Slightly controversial title, but this is what I found myself wondering today.

Background: we're first time parents of a 2.5 months old. We're both from southern European cultures but we live in the UK (this is relevant), and far away from our families of origin.

When I learned I was pregnant, I figured I should learn something about baby sleep so I read 'the baby whisperer' upon a friend's recommendation. I then also took the TCB newborn course which basically repeats the same ideas, which sounded like they made a lot of sense! And most importantly not being near my mom, I had no idea of what the alternative is.

We are implementing TCB, and our baby (admittedly a fairly 'easy', pun not intended, sweet-tempered baby) is doing pretty well so far: sleeps 6-7 hours at night in her crib, short naps but she is able to fall asleep independently/with minimal intervention, etc..

this whole concept of routine, and more broadly of sleep training, is completely foreign outside the Anglo-Saxon wolrd as far as I know, and surely in our home countries. I am bracing myself for our first trip back home in a few weeks where my mom will likely be horrified at the elaborate easy routine we have in place and the mention of 'wake windows'. But it had never occurred to me (until yesterday I asked my mom) how is it that in these other cultures they get babies to sleep -- they nurse to sleep! The routine is wake up, play, feed and then sleep.. which is so much easier! No watching wake windows, probably no need to swaddle/give paci etc.. (or at least more limited), and obsess over the length of naps! Nursing to sleep seems to be the 'biologically natural' way for babies to go to sleep.

So why do we sleep Train/implement routines etc..? Rationally I know it's to 1) teach independent sleep skills and 2) ultimately speed up the process of getting to sleeping through the night, i.e. make parent s life easier. But we are basically going against biology to do this, right? And, most importantly, it doesn't seem like children/toddlers in the us sleep ultimately much better than in other countries where sleep training is unheard of. So why the heck go through all this elaborate process (resembling torture in the worst case)?

I know the horror stories of 'you don't want to have your 2 yo toddler wake up every 2 hours to nurse' but surely those are extreme cases? I keep telling myself TCB will pay off during the 4 month sleep regression (another concept that's unheard of back home bt

am I gunna review each of mr freezes puns from batman and robin? Apparently yes cause I can't keep these thoughts to myself
"The Iceman cometh" 10/10 broadway joke
"The condition has left me cold to your pleas of mercy" Brutal, perfectly describes his entire character, puns and cold
"In this universe, there is only one absolute... everything freezes" FUCKING HATE IT, ABSOLUTE ZERO IS WAY BETTER 0/10 unacceptable
"You're not sending me to the cooler" just like your wife lmfao
"What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE" no one tell him about the meteor
"Can you feel it coming? The icy cold of space, ahhh" Not a pun, not happy. Do appreciate the weird sigh
"After you're frozen, your icy tomb will plummet back to Gotham" again not a pun, but do respect the threat. Also a really noticeable audio splice in this one
"Please well"? not sure what was said here but didn't hear a pun
"Stay cool, bird boy" A classic doubled with a roast snap freeze, respect
"Can you be cold batman? You have 11 minutes to thaw the bird" If I remember the context, really deep line. Mr Freeze challenges batman to ignore his partner therefor being cold in order to stop his plan
"Freezy, I'm feeling hot"
"I find that unlikely" nice, stupid person bringing heat puns to Mr Freeze anyway
"What do you say we heat things up"
"My passion thaws for my bride alone" I do like the idea that he makes these puns with his wife when she wasn't an icecube
"Talk about your cold shoulder" I'm sorry, he makes the cold puns around here, you're supposed to be making hot puns to get a thermal equilibrium
"FROSTY!!" not sure if this is a pun or him swearing
"Unless the city bows to my demands, it's winter fever here in Gotham" no real thoughts, more a threat than a pun
"I hate when people talk during the movie" I'm sorry, whoever made this compilation does not understand the definition of a pun. THAT IS JUST A JOKE I CAME FOR PUNS
"Alright everyone... chill" could been stronger, but a classic used well
"Pheromone dust, designed to heat a mans blood. Doesn't work on the cold hearted, now if you please" not good, delivery was off, but I'm sure there was a better alternative
"Cool party" It was indeed a cool party
"Commissioner, you have 11 minutes to thaw these people" THAT'S NOT A PUN, I CAME FOR PUNS, also batman says this, not freeze. Also where did this 11 minutes come from, I see no research to back this up, completely arbitrary
"It's a cold

I’m not sure if this story will fit here because it wasn’t malicious and I was the recipient of the compliance. But I thought it’d be funny to share.

