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The article doesn't mention it but the term poopsock comes from supposed incidents where people couldn't stop playing to the point they literally pooped in a sock that was at their disposable. Now honestly, it sounds a little too insane to be true.
While I've never played a MMO game, it's hard to imagine getting so addicted that one would do something like that. |
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It always annoys me that Wikipedia will put up stuff like this without a second thought but when people put up pop culture references they flag it as "not meeting notability standards".
If they're going to promote public contributions of knowledge they should do it like the U.S. Government awards copyrights, namely, without making a judgment call on what constitutes "valuable knowledge" and what does not. |
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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
It always annoys me that Wikipedia will put up stuff like this without a second thought but when people put up pop culture references they flag it as "not meeting notability standards". If they're going to promote public contributions of knowledge they should do it like the U.S. Government awards copyrights, namely, without making a judgment call on what constitutes "valuable knowledge" and what does not. Are you familiar with wikitruth? http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Main_Page |
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Herding cats (phrase)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The phrase herding cats comes from the common saying that something involving coordination of many different groups or people is as difficult as herding cats. One of the commonly encountered uses of the term in technical fields is the phrase "Managing programmers is like herding cats" or "Managing engineers is like herding cats". In education it would be "Managing students is like herding cats". It refers to the individualism common in the stereotypical examples of programmers and domesticated cats. A similar phrase, allegedly of Irish origins, is "Minding mice at a crossroads". At ACS, it would be like for the Mods saying, "Keeping Lancer in line is like herding cats". |
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Originally posted by Kuken
Wiki ![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale What did Wikipedia teach you today? Ye gods... After a vicious life-and-death struggle with a Type 2 this morning, I am starting to think I really hurt myself. The worst part was when I turned around to admire the beast that I'd slain, it was nowhere to be seen! |
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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Ye gods... After a vicious life-and-death struggle with a Type 2 this morning, I am starting to think I really hurt myself. The worst part was when I turned around to admire the beast that I'd slain, it was nowhere to be seen! Apparently you didn't actually manage to kill it if it was able to hide on you. I think you should sleep with one eye open tonight. ![]() |
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