years, roughly

[23:52:02] ski (and the activity being greatest, inbetween it having a stable polar orientation)

[23:52:44] ski wouldn't that make it roughly 5.5 years from high activity to low activity, and then 5.5. from low to high, again ?

[23:52:47] ski maybe i'm confused

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