Something you should know about me is that I LOVE my last name and have a ridiculous amount of pride in it. The fact that I was born female hurts my soul solely because I can’t carry on that name normally like men can. THAT’S how much I love my last name. The reason I love it so much is because I’m an artist following in the footsteps of my father and my Granny and the name relates a lot to that. It’s also the type of name that would normally be the target of many MANY easy puns and nicknames, but for some reason was never used in that way towards me.

Then college came and things changed rather quickly. I met a group of friends, two of them basically being a real life Jim and Pam, except Pam in this case was just as laid back as Jim was. Jim, however, is the star of this story and the one who unleashed compliance onto me.

When we met in freshman year and I introduced myself to him, I eagerly gushed about my last name and for some reason talked about how “weird it was that NO ONE ever used it against me.”

Oh you silly little fool. You opened Pandora’s Box.

What I failed to know was that Jim was (and still is) a very funny guy. He loves dry humor, messing with people, and puns. Oh BOY the puns. Jim always knew how to cleverly throw in a pun without wearing out its welcome and I would learn this very quickly.

Due to privacy reasons, I can’t really say what levels of puns he used but it would basically be like “oh I see you’re trying to get aHEAD of the class (not my last name).” Puns like that. My name could be used in a lot of different sayings either in the form of a verb or noun, so there was a lot you could do with it. He kept this up for YEARS and each time he did, I’d groan, while secretly laughing and praying the man would continue. He took great pleasure in doing it, with a completely straight face. Meanwhile Pam would have the most innocent Cheshire smile you could ever see.

Then Jim and Pam got married. I gifted them a couple things, went to their wedding, cried like the woman I am, and got a thank you letter about a month later.

Letters like these make me happy to be a giving person.

They thanked me for the gifts, throwing in as many puns as possible to personalize my letter perfectly. Each time a pun was made, it was written in capital letters and underlined twice for emphas

Hey guys :) - considering there's no IR sensor (that I know of!) in the new Mindstorm set - anyone found a solution to play 2v2 soccer with those sets ?

- color sensor + using the red ball? - not ideal vs IR ball and IR sensors

- third party compatible sensors ? (if so I'm a bit a loss finding something compatible with the new set . best sensor I've found seems compatible with NXT only)

Goal (easy pun) is to play soccer with my three kids, each of us would build is own autonomous robot. I will use the "old" EV3 while my three kids would be on the new set

Any/ all insight welcome - many thanks

TL:DR at the bottom. I don't know who needs to hear this. But I just got myself off and feel like I need to make the post I've been putting off for so long.

For 21 years I was convinced I was anorgasmic, meaning I couldn't orgasm. And i had been very sexual since the age of 11-12. I tried to rub my clit, even used a bullet vibrator, but it didnt feel good, penetration was fine but not orgasmic. Slept with men who claimed they have made every woman cum and then end up feeling worthless and guilty for being the first one they didnt. I soon accepted I will never experience this miraculous orgasm.

But I got interested in toys. I got myself a bullet vibe and a rabbit. The bullet was eh, it didnt feel amazeballs. But the rabbit tho.. It didnt feel amazing at first also, but around 20 minutes into using it, I could feel something happening. I got my very first orgasm. I was thrilled! I spent a few months using it daily. But after it broke, I had to resort to other things. I still had my vibe but I didnt believe it would work. Still, I gave it a shot. It took some time to get used to it, to figure out what motion feels nice. Yes, it was vibrating but you still need to give it some extra motion. Eventually I got an orgasm with my vibe and the more i used it, the easier it got. I started wondering if I could still give my fingers another shot and again, with some learning progress, i managed to finally get myself off by using fingers.

My point is, learning how to orgasm comes easy (pun unintended) for some women, for some, it takes much more time but in the end, we all have to LEARN it. Operating a clit is very complicated and detailed. Maybe you like it directly on the clit, maybe right above it, maybe sligthly to the left or even around it. The exact pressure and motion also matters. For me, its above the clit, in strong rotational motion. If you cannot orgasm, don't rely on men to figure it out, experiment yourself first and dont give up. I promise, it will happen. And while it doesnt, its fine, you are not broken.

