<Game> Questions Only 18 (LV APPR)

[Fett One]

These are the rules:
1.- QUESTIONS ONLY - The title says it. Never say anything out of a question.
2.- Every post must be related to the previous post.
3.- Do not post more than 5 times within 24 hours.
4.- Everyone must abide by the rules of the PCG forum and TPM in general, as in all other topics.


How is everyone's Saturday going so far?

[mr_pikachu]

Why do you want to know? Are you a stalker?

[Knight of Time]

Why would anyone want to be a stalker when that could get them into trouble?

[mr_pikachu]

Isn't the fact that some people are stalkers proof that they have reasons to participate in that activity?

[Fett One]

Why do they do it though?

[Lady Vulpix]

Why would anyone assume someone is a stalker just for asking how our Saturday's going anyway?

[mr_pikachu]

Couldn't the information we reveal through answering the question be used to a stalker's benefit?

[Fett One]

How could that information be beneficial?

[mr_pikachu]

Wouldn't such information give the stalker clues about the user's daily life and schedule as well as about the user's offline identity?

[Lady Vulpix]

How intimidating would a stalker be if he told you things you posted on a message board?

[mr_pikachu]

Wouldn't it at least mean that the stalker was focused enough on tracking you to know what you said online? What about the fear of what else such a person might know, or whether they might use private information (like Social Security numbers) to harm you?

[Lady Vulpix]

But who would post social security numbers online?

[Fett One]

Couldn't a person who is new to the internet be dumb enough to think it will be safe to post something like that on-line?

[mr_pikachu]

And don't many people post other private information online, such as their credit card numbers? What if someone thought their information was safe when it really wasn't?

[Lady Vulpix]

Then shouldn't people be more careful about what kind of informtion they give and who they give it to, rather than freaking out when someone asks them how their saturday was?
BTW, did you know you have 5555 posts?

[mr_pikachu]

Can't people still be tricked by receivers who appear to be secure or honest?

And do you believe 5,555 to be an unusual number of posts?

[Lady Vulpix]

Isn't it a nice number?

And don't most browsers display the security information of the site they're browsing?

[mr_pikachu]

What if their users are too careless to pay attention? Or, worse yet, what if they don't even know what it means?

[Lady Vulpix]

Should we try to find out who doesn't know and teach them?

[mr_pikachu]

How would you discover who was uneducated in this matter?

[Fett One]

Wouldn't the uneducated stand out since they will be the ones that keep posting things that they shouldn't be posting?

[mr_pikachu]

But how can we figure out who all of them are if they post what they shouldn't post in all sorts of different places around the internet?

[Fett One]

Do we really have to find all of them? Couldn't you settle with just finding a handfull of them?

[mr_pikachu]

What good would it do if we only helped a handful of them?

[Fett One]

Isn't helping a handful of people better than helping no one?

[mr_pikachu]

But wouldn't the impact be more valuable if we made the effort to help everyone?

[Fett One]

What if most of these people don't want to be helped? Would that diminish the value of your help towards those that want it?

[mr_pikachu]

More importantly, if some people don't want to be helped, should we force our help upon them?

[Fett One]

What would be the morally right thing to do?

[mr_pikachu]

Do morals have to be the sole deciding factor? What about the old adage, "The ends justify the means"?

[Fett One]

Didn't you ever hear the expression "the ends don't always justify the means"?

[mr_pikachu]

Isn't that expression merely a joke?

[Fett One]

How is it merely a joke?

[mr_pikachu]

Does anybody really take that expression seriously?

[Fett One]

If people don't take it seriously, then doesn't that mean they have no problem with doing things such as blowing up a mall and killing thousands simply because they wanted one person that was in the mall dead?

[Lady Vulpix]

Do you know who created that saying?

[mr_pikachu]

Is it even clear when that saying was created?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wasn't it Maquiavelo who created it?

[mr_pikachu]

Who the heck is Maquiavelo?

[Lady Vulpix]

Is it possible that the name they taught me at school was not his real name :/? Could his real name be Machiavelli, since he was Italian?

[mr_pikachu]

Are you saying that the teachers in your school are incompetent?

[Fett One]

If you can't trust teachers due to incompetence, then who can you trust?

[mr_pikachu]

Is it possible that you can't trust anyone?

[Fett One]

Does that mean you don't trust yourself?

[mr_pikachu]

Could it be that I lack faith in myself?

