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  1. opaltiger

    University Challenge

    (For those of you who aren't British and therefore aren't aware of this Important Cultural Institution.) A couple of months ago I got the opportunity to represent my college on University Challenge. :D I was going to make a thread then, but it's more exciting now because I actually know when it...
  2. opaltiger

    Capital punishment

    This is a topic we haven't discussed in a while, and it's also one that I think can foster a meaningful debate (unless we're all disgustingly in tune again). The poll is deliberately binary, by the way: I know there is a lot of space here for "yes, but" and "no, but" answers, but I just want to...
  3. opaltiger

    A Survey of Favourite Things

    Because who doesn't love a long survey meme? Feel free to ignore any of these if you don't have a good answer. :D Music Favourite Artist: Pink Floyd Favourite Album: Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd; Trans-Europe Express, Kraftwerk; Red, Guillemots Favourite Song: Wish You Were Here, Pink...
  4. opaltiger

    2012 US Presidential Election

    Well, I think it's now officially close enough that I can make a thread. I follow US politics quite closely, and I'm sure there must be others who do as well! So, what do you guys think about the race? Who do you support? Who do you think will win? I'm a bit disappointed. Most boring election...
  5. opaltiger

    I've been awarded a research bursary ^o.o^

    It's worth 180 quid a week and means I get to spend half my summer poking things under a microscope. :D It will be fun and educational! ... I hope.
  6. opaltiger

    IRC Channel

    Hi everyone! It occurred to me the other day that the only indication that a tCoD IRC channel exists is hidden out of the way in Forum Discussion, where it would be very easy to miss. So for the benefit of new and future members, we do in fact have an IRC channel (like a chat room, but not...
  7. opaltiger

    GM Foods

    So earlier today I was linked to this article about the danger of genetically modified foods. If you can't be bothered to read it: it's called "GM Foods: The Cause of Shocking Birth Defects". If you read it, though, you will find out that "the cause of shocking birth defects" is actually a...
  8. opaltiger

    all the yens

    Today Cirrus and I spent ¥6000 at the Pokemon Center in Tokyo. :D It was magical. Even if they were out of Litwick line charms. vo.ov Also last week I had a ¥8250 Kobe beef steak. But we don't speak of that. (And, you know, the rest of Japan is pretty cool too.)
  9. opaltiger

    Happy birthday, Cirrus!

    Yay, you're nineteen! Yay, you still look twelve! Everything is great. Also you're in Japan, I guess.
  10. opaltiger

    Happy birthday, Negrek and Butterfree!

    You are 23 and 22! That is two and three years away from a quarter century, and that's terrible. Wouldn't it be wacky if I was born on 18th February, too? Oh, well.
  11. opaltiger

    SFF Quiz

    Hi guys! I'm writing a science fiction/fantasy themed quiz for my university's SFF society, and I was wondering if anyone here might be willing to test-run it for me. :D?
  12. opaltiger

    Classical Music

    Hi guys, I'm looking for recommendations and I figure someone here will be able to provide them. :D Specifically I'm interested in stuff that isn't in the highest circle of the mainstream (Beethoven/Mozart/Bach etc.), though if you want to suggest your favourite Beethoven I am happy to listen...
  13. opaltiger

    Avatar credit field

    There is now a field in the user control panel where you can credit whoever made your avatar, if it wasn't made by you. This will then show up when someone hovers over your avatar. It's at the bottom of the "Edit Your Details" page. :D
  14. opaltiger

    Further to the previous announcement

    Light infractions (~5 points) will now be given out for abuse of the pronoun field, following reasonable verbal warning. If your pronoun field currently contains some manner of hilarious joke, please change it to whatever pronoun you would prefer to be called by, and nothing else. I know it is...
  15. opaltiger

    o frabjous day

    Cirrus is my girlfriend! Isn't this exciting. :3
  16. opaltiger

    Chess

    Someone play with me, please. :(
  17. opaltiger

    I'm going to Japan in April

    :D (never mind I will have to spend a depressing amount of time going over metabolic pathways and other fascinating elements of cell biology)
  18. opaltiger

    Do you identify as a feminist?

    Simple question! No need to think about it much, just say yes or no. There will be time for discussion later, if necessary. :D EDIT: Whoops, forgot to make the poll public. Please post your answer! :D Mine is yes, of course. EDIT2: If you're not sure, answer what you'd say to someone who asked...
  19. opaltiger

    Untitled (because that's just how I roll)

    This is either one of the best poems I have ever written or an incomprehensible mess. You decide. I sit before a screen and scroll past endless names as familiar--too familiar-- but I see gravestones reflections of a place that does not exist but as a concept and a thought serve as the centre...
  20. opaltiger

    Even more new moderators

    When it rains, it pours, I guess! Though it doesn't, really, living in Cambridge. But I digress. It's true we don't really need new moderators in terms of workload - though who knows what will happen come exam term - but without the introduction of fresh blood we tend to just end up arguing in...
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