I wanted to write this out because I knew I would have needed someone to tell me this a year ago.

TL:DR if you cannot orgasm now, unless its medically proven, you really just need to put some time and effort into learning your body, and I promise, it will Eventually happen

Edit: rephrased a badly expressed sentence

The next day

(O 10 tower, Living room. Diamond head sits on the couch with his legs up on the destroyed coffee table, tossing a shard up and down. Wildmutt stares down out of the window at Xlr8 as he constantly circles the building. Ghostfreak is eating a bag of chips in the corner. Silence, and no one dares to break it. Heatblast walks into the pool room. He takes off his trenchcoat and sets it down beside the pool. He then steps down into the water and sinks to the bottom of the pool. He crosses his legs as he sits on the floor of the pool and begins to meditate. Stinkfly walks out of his room at the same time Four arms does. They lock eyes for a brief moment before Stinkfly slowly backs up back into his room. Four arms ignores what just happened and walks into the living room. He's wearing a tank top and black lounge pants. He then goes into the kitchen and opens the refrigerator. Stinkfly then walks out of his room and lays down on the other side of the couch. Diamond head decides to break the silence)

Diamond head: We can't sit here and say nothing forever

Four arms: Been working so far

Ghostfreak: Has it? We've accomplished jack diddley shit since last night. Di Is right, we need to talk about this

(Ghostfreak looks at Wildmutt. Wildmutt nods in agreement. Four arms grabs a beer and slams the fridge)

Four arms: Fine

Diamond head: Let's start with where it went...

Four arms: Why'd you let him go in alone

(Diamond head stops tossing the shard)

Wildmutt: (under his breath) Shit

(Diamond head stands up and looks at Four arms)

Diamond head: Excuse me motherfucker? Don't you dare put this on me

Four arms: Why didn't you wait for us?

Diamond head: Oh, wait for my backup that's scattered around omni world

Four arms: All you had to do was get us

Diamond head: I wouldn't need to get you if you never left in the firstplace. But no, Xlr8 had to go get some money, Ghostfreak was getting it on with Chill, Stinkfly was fearing for his damn life, all besides you were pissed that you can't keep your slut of a daughter, and you were drinking your feelings away, because of said slut

(Four arms crushes the beer in his hand)

Ghostfreak: You didn't even drink out of that you wasteful fuck

Four arms: Don't you talk about my daughter like that, (points at Stinkfly) it was that little shit. He knew what he was doing

Diamond head: You're blinded by your love for your kid. Your telling me that from the shit she did before, you're n

I wanted to breakdown a chunk to understand a bit more about comedy. I chose the best known chunk from my favorite comedian, Gary Gulman.

• (1) to (3) is how loud the audience laugh
• punches are in bold
• tags are [tag]
• notes are in italics

Gary Gulman - Abbreviating the States

So the preface is this. It's a movie about the men and one woman who abbreviated all 50 states down to two letters.

premise

If you're too young or you don't remember (1), there was a time in this country where every state has its own abbreviations. It was chaos.

emphasis on chaos. Still in the premise.

Massachusets was Mass., New York was NY but like Utah was UTA (2). [tag] They just dropped the H (1).

end of the premise

But then in like 1973, the post office said "No, this can't be anymore. We need uniformity. Every state must have a two capital letter abbreviation". So they brought together a crack squad of abbreviators (2). [tag] They assembled a rag tag outfit of rogues, misfits and ne'er do wells (2)

small things big

How often do well? Ne'er (3). Er? Ho no ne'er (2). [tag] They ne'er did well (2).

making fun of the contraction never = ne'er.

And these brave men and one woman were charged to abbreviate all fifty states down to two letters. Now I read the description and I thought to myself "how they make a 90 minutes documentary (2) about a task that couldn't have taken more than 6 minutes to complete (2)". Boy was I wrong (1). [tag] It was an adventure every bit as compelling as Helvetica (1) [callback to a previous bit]. A tour de force. Ups and downs, ins and outs, friends became enemies, enemies becamse friends (1)

enumeration

They started off they thought it was going to be easy. hooo no. (1)

emphasis by whispering the "ho no"

So what's the first one? Albama. AL. Ho my god this is easy (1).We're gonna be finished before they stop serving breakfast in the hotel restaurant (1). Which was 9:30. It's too early (2). [tag] And the boss said "guys, if we finish before they stop serving breakfast... breakfast is on me" (1).