[Lady Vulpix]

Then why don't you try to change that?

And isn't it more a matter of stupidity on the historian's side to change the names of the people they write about, like Cristoforo Colombo being called Cristóbal Colón in Spanish and Christopher Columbus in English?

[Fett One]

Where did you find out that information about Christopher Columbus?

[mr_pikachu]

Did you locate those facts on an internet site?

[Fett One]

Have you attempted to find them on the internet?

[mr_pikachu]

Why would I search for them when I can easily get those facts in this thread?

[Lady Vulpix]

Will you believe that I heard that on a TV show before my high school history teacher said it?

Did anyone here think that Christopher Columbus was his real name?

[mr_pikachu]

Would naively believing that make someone a fool?

[Fett One]

Can you really be considered a fool since schools don't bother to teach (atleast the ones I went to) his real name?

[mr_pikachu]

Why did you ask if I am a fool? Didn't you realize I was referring to others who might not have known the truth? And is a poor educational system a valid excuse for a lack of knowledge in this day and age? Can't people obtain information through other outlets, such as the internet?

Is that just way too many questions for one post?

[Fett One]

How can it be too many post when there is no post limit?

[mr_pikachu]

Don't you mean that there is no question limit?

[Lady Vulpix]

Shouldn't it be obvious that there's no question limit since the rules don't mention one?

[mr_pikachu]

Isn't it clear that I was making sure I wasn't giving more questions than the following posters could effectively answer?

[Lady Vulpix]

[color=hotpink]Do you doubt our ability to answer many consecutive questions?

[mr_pikachu]

But wouldn't it annoy you to have to do so?

[Lady Vulpix]

Were you here when someone posted a poll with 500 questions and a few people actually answered them all?

[mr_pikachu]

When was this done? And who posted the questions?

[Fett One]

Who answered all 500 questions?

[Lady Vulpix]

Should we ask other people who were around by the time we moved to the vB, since I'm not quite sure?

[mr_pikachu]

Who are the other people to which you are referring?

[Fett One]

Are those people still here?

[mr_pikachu]

How should I know?

[Fett One]

Who would know?

[Lady Vulpix]

Suzie? Zak? Sam? Becca? Danny? Amy? Anyone else who posted on PCG back then? Have you seen so many one-word questions together before?

[Fett One]

Is this the first time anyone has ever posted one-word questions in this game?

[mr_pikachu]

Huh? What kind of a question is that? Do you expect us to go back and check all the versions of this game just to answer your query?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wouldn't that be impossible, since the infamous version 1 has long since been deleted?

[mr_pikachu]

What was infamous about it?

[Lady Vulpix]

Weren't you there to see its 1000+ posts, of which about a half were pure SPAM?

[mr_pikachu]

Don't you realize I wasn't nearly as active in PCG back then as I am now?

[Fett One]

When did you become really active in PCG?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wasn't there still a chance you might have seen it? Isn't it interesting how a topic that was originally a pit of SPAM has evolved into a fun game?

[Fett One]

Wasn't it the new rules that got rid of all the spam?

[mr_pikachu]

What new rules were added to accomplish that?

[Lady Vulpix]

Is he referring to the rule about staying on topic?

[Fett One]

Didn't the 5 post in 24 hours rule help cut down the spam the most?

[Lady Vulpix]

Could it have been a combination of both?

[Fett One]

Besides those two rules, could an other rule have helped out as well?

[mr_pikachu]

What rule are you referring to?

[Fett One]

Wasn't I asking if there was another rule?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wasn't the "never speak out of a question" rule already in effect on version one?
Aren't those 3 the only rules of this game?

[mr_pikachu]

Could there be so-called "unwritten rules" that help to control the gameplay?

[Fett One]

What kind of unwritten rules could there be?

[mr_pikachu]

How about "Don't **** off the mods"? Would that be a good example?

[Lady Vulpix]

Doesn't that count for all members rather than just mods?

[mr_pikachu]

Couldn't mods do more to control those who they deem to be unruly, though?

[Fett One]

Can supermods do more than regular mods?

[mr_pikachu]

Isn't that fairly obvious by the title of "Super Mod"? Would it make sense for them to only have as much power as a regular mod?

[Lady Vulpix]

Shouldn't all members deserve the same respect, though?

[mr_pikachu]

Aren't there some members who deserve more (or less) respect than others?

[Lady Vulpix]

What kind of members are you referring to? The ones that only come online to cause trouble?

