Hijack this topic: What's your favorite color?

[Adabiviak]

I'd like to propose a metric that just occurred to me early this morning halfway through an entire watermelon. As online forums age, they pick up contaminations in the form of random topics unrelated to the forum theme, caused by the inevitable accumulation of members not genuinely interested in discussing things as much as arguing for the sake of argument, much the way mercury will accumulate in one's liver by eating contaminated food, causing increasingly malignant nervous disorders. These contaminations cause what might have otherwise been normal, healthy topics to fester and die. Over time, the average time it takes for any given post to deviate into an unrelated argument/flame war will begin to shrink, and this time can be described, coincidentally, as a half-life. The half-life of the forum is the time it takes for the average topic length in post counts before flame-out to halve. For example, when the forum first opened, let's say the average post count for any given topic was 70 posts before the topic 'ended' because of lack of interest, hijacking, or flame out. A year later this same average is 35 posts, making the half-life in this example one year. There will naturally be deviations to this - new episodic releases will rejuvenate the average discussion length and germaneness to the forum theme for example, but in the stretches of time between these infusions of Valve goodness, a forum decays. Given simple nuclear decay, the parent element changes to a completely different daughter element as it decays; given simple forum decay, the parent forum changes into a completely different daughter forum as it decays. If you can't tell by only reading a random sample of the last 100 posts at the time of your first visit what the forum theme is(no forum titles, table of contents, etc.), has the parent forum decayed entirely into it's daughter forum? Would you join that forum? How good would a watermelon have to be in order for you to eat the entire thing at one setting? :burp:

 

[Cormeh]

Get a return key for Xmas.

 

[Acepilotf14]

My favorite color is yellow. Bannanas are yellow.


OMG have u seen that video my hands are bannanas?

 

[Deleted member 56031]

*doesn't read the first post as its too big*

blue.

 

[lePobz]

Depends on the context, but I love yellow and black together - the wasp effect.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Wasps hurt. has anyone been stung? I havn't.

 

[the show 1347]

blue or black.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Purple is the most evil color EVER...
Barney is purple.

 

[bam23]

Wasn't Barney that dinosaur that got caught with crack in the trunk?

 

[Pulse]

This topic is now about sandwiches.

What's your favourite sandwich HL2.net? I personally love sweet chilli chicken in a toasted bun, or failing that some good ole' coronation chicken in a poppy bloomer.

 

[Beerdude26]

TLDR (first post)

I like green, matte black and SHINY BLACK :O

Tuna sandwich > Everything, including tuna

Why don't we just stack up our answers?

 

[-Psy-]

The colour of pie is the winner.

 

[Smoke]

I read the first post in full, it raises a good question. Don`t ****ing spam it.

 

[Evo]

The colour of this thread is Salmowned :| :O :E :| D:


Note - good points :O

 

[Jintor]

Remember the name!

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Tuna sandwich > Everything, including tuna

QFT!

 

[jondy]

PASTRAMI + ???? is WINNAR

 

[15357]

I like black. But not just black, polished-leather black.



...


*tries to continue but fails*

 

[Sam]

This topic is now about your favourite numbers.

Mine is 15357.

 

[Pulse]

HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MEN'S WAREHOUSE. ONE DAY, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I WAS HOLDING A MEETING WITH MY COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF DEDICATION, AND QUALITY IN THE SALE OF OUTRAGEOUSLY DAPPER SUITS, WHEN I NOTICED ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WAS, IN FACT, A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL BLOND FEMALE, HER BEAUTY MATCHED ONLY BY HER PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND ABSOLUTELY ELEGANT SUIT. THIS COMBINATION OF STIMULI GAVE MY MONOLITHIC CROTCH CANNON NO CHOICE BUT TO AUGMENT AND OBLITERATE MY PANTS. WITHIN MOMENTS MY MY MEMBER HAD DESOLATED THE BOARD ROOM, THE TABLE HAVING BEEN SMASHED UNDER THE SHEER GIRTH OF MY PELVIC PULVERISER, AND THE WOMAN IN QUESTION WAS IMPALED ON ITS GARGANTUAN TIP, HAVING THROWN HERSELF IN ITS APOCALYPTIC PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN AN EFFORT NOT ONLY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HER COLLEAGUES, BUT TO EXPERIENCE FIRST-HAND THE QUASI-RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE THAT IS ZIMMER. AS MY TROUSER TRUNCHEON EXPANDED, DEMOLISHING WALLS AND DISPATCHING THE INTERNS WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE WITH THEIR LIVES RATHER THAN THROW THEMSELVES AT THE MERCY OF MY THROBBING FLESH MISSILE.