And one of the guy said "haaa, I hope they have an omelette station" (1). Just for context, the omelette station has just been invented and understandibly, it was sweeping the nation (2). This guy was thrilled, he's like "ho I hope there's an omelette station" and this other guy said "you know what? I'm not comfortable with the omelette station. I just feel like the omelette che

I loved the first five seasons of Veep. Loved. The Office-level of rewatchability. I’m only just getting round to the final season because...

I don’t wanna sound pretentious here but season six, after creator/show runner Iannucci left... the show lost its soul. What used to be smart, sharp, machine gun-delivered quips became Big Bang Theory’ized to the lowest common denominator, the humor sectioned and amplified and pitched to land on a “cheap/easy puns” sorta level – along with, of course, endless forced insults because that’s all the show is in sound bites from, like, the trailers for it – and YouTube compilations.

(Just did a YouTube search for “Veep” for an example and the first result and most viewed is a 4:22 “A Collection of Veep Insults (Vol. 1)”. Yes, in title case.)

JLD is perfection throughout ofc but surely even she would agree that the past seasons’ finesse and subtly was gone, epitomized by what was unspoken nods to Selina’s time in a mental health institution becoming explicit references that were labored loudly and repeatedly without the soft/clever handling it used to achieve.

I am sad that Iannucci didn’t stick with it ‘til the end. It still has the idea of a spark buried deep, but it’s just an entity walking around in the corpse of the show that came before it.

We're in a bit of a dry spell in Pokemon Sword & Shield promotion, and everyone is clamouring for more information on the Galar starter Pokemon -- whether it's to determine their competitive viability and/or simply to decide which one to pick. Let's take a look:

>note: The stats below are obtained from Pokemon fan group Helix Chamber, who in turn calculated the stats on footage from demos of Pokemon Sword & Shield.
>
>It is interesting to note that the base stat totals for the Galar starters are ~330. For reference, this is 10 points higher than that of a starter Pokemon from Pokemon Sun & Moon (320) and also higher than the average base stat total of starter Pokemon before Sun & Moon (~308-309).
>
>Of course, given that the numbers are based on demo footage, they could be subject to change. Additionally, the stats are calculated under the presumption that the Pokemon have no EVs invested in them, which could be false.

Grookey

Grookey; Ability: Overgrow

HP: 74
Attack: 58
Defense: 59 
Sp. Atk: 33 
Sp. Def: 49 
Speed: 58

Known moves:

Scratch
Razor Leaf 
Growl 
Taunt 
Wood Hammer 
Branch Poke 
Slam 
Uproar 
Knock Off

At first glance, Grookey's stats position it as an all-rounder. But a closer look shows that it leans more towards its defenses and physical attack, pointing to it becoming a bulky physical -- or possibly mixed, due to the special nature of sound-based moves in conjunction with Grookey's musical theme -- attacker.

Access to moves such as Taunt and Knock Off also open up the possibility of Grookey becoming an offensive taunt user (although it may end up too slow to capitalise on this) or a Utility Attacker/Pokemon.

Grookey's evolution speculation

The Affleck leak mentions that "Grookey will end up as a giant gorilla that beats a wood drum to attack" which doesn't actually offer a lot of information in terms of its stat spread or potential typing. However, Grookey's affinity for bulk brings to mind similarly bulky Grass-type starters Chesnaught and Torterra, both of which also happen to learn and make use of Wood Hammer in their (competitive) movesets.

Grass/Rock:

>2x Resistant to: Normal, Electric
2x Weak to: Fighting, Bug, Steel, Ice
>
>Grass/Rock is a popular

1. WAOTergate The team name says it all here. Incredibly high IQ team name = incredibly high IQ players no matter who they are. Expect 0 losses here.

2. Sphere Itself Fine team name, lots of talent. Expect to get fastballed by these guys and to have to call Immediate Care because your ankles got dicked too much. Might dino s4 Lion Ping alum - fantastic.

