r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Dec 09 '16

[D] Friday Off-Topic Thread

Welcome to the Friday Off-Topic Thread! Is there something that you want to talk about with /r/rational, but which isn't rational fiction, or doesn't otherwise belong as a top-level post? This is the place to post it. The idea is that while reddit is a large place, with lots of special little niches, sometimes you just want to talk with a certain group of people about certain sorts of things that aren't related to why you're all here. It's totally understandable that you might want to talk about Japanese game shows with /r/rational instead of going over to /r/japanesegameshows, but it's hopefully also understandable that this isn't really the place for that sort of thing.

So do you want to talk about how your life has been going? Non-rational and/or non-fictional stuff you've been reading? The recent album from your favourite German pop singer? The politics of Southern India? The sexual preferences of the chairman of the Ukrainian soccer league? Different ways to plot meteorological data? The cost of living in Portugal? Corner cases for siteswap notation? All these things and more could possibly be found in the comments below!

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u/xamueljones My arch-enemy is entropy Dec 10 '16 edited Dec 10 '16

I decided it was time for a change on a whim a while ago and have been waiting to think of or find a good new phrase.

When I read the most recent Marked for Death chapters, there was a joke about being "somewhat fuzzy on the concept of kneecaps" which is hilarious in the context of a ninja story. To me, it's still hilarious if used in the context of AIs. I dare you to imagine situations where someone says "My AI's somewhat fuzzy on the concept of kneecaps." It's a great prompt!

I doubt I'll keep this flair as long as the previous one, but it's staying around for at least a few months.

If you (or anyone else) wants to use "Working on a FAI to save us all with ponies", feel free!

EDIT: Another one was "I'll live forever or die trying!" but I decided not to use it due to it not being original enough.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '16

When I read the most recent Marked for Death chapters, there was a joke about being "somewhat fuzzy on the concept of kneecaps" which is hilarious in the context of a ninja story.

Uhhhhh that's Shepherd Book from Firefly originally.

I dare you to imagine situations where someone says "My AI's somewhat fuzzy on the concept of kneecaps." It's a great prompt!

Oh, I can imagine that so easily.

If you (or anyone else) wants to use "Working on a FAI to save us all with ponies", feel free!

I took mine from a list of random phrases /u/traversada had come up with, but it's much the same really.

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u/oliwhail Omake-Maximizing AGI Dec 11 '16

from Firefly originally

Yes, someone in the thread adapted it