[mr_pikachu]

Why would you say that?

[Lady Vulpix]

Can you think of any other members who would deserve less respect than others?

[mr_pikachu]

Would someone who has never posted deserve the same amount of respect as, say, Kevin?

[Lady Vulpix]

Why not? Why wouldn't you respect them, if you don't even know them?

(Shall we find out tomorrow, or later tonight, since you've exhausted your 5 posts?)

[Fett One]

Who says you have to respect a person you know nothing about? Don't people have to earn respect and to do that don't you have to know them?

[mr_pikachu]

Wouldn't you agree with Fett's explanation, Gabi?

[Lady Vulpix]

But why? Would you like to be treated badly by people you don't know, just because they don't know you?

[mr_pikachu]

Who said a lack of respect meant getting unfair treatment?

[Fett One]

Does a lack of respect and unfair treatment go hand-in-hand?

[mr_pikachu]

Why should they?

[Lady Vulpix]

Then what does lack of respect mean to you?

[Chris 2.1]

Do most games get into such deep discussions? Isn't it interesting how we can talk on serious issues all from a game?

[mr_pikachu]

Is that because many games are not intended to evoke discussion?

[Fett One]

Isn't this the only game on the boards that has discussions?

[mr_pikachu]

What about Lingo? Didn't you see our discussion awhile back about whether staff members hold grudges?

[Fett One]

How could I have seen it if I don't play lingo?

[mr_pikachu]

Why would you deprive yourself of the pleasure of playing Lingo?

[Fett One]

What makes you think I would enjoy playing Lingo?

[mr_pikachu]

How could anyone not enjoy playing Lingo? Isn't it a universally fun game, like Pokemon Hangman or The Riddle Game?

[Lady Vulpix]

Is anything universally fun?

Wouldn't Lingo be more fun if it had more players, anyway?

[Fett One]

How many people play Lingo?

[mr_pikachu]

Why don't you simply check the thread?

[Fett One]

Wouldn't it be easier for you to tell me?

[mr_pikachu]

If I told you, then what incentive would you have to open the thread and become interested in the game?

[Fett One]

What if I look at the game and still have no interest in it?

[mr_pikachu]

Wouldn't that show that you have poor taste when it comes to online forum games?

[Lady Vulpix]

Don't you think offending someone's tastes isn't a good way to get them on your side?

[Fett One]

Why would I be offended by his comment? It's only his opinion, as such how can it be hurtful?

[mr_pikachu]

Did Gabi just assume you would be hurt by a comment made over the internet?

[Lady Vulpix]

Are you implying that's impossible? Do you know how easy it is to strike a nerve on someone you don't know? Hasn't it happened to you before? Wasn't there at least one writer who said s/he was hurt by your comments in the past?

[mr_pikachu]

Are you keeping a tally? Should I be worried that you might be a stalker?

[Lady Vulpix]

What use would keeping a tally be? And how could I possibly stalk you from Argentina?

[mr_pikachu]

How can I trust the word of someone who, by believing them a possible stalker, I inherently distrust?

[Lady Vulpix]

Do you really think I'm a stalker?
Why are so many people afraid of stalkers? How many of you have actually been stalked?

[mr_pikachu]

How would we know if the whole idea of being a stalker (at least at first) is to observe someone from a distance?

[Lady Vulpix]

In that case aren't we all stalkers? Aren't we all looking at each other's posts?
And still, does it count as stalking when you're just looking at what the others post on a public space?

(Shall we continue the conversation via PM or MSN, since I can't post here again for the next 6 hours?)

[mr_pikachu]

Isn't an internet stalker's goal to know your identity, though? Do you think that's the goal of supposed "innocent" TPMers?

Shall I log onto MSN now?

[Fett One]

Do the two of you prefer MSN over AIM?

[Lady Vulpix]

How about no? Did you know he uses Trillian and I use GAIM?

[Fett One]

What's GAIM? Also whats Trillian, since i have never heard of these two messenger programs?

[mr_pikachu]

Why don't you run an internet search and find out?

[Fett One]

What good would that do?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wouldn't it answer your questions?

[Fett One]

True but wouldn't it be faster for you to tell me since you already know about it?

[mr_pikachu]

Why should we take time out of our days to do work for you? Will you be paying us?

[Lady Vulpix]

And wouldn't you have already found out by now if you'd performed an Internet search when it was suggested?