3. Returns of the Jedi Ty and CB13 aren't bad.

4. 877-CAPS-NOW Kaleb/cook/SeasonOner on this team. Talent pretty well spread out on this team just like how fender might wanna spread nutella out on my buttcheeks.

5. Sex Gang At the risk of too much gang banging I think they will be able to stop plowing enough to play their games. Alch, suchit, I see them doing well.

6. The Tagtime Theatre Headass name (rip gasol) but refined is big in the brain. Tried convincing him to accept a trade to get him on OTPH, but good for him no trade happened there. Very solid team, bunch of cool balls.

7. Cosmic Cowboys Despite their team name, they have quite a bit of talent. Will meg show up? Will meg get stuck at an airport? Lots of intelligence on this team and it's neutral flag, I see them being capable of doing well.

8. Tila Tequila's Juke Squad Very upset the team name is not Tila Taguila's Juke Squad, easy pun. Hi boogie. JoeHobo going that late is surprising, he should push to make the A.

9. The Neutralizers Bad name, expect more out of drag. Homie's cool and good. Kutre seems like he slips in almost every tourney I see him in?

10. Spike Do not pronounce this any other way than straight up 'spike'. No accents, squigglies, anything. Some solid players, I dno, prove me wrong.

Thank god a nice easy pun. Sadly, this guide was taken down due to self-promotion, which is a shame, I do find it hard not to go on about how much of a legend I am. But rules are rules, so I've edited the guide to be more in line with my usual self-hatred. Enjoy!

And with that let's move onto the guide.

Boss: Aggressive Turtle

For those of you who remember, we recently had a LC with a turtle based boss. I mentioned how during the Ace event, his turtle boss was the biggest pain because it was just a fight against a wall, well here we have another wall. However, this time this wall actually peaks out of it's shell to engage in combat, so you can't just use your big team of maxed DPS to melt the Boss, in fact now we need some supporting characters with plenty of heals to make this fight a breeze. Notably this fight is only 3 waves with a sub-boss Ancient Dragon on the first wave

Weaknesses: Ice

Strengths: None

Boss Abilities: (Scraped straight from dissidiadb, thanks to Rem aka u/phantasmage)

• Water: Water magic BRV attack; cancels Retreat (Watera from LV 31 / Waterga from LV 61)
• Raise Stone: Melee HP attack; cancels Retreat
• Geyser: Ranged BRV attack + HP attack
• Great Geyser: Group ranged BRV attack + HP attack after gaining BRV based on own INT BRV; grants SPD Up to self
• Retreat: Hides in shell, raising resistance to physical and magic damage
• Earthquake: Group Earth ranged BRV attack
• Laceration: Melee BRV attack; cancels Retreat; high turn rate
• Spontaneity: Magic BRV attack; high turn rate

Synergy Characters: Snow, Firion, Penelo

Snow: (Buffer)

Snow is officially arriving to the party now and I must say he is underwhelming. He will do well here in this event, but there are just better tanks. WOL will hold the crown for the most part and will fall behind in some specialized events events, but on average he will be worth more than Snow. That's not to say Snow is bad. For long fights Snow is good and can basically negate some bosses but in a game with a lot of chance and luck on pulls you are better off investing in a more relevant character

• Melee Attacker (DPS)
• HP Attacker (DPS)
• Tank (Buffer)
• Self-buffer (Buffer)
• Self-Healer (Buffer)

Firion: (DPS/Buffer)

I now have a good bit of experience with Firion and I must say I love him, both in FF2 and here in DFFOO. He just does it all, self heals, self buffs, DPS, Battery, you name it. Firion i

I mean seriously, it's such an easy pun that porn people could easily take advantage of.

What house do you think Hagrid's cock and balls get sorted into? My money is on Slytherin, not just for the easy pun, but because it seems particularly ambitious and cunning. Imagine Hagrid plucking that hat off the shelf in Dumbledors office, Dumbly's eyes twinkle wistfully - behind the knowing gaze a hint of saddness for he had once been a Maverick too and sorted his genitals into the Hogwarts houses but had gotten Hufflepuff. A loyal comrade, beaten and abused by a century of magical experimenting, the likes of which Madam Pomfrey had never seen before - even in a castle powered by teenage hormones. Ah yes... it was time to pass the baton over to gentle Hagrid, who he knew would treat that slut hat well...