MOMENTS LATER MY PHALLUS HAD KNOCKED OUT MANY OF THE BUILDING'S SUPPORT BEAMS AND THE FLOORS OVERHEAD CRASHED DOWN, THE FORCE OF THEIR MOMENTUM CAUSING THE ENTIRE BUILDING ITSELF TO COLLAPSE IN A NIGHTMARISH MANNER NOT UNLIKE A FAMOUS DISASTER FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. RISING FROM THE RUBBLE, WITH THE STUNNING BOARD MEMBER STILL ON THE TIP OF MY GOD-SCHLONG CRYING ALOUD FOR MERCY, HER SUIT AS WELL AS MINE UTTERLY RUINED BY THE AFFAIR, AS WELL AS A DOZEN OTHERS STILL CLINGING TO THE SHAFT. i LET OUT A THUNDERING ROAR AND LET SPEW FORTH MY SEED WITH SUCH AWE-INSPIRING FORCE THAT THE LOAD SHATTERED THE SOUND BARRIER, VAPORIZING MY LUSTY ASSOCIATE, CRUSHING EVERYONE IN SIGHT AND SHATTERING EVERY WINDOW IN A 5-MILE RADIUS. IN THE AFTERMATH, STANDING NAKED AND COVERED IN CEMENT DUST, AND SMILING CONTENTLY AT THE DEMOLISHED, SEMEN-COVERED RUINS BEFORE ME, I SPOTTED A SMALL DOG, STUMBLING IN THE DEBRIS, ITS EARS BLEEDING AND GASPING FOR BREATH IN THE HUMID MUSK. I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. WITH A LOUD THUD MY ELEPHANTINE MAN-HAMMER HAD CRUSHED THE ANIMAL LIKE A THICK, MEATY FLYSWATTER. I GUARANTEE IT.

 

[Cole]

UR
BUTTHOLE
IS
TIGHT​

 

[Pulse]

 

[mindless_moder]

I think you severely miscalculated the halflife. Either that or our forum decay does not follow the traditional pattern of nuclear decay, in any case your experiment was a success . nobody read the first post.

 

[Dr. Breen]

I can't really say I have only one favorite color although I guess I have more of a liking for the blue side of the spectrum. I also like white, it does a good job of "color insulation," not to mention the fact that it looks, for lack of a better word, "clean."

If I was a girl, I'd probably like violet/purple.

Of course, certain colors could "represent" certain moods so a person could be attracted to that color moreso than another depending on how they feel. It all comes down to frequency, really.

 

[JNightshade]

Hmm... I'm way too high to understand the first post, but I <3 you anyway Adabiviak

 

[Pulse]

yeah man im so fuking drunbk and high rite now lmfao dooooooooooood i lovew you guys man

brb smoking rox

 

[Evo]

How many people read the first post :hmph:

 

[Adabiviak]

I think you severely miscalculated the halflife. Either that or our forum decay does not follow the traditional pattern of nuclear decay, in any case your experiment was a success . nobody read the first post.

I just used those numbers for easy math - I have no idea if they're accurate of if this model works for forums, but the metaphor seemed interesting at 4:00am.

 

[Geogaddi]

yeah man im so fuking drunbk and high rite now lmfao dooooooooooood i lovew you guys man

brb smoking rox

oohgh man aa am sseeeiooooooo drunk ritte now you woifs belvies ity

abrvark were ssall WHTAT YORU COLRO BURT FROM DECAY IS S 99 YSERS ernd the from weere BUT LESBIAN... .

 

[Dalamari]

But Lesbian!!!!!

 

[Asus]

How many people read the first post :hmph:

I did, although my eyes hurt now.
At least it wasn't one long run-on sentence.

The title does say "Hijack this topic"...
I don't like tuna much.

 

[Pulse]

 

[xX NoTe 2 SeLf]

HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MEN'S WAREHOUSE. ONE DAY, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I WAS HOLDING A MEETING WITH MY COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF DEDICATION, AND QUALITY IN THE SALE OF OUTRAGEOUSLY DAPPER SUITS, WHEN I NOTICED ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WAS, IN FACT, A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL BLOND FEMALE, HER BEAUTY MATCHED ONLY BY HER PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND ABSOLUTELY ELEGANT SUIT. THIS COMBINATION OF STIMULI GAVE MY MONOLITHIC CROTCH CANNON NO CHOICE BUT TO AUGMENT AND OBLITERATE MY PANTS. WITHIN MOMENTS MY MY MEMBER HAD DESOLATED THE BOARD ROOM, THE TABLE HAVING BEEN SMASHED UNDER THE SHEER GIRTH OF MY PELVIC PULVERISER, AND THE WOMAN IN QUESTION WAS IMPALED ON ITS GARGANTUAN TIP, HAVING THROWN HERSELF IN ITS APOCALYPTIC PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN AN EFFORT NOT ONLY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HER COLLEAGUES, BUT TO EXPERIENCE FIRST-HAND THE QUASI-RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE THAT IS ZIMMER. AS MY TROUSER TRUNCHEON EXPANDED, DEMOLISHING WALLS AND DISPATCHING THE INTERNS WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE WITH THEIR LIVES RATHER THAN THROW THEMSELVES AT THE MERCY OF MY THROBBING FLESH MISSILE.

MOMENTS LATER MY PHALLUS HAD KNOCKED OUT MANY OF THE BUILDING'S SUPPORT BEAMS AND THE FLOORS OVERHEAD CRASHED DOWN, THE FORCE OF THEIR MOMENTUM CAUSING THE ENTIRE BUILDING ITSELF TO COLLAPSE IN A NIGHTMARISH MANNER NOT UNLIKE A FAMOUS DISASTER FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. RISING FROM THE RUBBLE, WITH THE STUNNING BOARD MEMBER STILL ON THE TIP OF MY GOD-SCHLONG CRYING ALOUD FOR MERCY, HER SUIT AS WELL AS MINE UTTERLY RUINED BY THE AFFAIR, AS WELL AS A DOZEN OTHERS STILL CLINGING TO THE SHAFT. i LET OUT A THUNDERING ROAR AND LET SPEW FORTH MY SEED WITH SUCH AWE-INSPIRING FORCE THAT THE LOAD SHATTERED THE SOUND BARRIER, VAPORIZING MY LUSTY ASSOCIATE, CRUSHING EVERYONE IN SIGHT AND SHATTERING EVERY WINDOW IN A 5-MILE RADIUS. IN THE AFTERMATH, STANDING NAKED AND COVERED IN CEMENT DUST, AND SMILING CONTENTLY AT THE DEMOLISHED, SEMEN-COVERED RUINS BEFORE ME, I SPOTTED A SMALL DOG, STUMBLING IN THE DEBRIS, ITS EARS BLEEDING AND GASPING FOR BREATH IN THE HUMID MUSK. I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. WITH A LOUD THUD MY ELEPHANTINE MAN-HAMMER HAD CRUSHED THE ANIMAL LIKE A THICK, MEATY FLYSWATTER. I GUARANTEE IT.

i had doubts about reading this but it was well worth it

 

[Ennui]

...tasty copypasta.

OP is high.

 

[Darkside55]

I'd like to propose a metric that just occurred to me early this morning halfway through an entire watermelon. As online forums age, they pick up contaminations in the form of random topics unrelated to the forum theme, caused by the inevitable accumulation of members not genuinely interested in discussing things as much as arguing for the sake of argument, much the way mercury will accumulate in one's liver by eating contaminated food, causing increasingly malignant nervous disorders. These contaminations cause what might have otherwise been normal, healthy topics to fester and die. Over time, the average time it takes for any given post to deviate into an unrelated argument/flame war will begin to shrink, and this time can be described, coincidentally, as a half-life. The half-life of the forum is the time it takes for the average topic length in post counts before flame-out to halve. For example, when the forum first opened, let's say the average post count for any given topic was 70 posts before the topic 'ended' because of lack of interest, hijacking, or flame out. A year later this same average is 35 posts, making the half-life in this example one year. There will naturally be deviations to this - new episodic releases will rejuvenate the average discussion length and germaneness to the forum theme for example, but in the stretches of time between these infusions of Valve goodness, a forum decays. Given simple nuclear decay, the parent element changes to a completely different daughter element as it decays; given simple forum decay, the parent forum changes into a completely different daughter forum as it decays. If you can't tell by only reading a random sample of the last 100 posts at the time of your first visit what the forum theme is(no forum titles, table of contents, etc.), has the parent forum decayed entirely into it's daughter forum? Would you join that forum? How good would a watermelon have to be in order for you to eat the entire thing at one setting? :burp:

I like purple.

 

[Smoke]

How many people read the first post :hmph:

*raises hand

 

[Seagull]

But Lesbian!!!!!

Your !'s are a little bit stupid.

*




*stolen from Sourceforts forums

 

[Smoke]

Genius.

 

[xX NoTe 2 SeLf]

sourceforts is teh pwn

couldnt expect any less brilliance from their forums

 

[Bad^Hat]

My favourite colour is adopted.