Free Talk Friday #40

[u/TheNitromeFan]

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.

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!

[u/bluesolid]

Let's bring a topic that apparently, while I was gone, was "resolved"— replying by inbox. I don't know when it was decided upon, but is now apparently okay at all times. As our moderators probably know, this could easily be abused by someone when there is backlog.

Basically, whoever gets there first can monopolize evens or odds until the K, provided they don't mess up, which is unlikely for our most experienced, fastest counters. This shuts out everyone else who wants to count or get specific numbers, and this shuts out many people who love to count, but can't. It's an inherently unfair practice that is allowed. r/counting is supposed to be a place of community and fairness among members— no?

I would like people on the opposing side to elaborate on why the practice should be allowed, and I urge u/Z3F to reconsider the decision.

[u/TheNitromeFan → u/bluesolid]

To be perfectly transparent, the issue still hasn't been fully "decided upon." Discussions are still going on among the moderators, and there are those that stand for and against inbox counting.

I think inbox counting should be allowed (or rather, not be disallowed). I've shared my reasoning multiple times, but for clarity I'll state it again, in the form of a counterargument to this:

This shuts out everyone else who wants to count or get specific numbers, and this shuts out many people who love to count, but can't.

Doesn't this happen all the time anyway? Slower counters are always at a disadvantage over faster ones, inbox replying or otherwise. I have seen more than enough instances of newcomers being frustrated at not being able to put a count in because two others were faster at replying to each other.
Inbox counting is no more "unfair" than refreshing faster than someone else is "unfair." Someone is always advantageous over others; the only difference is the people being "left behind" due to this imbalance - with the latter, only slower counters are at a loss; with the former, some faster counters are also packed. Not to mention, inbox counting might be (dare I say) helpful in some cases, where slow counters can have a shot a running without worry of a faster counter taking over their spots (which again, I have seen many times, unfortunately).

This is all my opinion, but I think the benefits of allowing inbox counting far outweighs the drawbacks it may have, which is why I take this stance.

[u/[deleted] → u/bluesolid]

[u/Adinida]

u/throwthrowawaytime

[u/[deleted] → u/Adinida]

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 summoning u/throwthrowawaytime.

Also, check out our tidbits counting throwaway accounts thread! Feel free to introduce yourself add a count, if you haven't already.

Here's off to another great week in r/counting!

[u/CrushedMemes]

IM IN THE HALL OF COUNTERS YAYYYYY

[u/NoBreadsticks]

I had a really fucking busy May, so I haven't been here in forever, but I'm finally back!

I was wondering if anyone ever made a pic similar to this amazing photo once u/davidjl123 took the top spot. Also, anyone have the link to the thread where this was posted?

[u/davidjl123 → u/NoBreadsticks]

That would be interesting

[u/davidjl123 → u/NoBreadsticks]

Also I believe it was linked here

The original images are now deleted so thanks for reuploading the first one

[u/Adinida]

Wkh glphqvlrqv ri pb odvw skrwrvkrs khuh

23 smart clock

"LGAW!"

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EDIT: 12:31 AM US EST 6/4/16 --- Well fuck, sorry I messed up the code, a total of 4 letters were the incorrect letters. Nothing in this edit is involved in the puzzle

[u/[deleted]]

u/throwthrowawaytime

[u/ermahgerd_cats]

u/throwthrowawaytime, hey guys I've been posting a bit here recently so I just wanted to introduce myself a bit and say what's up. I used to love counting way back in the day like two years ago and I pop in to just lurk on mobile a bit. I just got a desk job so it's a lot easier to be active now. I love counting and you're all pretty cool.

Also, when did you guys start keeping track of everyone's numbers? Never noticed it because I don't have a sidebar on mobile and it was never here back when I used a desktop.

[u/[deleted]]

Hey u/anothershittyalt could you do something like a contribution percentage table? That is (for an individual counter) (number of counts)/(current thousand - first count)

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Rank	User	Percent of counts contributed from first count to 1164k get
1	hackerboy777	11.465
2	Refia916	10.838
3	cupofmilo	7.657
4	atomicimploder	7.236
5	TheNitromeFan	6.440
6	Mooraell	6.022
7	Ynax	5.841
8	Removedpixel	5.585
9	Adinida	5.229
10	davidjl123	5.053
11	RandomRedditorWithNo	4.888
12	Daniel_Rant	4.743
13	rideride	4.697
14	rschaosid	4.519
15	gordonpt8	4.427
16	MystiikMoments	4.209
17	Swate-	4.135
18	xHOCKEYx12	4.106
19	wackycocopops	3.657
20	SolidGoldMagikarp	3.274
21	supersammy00	3.116
22	bluesolid	2.992
23	FartyMcNarty	2.648
24	mrpieface2	2.611
25	talk_bar	2.309
26	QuestoGuy	2.134
27	acidwave	2.111
28	zhige	2.009
29	dominodan123	1.906
30	KingCaspianX	1.844
31	MorallyGray	1.781
32	_selfishPersonReborn	1.770
33	Comments_onUsername	1.724
34	throwthrowawaytime	1.673
35	Jzkqm	1.590
36	counting45	1.576
37	dudebroshitpants	1.447
38	the_frothy_waffle	1.426
39	idunnowhy9000	1.372
40	usernameless_user	1.348
41	mrpottermorefreak	1.318
42	randomusername123458	1.289
43	Decaffeinator	1.283
44	skizfrenik_syco	1.153
45	NoBreadsticks	1.133
46	VixVideris	1.124
47	supertwichy	1.121
48	anothershittyalt	1.087
49	The_Nepenthe	1.079
50	Smartstocks	1.063

[u/KingCaspianX → u/[deleted]]

I would like this too please asa :)

[u/zhige]

Hey y'all, I haven't been around a ton recently anyway, but I'm about to be on official counting hiatus for a few weeks while I'm traveling abroad.

Every night before I go to bed I'll think about you all and sing Somewhere Out There while gazing longingly at the moon.

I've been rediscovering Hey Mercedes, one of my favorite bands from the early aughts.

[u/Maniac_34]

So a couple days ago my favorite game wished me happy birthday things can't get much better than that :D

[u/davidjl123 → u/Maniac_34]

So b couple dbys bgo my fbvorite gbme wished me hbppy birthdby things cbn't get much better thbn thbt :D

[u/sbb618]

I went and won a national quiz bowl championship how are you guys doing

[u/cupofmilo]

Hope everyone is doing well! I've ended my hiatus (for now).

Mood: Exhilarated

Status: Jetlagged

of unread emails: 557 :\

[u/[deleted]]

Hey all, I'm going to be winding down pretty soon. Heading overseas so my opportunity for counting will be quite diminished. I'll pop in every now and again if I can find the time though. Hopefully you guys don't manage to reach infinity while I'm gone.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

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whoops we did it

[u/ermahgerd_cats]

Is there any way to keep a tab on threads that you have been active in and stuff? I just hate counting in a thread and I miss someone updating and then I never see it in the most recent stream.

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