A little upset the developers missed out on such an easy pun

We're back.

Tomb of the Boom is resting in piece.

She's Alive is no longer alive.

Easy puns this time around.

VOTE: SPEAKERBOXXX

VOTE: THE LOVE BELOW

SONGS IN:

Speakerboxxx

• GhettoMusick

• Unhappy

• Bowtie

• The Way You Move

• Rooster

• Bust

• War

• Church

• Knowing

• Flip-Flop Rock

• Reset

• Last Call

The Love Below

• Love Hater

• Happy Valentine's Day

• Spread

• Prototype

• She Lives in My Lap

• Hey Ya!

• Roses

• Behold a Lady

• Pink & Blue

• Love in War

• Dracula's Wedding

• My Favorite Things

• Take Off Your Cool

• Vibrate

• A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre (Incomplete)

SONGS OUT:

• LAST PLACE: Tomb of the Boom [37.5%, 6 votes]

• LAST PLACE: She's Alive [23.5%, 4 votes]

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Idt anyone did this yet so I'll take it upon myself

#16. Tears

Ever since someone dropped the "for Spheres" in this name it's been consistently one of the worst team names since Spjork and the Seven Jorks, and at least that team had SOMETHING to do with tagpro. At least ALL CAPS has a great and natural naming system to make up for its meh name. If it kept the "for Spheres" part, it'd be a top 8 team name for sure imo. Dope team logo doe

#15. TC Jukes

I'm not gonna lie, I don't know what the pun is and I tried looking for what the pun might be on Google but I gave up after 5 minutes. Might rank higher once someone slips me the pun.

#14. A Developmental Lad

This name is definitely something, but the attempt to make the initials into DLTP is admirable in terms of reach. Dods must have pretty long arms.

#13. Pequeños Pandas

I respect the alliteration and the initials of PP and even the logo but tf does this name even have to do with tagpro

#13. Ballout 4

And don't think just because you guys changed the team name that you're going to get a higher place on the list either foh with that name ball puns are the laziest puns in the game you guys should have just been Ball-Out Boy or something because that at least would make a sick logo where a red ball with a blue flag and a black emo haircut is getting the flag out imo you guys needa do the midseason change

#12. Whitecaps

I understand that whitecaps is some kind of coastal term and the logo is sick but the pun is kinda lame. Still though the logo makes me biased

#11. Rollin Golden Boulders

It takes a big-balled individual to name a team any kind of rolling+any type of stone after boulders infamous team, and then to have them do pretty good gives a good amount of redemption. Plus the logo is so dumb but so unique looking and the RGB initial kinda works on another level that imo it's not the worst team name ever

#10. Centra of Attention

I respect the pun, but it doesn't really stand out as a team name to me either tbh. A very middling name that you might name your USC team when you don't expect them to break out of silvers, not a scary centra team.

#9. The London WASDs

Just like the actual power rankings, the wasds barely miss the playoffs. I don't think anybody has ever seen a London wasps game, just like nobody had ever seen a wasds game pre-thanksgiving trades, so that fits too. But still, the pun is pretty unique and any wasd over arrow keys bias is a bias I'll always support. Pl

The reason I ask is next week we have arranged a bachelor party-weekend, one of the nights will be spent in a remote cabin, in the sense that we can't go out to clubs and such, but we can take anything with us that fits in a car.

We're a group of 8 guys >= 30.

Besides the obvious and easy puns and funs, what would you do to pass time and have fun (at night mostly)?

Although I love the Goonies, I have always had problems with the plot.

• Why would a pirate make a long cave entrance to his ship? Wouldn't it be better to quickly get goods in and out of the ship?

• The traps, while fiendish, weren't overly difficult. The kids figured them out when they were scared and chased. Imagine a true treasure hunter, easy to find.

• The "Villains" were buffoons. The threat from them was barely credible.

But I realized the perfect solution - Mikey was being put on as a Make-A-Wish adventure. He and his friends were all on a great tale of excitement to be heroes.

Notice that he emphasized "Goonies Never Say Die". Why that line? No one died in the movie. It didn't even talk about someone dying. I believe that Mikey was dying but didn't want to linger on it.