[Fett One]

Wouldn't it have been faster to tell me about the programs rather than telling me to look it up myself since that is wasting time?

[mr_pikachu]

Which method would have been easier for me and Gabi?

[Fett One]

Aren't both methods ralatively easy?

[mr_pikachu]

But if one was easier than the other, wouldn't it be logical for Gabi and me to prefer that method?

[Lady Vulpix]

And isn't it easier for you to perform an Internet search than to convince us to post a description?

[Fett One]

Doesn't doing things this way give us stuff to talk about?

[mr_pikachu]

To what way are you referring?

[Gengachu]

Did you know that he was talking about the asking questions stuff?

[mr_pikachu]

Does "he" refer to Fett or to me?

[Lady Vulpix]

Why would it refer to you when it was a reply to your question about what Jeff meant?

[mr_pikachu]

How can we be sure that was what he was replying about? Are you implying that you are a psychic?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wasn't it obvious? What does being a psychic have to do with it?

[mr_pikachu]

How can you be absolutely certain of the assumption you're making if you didn't read Gengachu's mind?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wasn't his post right after yours?
And didn't it contain a reasonable answer to your question? Would it make sense for it to mean anything else?

[mr_pikachu]

But how can you be certain? What if there's a possibility you overlooked?

[Lady Vulpix]

Can you think of any?

[Fett One]

How can there be other possiblities if the post did indeed contain a reasonable answer?

[Lady Vulpix]

Should we take the lack of response as a 'no'?

[mr_pikachu]

Could another possibility simply be that I was too entrenched in final exams to answer? Isn't that an example of how a reasonable answer might not always be correct? And why did you completely ignore Fett's post, Gabi?

[Fett One]

How did she ignore my post?

[mr_pikachu]

Doesn't the lack of a response to it indicate that she ignored it?

[Fett One]

Wasn't she answering my question with a "no"?

[Lady Vulpix]

Why did you think I ignored it?

[darktyranitar]

Is it mr_pikachu who is ignoring Fett's post?

[Fett One]

Why do you think he ignored my post?

[Lady Vulpix]

Shall we stopped questioning who ignored what and find something more interesting to talk about?
And why isn't anyone playing Lingo?

[Fett One]

Have you noticed that it seems no one has been playing any of the games over the past few days?

[Knight of Time]

Do you believe the reason nobody is playing any games here too often is because either they don't have time to play them, or they possibly don't have enough interest to post regularly in the games?

[darktyranitar]

How about you? Do you think that you post regularly at the games topics in the past few days?

[Lady Vulpix]

Is everyone so busy these days?

[Fett One]

Don't people usually get busy during the holiday season?

[darktyranitar]

Then are we the busy people, considering that we're still posting in this topic?

[Lady Vulpix]

Does it take so long to post in this topic that it would stop us from doing all the things we have to do?

[Fett One]

Couldn't it take some people a while to post if they can't think of anything to write?

Gabi, out of curiosity, how come you have 4 candles lit in your sig when Hannukah doesn't even start until Saturday night?

[Lady Vulpix]

Don't you know an extra candle is lit each day until Hannukah (Monday)?

[Fett One]

So, Hannukah starts on Sunday night not Saturday night?

[mr_pikachu]

Are you ignorant of the practices of Judaism, Fett?

And are you angry at me for not posting in Lingo while I was without internet access, Gabi?

[Lady Vulpix]

Why would I be angry at you for not doing something you had no obligation to do, and moreover, were unable to do?

[mr_pikachu]

What about your previous posts in which you asked why nobody was playing Lingo? And have you forgotten the times you've posted in Fanfic asking me why I haven't been playing?

[Fett One]

Are you ignorant of the practices of Judaism, Fett?

I'm jewish so how could I be ignorant of jewish practices? Since when does getting the day a holiday start wrong count as ignorance?

How does being curios about why your not posting count as being angry?

[mr_pikachu]

Wouldn't a similar offense, like me never remembering what day Easter is, show that I am somewhat ignorant of the practices of Christianity, my own religion?

And have you analyzed the overall tone of Gabi's posts about Lingo to determine the most likely emotional state they convey? If not, how could you make an argument against her being angry?

[Lady Vulpix]

Aren't you reading too much into my posts, Brian? Isn't it clear enough that I just enjoy playing the game and don't want it to die, and that my question about why no one was playing Lingo wasn't directed specifically to you?

