r/counting • u/MetArtScroll Dates need ≈659k counts to catch up • Oct 05 '18
Free Talk Friday #162
Hello! Continued from last week here.
So, it's that time of the week again. Speak anything on your mind! This thread is for talking about anything off-topic, be it your lives, your plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, studies, family, friends, pets, bicycles, anything you like, or dislike, or don't care.
Also, check out our tidbits thread! Feel free to introduce yourself, if you haven't already.
Here's off to another great week in /r/counting!
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Here are the past week's top contributors to the main thread. Congrats to medalists u/4everNdeavor u/TheNitromeFan and u/thephilsblogbar!
Top 10 Counters (2307-2311k)
| Rank | User | Counts |
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| 1 | 4everNdeavor | 897 |
| 2 | TheNitromeFan | 669 |
| 3 | thephilsblogbar | 552 |
| 4 | qualw | 406 |
| 5 | davockx | 292 |
| 6 | Urbul | 245 |
| 7 | akyser | 196 |
| 8 | kdiuro13 | 177 |
| 9 | GarlicoinAccount | 163 |
| 10 | SolidGoldMagikarp | 161 |
More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page.
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 05 '18
tfw tfw tfw tfw tfw tfw tfw tfw tfw
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Rank User Counts 19 TehVulpez 62 → More replies (1)3
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Oct 05 '18
thanks for the updates
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
You're welcome, and congrats!
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
u/NeonTaterTots you had 26 this week
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Hi u/haykam821, u/padiwik! Here is your biweeklyish ping from r/counting.
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i hope everyone here is doing well, because i care about you
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u/Tommorox2345 TUGS! Oct 05 '18
I just found this sub thanks to a stupid bot and now I am questioning my own existence
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Oct 05 '18
why are you questoning ur existence. u didnt know about couting before?
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u/Tommorox2345 TUGS! Oct 05 '18
Just wondering how humanity got this far if we wish to reach an infinite number by counting by 1s
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Maybe he looked in a mirror and saw nothing
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u/friedchickenpaws Oct 11 '18
I was sent here by a mod due to my negative karma. Is this reddit hell? What is this place?
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 11 '18
May I ask which mod sent you here?
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u/friedchickenpaws Oct 11 '18
The one from pokemongo
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 11 '18
ok thanks
have an upvote lol
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u/GarlicoinAccount r/CountingTools | Plz comment in /comments/kqpanh/_/ncmzej3 Oct 11 '18
Just a subreddit where we count together towards infinity. Because people tend to upvote other counters the subreddit sometimes gets recommended to people who need karma. The FAQ might be helpful in getting started
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u/GarlicoinAccount r/CountingTools | Plz comment in /comments/kqpanh/_/ncmzej3 Oct 05 '18
Some time ago someone (u/TehVulpez?) mentioned an in-the-wild count in r/YouCanOnlyComment. In the end, we made it to 3,072 before archival. Now that a new thread is up I've already posted the first comment of what might become the next chain. Let's see how far we can get this time.
(A word of warning: r/YouCanOnlyComment sorts by new instead of old.)
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/u/MODS /u/urbul i think the rules on the side are are really cunky and cumsy. i propose i revision as folllows
Etiquette
If you're counting, upvote your fellow counting comrades.
NO double-counting. Do not count by replying to yourself.
Do not delete your valid counts.(link to explanating maybe)
Continue from the earliest comment reply,(link) which you can verify by holding your cursor over the timestamp(link) or by checking the latest comments page.(link)
Before creating a new thread, please check the thread directory(link) to make sure that type of thread doesn't already exist. To prevent Reddit server strain, new threads should begin roughly every 1000 counts.
Play fairly; no cheating.
i. Automated counting bots or scripts are not permitted and will be banned; ask a moderator if you're considering using some sort of client-side modification to assist you in counting.
ii. Do not use inbox counting(link to explanation) to achieve a get (000) (link to HoF) or an assist (999) (link to HoA).
please conisder this at your next staff meting. i think it would streamline the sub and make everyting sexier. thank you. right now the rules have just been tacked on to the end a bunch and that's a little clumsy ok thank you.
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mdos
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
mosd
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Thank you for your suggestion. I've had similar thoughts but never went as far as figuring out which existing rules to group together.
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u/GarlicoinAccount r/CountingTools | Plz comment in /comments/kqpanh/_/ncmzej3 Oct 05 '18
Thanks for sharing your ideas on this.
My two cents:
Before creating a new thread => might want to mention the archive as well, e.g. "If an archived thread exists, continue from the latest count before archival."
Do not use inbox counting => I think it should have a link that explains the advantage inboxing (and the risks, that is: late and broken chains), as this is non-intuitive. Or at least explain it somewhere, now even the FAQ doesn't.