The inhaler. Mikey often has to stop and use his inhaler. His brother even stopped to see if he was okay. I believe he had a problem such as lung cancer.

The teens went along with the entire thing. They didn't back out or get help despite the opportunities.

The entire adventure was a Make-A-Wish ploy so that Mikey could feel like he accomplished something (like this). The town knew he had a thing for pirates, contraptions, and adventure. So they decided he would rest easy (pun intended) if he felt he saved his family.

So they rigged the map and course. They had the villains portrayed by actors, because you need a bad guy in an adventure. The teens were there to make sure they didn't get into to much trouble or get stuck. I don't think his friends knew so they would also be part of the adventure.

Overall - it makes the story better. Everything they went through was created so a dying child could have the adventure of a lifetime with his friends.

Because they come with there own scales

After several recent threads criticizing the current report system, a common counterargument points out that the authors of those threads are oftentimes the same people who would call themselves the victims of the system. Therefore, before beginning this essay, I would like to take this opportunity to point out that I have never been banned either by the community or by an individual moderator. I have no skin in the game.

That said, I do believe that there are major flaws in the system that need to be brought to light. When I find a flaw or inefficiency in a system, I usually feel compelled to do something about it. That is why the TagPro Toolkit exists. However, I have no control over the report system. I have no ability to improve it or make it work better. And yes, it is broken.

Fair warning: my research methods include a lot of pseudoscience, so please do not see my conclusions as absolute. That said, I do believe that my points are valid.

THE EXPERIMENT

In order to observe the effect name recognition has on reporting, I played thirty-five games of TagPro. Ten were played using my registered name, TerraMaris, sporting a community contributor flair, another ten were played using the unregistered name "SaltyMaris", and the rest were played smurfing as "Some Ball 1".

Procedure

Here are the rules I laid out for the test:

1. Play style stayed consistent with all names.
2. If a player tells you to do something different, specifically state that you will not change anything if it conflicts with the typical control playing style. This led to some fun reports.
3. Smack talk one player each game. It is easiest to pick a player whose name leads to easy puns. For example: "_Noah way I'm letting you get out of base."
4. Use "pls", "rekt", and such as needed.
5. Break no rules.

Stats were turned off for all games.

Results

The name "Some Ball 1" clearly received the most negative feedback. Four of these reports were for "working against own team" while two were for "offensive or spammy chat". Each name was typically near the top of the scoreboard.

Experimental Flaws

1. My smack talk was a lot funnier as Some Ball 1. Seriously, I came up with some really hilarious stuff.
2. My reserved name tends to get more reports when I have macros on, so having them off may have made some differenc

"What a nice lake", he thought to himself, "I see a future for myself and my family here." Lo and behold, he constructed an abstract house from wood, that Tim Burton himself would have been proud of. (being a good friend of the man in question, which is why this detail is relevant)

Unfortunately, you wouldn't believe it, his wife turned out to be a fervent ecologist, and was tremendously disappointed with his choice in lodging. "For rest would not be easy to come by in a home made of the suffering of trees", cited his wife (I am sure she was contacting him over a secure internet connection) and so he hung up, leaving her to do mystic things with the remainder of her life, since she happened to be a part time psychic who liked her steak not overdone, not rare, but in the middle.

At least the children will come join me, he pondered by the lake, but alas it was not to be. The children were too attached to their current educatory establishment, and could not be swayed. As he watched the wildlife around the idyllic scene, the man had no idea what to do. He had spent his life savings, more knee troubles had recently started to crop up, and his family were not as loyal as he had originally thought. A bird screeched up ahead, and in a sudden orchestral crash of inspiration, the man fell completely into the idea; If his family could not move to him, then he would have to move his cabin!

And so, the brave soul, for Lesley (his wife) loaded up his cabin onto his mule, and warned it: "don't keep me waiting", and began the long trek, through mountain and river, back to his home, which was a small suburban affair in southern California. However, with his shoulder injury, it took him a long time to arrive back,and when he did, it was to his horror he discovered that a freak beaver related accident had completely destroyed his estate, his wife had left him for a more successful businesswoman, whom she could truly love, and his kids had been taken in by child services. Naturally, with their father living naturally and their mother in no fit state to keep exercising, the state had taken action, and not forgotten the lights and the camera. Realising that he had lost everything, the man sank to his knees and got out his go to source of relief: A bottle of vodka. However he arrived here, he would be going out in high spirits. His wife may have found another, but he had a match.

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Preferably the music will have nothing to do with the name, and that's what's funnier. Or the name can be made into an easy pun/sounds rude.

I still had more ideas for YW2 Yo-kai, but since I got in trouble posting them here, I posted them on my Tumblr instead. So to make sure that the people here see them, I am going to post the rest of my YW2 name ideas here for the last time.

Wakanestar- Bogei (Corruption of boogie, as in dance. I assume becuase he’s an evolution of Wiglin, then he makes people dance)

Gabunyan- Vampinyan / Nyanpire ( Vampire + Nyan. Wait, isn’t Nyanpire already taken by another franchise?)

Hanako-san - Hanako ( Yes just the same. She is directly based on the urban legend of the same name. For anyone who doesn’t know, she’s essentially the japanese version of the Bloody Mary urban legend, where you say her name and she appears)

Jibakoma- Komanyan (Komasan + Nyan. What do you think its name would be!)

Bakezori - Listeps ( Listen + Steps. He’s a cyclopean sandle that makes people think they hear footsteps. He does sound like List the Steps)

Enraenra- Mistshift ( Mist + Shapeshift. Maybe it could have a better name, but one was already taken and I wanted to be original. Also , she could shapeshift, so her name is not a pun on mischief)

Koenra- Wispuff (Wisp+ puff. Its cute and I want it. Not to be mistaken to Whisper or my name for Keukegen, Whistle) Nopppera-bo- Visapear ( Visage + Disapear. He doens’t have a face, or a visage, so I think the pun works)

Atamaridaoshi- Topplead ( Topple + Plead. I wanted to do it with dominoes, but I couldn’t think of anything)

Ningyo- Comermaid( Comely + Mermaid.The hardest thing about making names for the clasic yo-kai is that you can’t make a pun on what it does, since it is an actual yo-kai. Also, shes just a mermaid. But she’s pretty I guess)

Yao-Bikuni - Siravashing ( Siren + Ravashing. Same as above. Also, traditional greek sirens aren’t half fish, they’re actualy half bird)

Hanako Noriano - Hanakursed (Hanako + Cursed. It works)

Maison de Waisure- Waddah ( Corruption of ‘What the?’. Since I have ABSOLUTLY NO IDEA what it’s supposed todo, I made it’s name like Wazzat’s)

Obaku-sama- Bakuperior ( Baku+ Superior. Same as above, but since it looks royal, might as well make a pun out of it)

Shishimaru- Albiono ( Albino + Lion. HE’S A WHITE LION! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO!!)

Oni-kui - Oniater ( Oni + Eater. He eats Onis. It was pretty easy. Maybe I can beat Gargaros now?)

Biyaku- Hauncharm ( Haunches + Charm. Its japense names literaly means 'beautiful legs’, I have to make a pun somhow!)

Tsucihgumo- Minarachnid (Minamoto no

Hello, all! Thanks for the help.

Strengths: I think in general it's a pretty strong series, especially since I got better audio quality. Little bit of wit, tight editing, etc. and in some ways I think this video has been a step forward. I've been trying to animate more "scenes" and avoiding putting images up on a word-by-word basis since eventually I'm going to run out of easy puns on Google Images not to mention it makes the pacing feel a little too quick when everything's coming and going in an instant.

Weaknesses: While I think I've made improvements in a number of parts of the video, I feel like the video on the whole is weaker than my previous one. I was late in getting started and I'm worried it shows - there are some things I would have and should have fixed but ultimately I wanted to release the video so I could get to work on next month's video without getting behind. The most perplexing issue is the thin line that shows up around one of the speech bubbles some of the time, but not all the time. I double-checked the file in Photoshop, didn't see anything, erased the spot where it was, and... still there in the video. In fact it seems almost outside of the image itself, being slightly lower and slightly wider. No idea how to get rid of it, and it's really bugging me, if anyone knows how to fix, please help, but know that yes I'm aware that there's a glitching line near the speech bubble. Also I'm just a little bit nervous about the historical accuracy on this one.

The video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuglnMJdfc

If you've seen this pun before i didn't copy it, it is Just an easy pun to think of.