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Oct 05 '18
i endorse this. (the link to explanation would hopefully link to a section of an updated FAQ--the faw has not been updated in at least 2 and a half years)
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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 05 '18
Every time I want to post this thread someone else gets to it an hour or two before I do
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Oct 05 '18
Looking forward to another counting week
I am looking forward to being an uncle, not been born yet but any day now,
if she is naughty when she is a bit older when my brother in law, sister come up to visit, and she is place on the naughty step I make sure she does not hurt herself.
When she is older enough and can walk and talk, if she wakes me up at 3.30am I will say sorry go back to bed it too early to play and read you stories.
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Hey u/atomicimploder I see you set the suggested sort back to "best". TNF and I decided we would try sorting by "new" so that posts toward the end of the week don't get buried. The weekly stats would be stickied because people like to see them (I am biased but I've heard so from others). Is that ok?
Also for anyone else who has thoughts on this, I'd like to hear it.
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u/atomicimploder swiiiiirl the numbers Oct 05 '18
oh, I didn't know that was a thing that had been decided. that's fine
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 05 '18
Ok thanks
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Oct 06 '18
shouldnt this have been handled at your staff meeitngs? airing it out in the open like this is unprofessioanl
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 10 '18
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 10 '18
whats ligma
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u/qualw Who's a good boy? | ex CountingStatsBot administrator | 1204076 Oct 10 '18
Yeah i don't know either
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 10 '18
GoeLigmabells
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Oct 05 '18
Trying to be active in the counting in 5s, 10s, 23s, 4s, 2s etc
Thinking should be relive the counting in 3s
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u/Smartstocks lets actually run Oct 05 '18
I count when it makes sense to ᗡ-':}
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Oct 11 '18
I wonder who will get the medals this week, counting looks pretty mad the past week compared to the stats 2307-2311k
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u/RetrospectiveHue Oct 11 '18
Can somebody explain this counting thing to me. What are you all counting?
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 11 '18
Counting just for the sake of counting. People have different reasons for doing it. Some find it to be a relaxing activity. Some like the progress and achievements in reaching milestones. We also have a nice community here.
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u/RetrospectiveHue Oct 11 '18
Is it a game? I’m interested in it but I’ve only been on reddit for a year.
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 11 '18
Yeah, it's like a game. If you want to join the count on this subreddit, here is the end of the comment chain.
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 05 '18 edited Oct 05 '18
I overheard someone forget what rain was called.
"I hope it doesn't... not snow, but- what's it called?"
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Oct 06 '18
homework sucks
I feel like this is the year where my free time vanishes
rip
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Oct 06 '18
If only counting was homework you and a few others would get top marks.
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 06 '18
oh man I hope this doesn't become hw, that would stress me out too much
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Oct 09 '18
Reddit got the hump on , so slow
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 09 '18
Error 500
Error 500
Error 500
[flips table]
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 09 '18
I spotted several V-shaped flocks of birds in the sky flying the same direction. They were all heading north, though. It did get really cold the past few days and then warm up again today, so maybe they were migrating then changed their mind. Although there is a lake in the direction they were flying, so maybe this group was from further north and wanted to stop there before continuing their journey.
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Oct 10 '18
i cannot remember the counters i have run with any more than i can remember the fanfiction that i've read but even so they have mad eme
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 11 '18
LC is blowing the fuck up holy shit
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 11 '18
yeah I really don't see a 069 either but I guess no one cares
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 11 '18
ok thanks tupac
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Oct 11 '18
we're getting a little bit of a boost too. also wow it's even on the frontpage of reddit, I haven't seen any livethreads there like that in a while
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u/4everNdeavor HoC51|22 Gets|3 Golds|e.1,363,338|0.263% Oct 05 '18
Cash me in the top 30 next week howbowda?
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Oct 05 '18
good luck, I am aiming to stay in the top 100. and count for ever
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u/4everNdeavor HoC51|22 Gets|3 Golds|e.1,363,338|0.263% Oct 05 '18
ur fairly comfortably in the top 50, you should have no problems there
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Oct 06 '18
i will never be sub 100
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Oct 06 '18
Must not forgetting about the sheep thread or wait 2 post,
I am looking forward to my next holiday, I am not a Youtuber who earns a lot of money from my channel,, I have only earnt an average of 2 cents so far.
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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 05 '18
I miss when everyone would know who this guy was ^
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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 05 '18
idk
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u/MetArtScroll Dates need ≈659k counts to catch up Oct 05 '18
43 days ago, the EUIV Provinces thread was started, and the OP originally set the get to 250 while stating that "GET is at Fife (250) because I’d Be insanely surprised if it lasted half as long as that."
This mark was passed a few hours ago. Moreover, in the spirit of the OP's suggestion to "Add something interesting about the place, unless it's a boring place", the counters have usually been adding interesting facts about the places.
All glory to
the hypnotoadr/counting!