[mr_pikachu]

What about your post in the Writers Lounge awhile back, when you specifically asked why I wasn't playing Lingo, even stating my name in the question? Wasn't that an example of you directing your interrogation at me?

[Lady Vulpix]

But wasn't that post quite different from the one I made here?

[Fett One]

Wouldn't it be better for the teo of you to finish this conversation over pm or aim?

[darktyranitar]

If they do that, then what is the point of this topic? But still, can't they argue about something else?

[sesshomaru]

Does the topic even have a point?

[Fett One]

Don't all topics have a point?

[mr_pikachu]

Do topics have to have points?

[darktyranitar]

Well, this seem pointless, isn't it?

[mr_pikachu]

If something is pointless, does that necessarily make it bad?

[Fett One]

How can something that is pointless be bad?

[mr_pikachu]

Would pointless things be good, then?

[darktyranitar]

Are you hinting that doing something pointless is good?

[Lady Vulpix]

Can't something be neither good or bad? Just pointless?

Is this topic really pointless? Isn't it here for us to have fun with it?

[Fett One]

Could it then be referred to as pointless fun?

[darktyranitar]

Well, are we having fun now?

[Magmar]

Don't all topics have a point?


What planet are you from? ;)

[Lady Vulpix]

Wouldn't it be interesting if people from different planets posted here?

[Magmar]

How would you know if they were? Would you check their social security numbers?

[mr_pikachu]

Why would people from other planets have Social Security numbers?

[Fett One]

How would they even acquire social security numbers?

[mr_pikachu]

Could they even obtain U.S. citizenship in the first place?

[phaedrus]

Wouldn't they be able to apply for a green card?

[mr_pikachu]

Could they get a green card by naming another planet as their "country of origin"?

[Fett One]

Wouldn't the government be more interested in studying the aliens in a labatory rather than letting them live her on earth?

[mr_pikachu]

Isn't trapping and studying aliens in a laboratory something that could incite an interplanetary war?

[Lady Vulpix]

Who would want to be studied in a laboratory? Wouldn't they have the right to be mad if someone did that to them?

[darktyranitar]

How if things turned out otherwise? They are the one to put us in laboratory?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wouldn't that be equally cruel and unfair?

[Fett One]

Would it still be cruel if the person/alien was already dead (death due to natural causes) when it arrived at the labatory?

[mr_pikachu]

What if the family of the person/alien wanted the body back?

And do aliens even have families?

[Lady Vulpix]

Don't they have to be born from other aliens? Or are you asking whether they are raised by their families?

[darktyranitar]

What if the aliens were created from a single cell? In other word, what if they were merely clones?

[Lady Vulpix]

Then wouldn't the beings they were cloned from count as family?
And why clone everyone if the alternative is much easier?

[Fett One]

If the aliens don't want things to change from the way they are wouldn't cloning help keep it that way?

[Lady Vulpix]

Could even that prevent things from changing?

[phaedrus]

Wouldn't erroneous mutations keep the species from remaining the same?

[mr_pikachu]

What if they had perfected cloning their own species sufficiently to prevent that?

And who is to say that the aliens would be animals in the sense we think of them? What if they were plant-based creatures instead?

[Lady Vulpix]

How could plant-based creatures become that... animated?

[Fett One]

Isn't radiation always a good way to cause that kind of mutation?

[darktyranitar]

Don't you think radiation is a bit overused as a reason for mutation?

[Fett One]

Do you know of a better way to cause mutation?

[mr_pikachu]

Do you think darktyranitar is a mad scientist, Fett?

[Lady Vulpix]

Does he seem like a mad scientist to you?

[mr_pikachu]

Why would I believe him to be a mad scientist?

[Fett One]

Wasn't it your idea since I never mentioned anything about mad scientist?

[mr_pikachu]

What about your comment about him knowing how to cause mutation? Isn't that something a mad scientist would be interested in?

[Fett One]

How does asking if he knows of other ways to cause mutation automatically mean he does know of other ways?

[mr_pikachu]

Wasn't I simply asking what you thought?

[phaedrus]

Who cares about what people think nowadays?

[mr_pikachu]

What about propagandists? Don't they care about what they can get people to think?

[Ace64]

Isn't all propaganda based on a sliver of truth?

[mr_pikachu]

Why would it have to be?

[Fett One]

What else could it be based off of?

[mr_pikachu]

Couldn't it be based upon total fiction?

[darktyranitar]

What if propaganda doesn't exist? Would the world be a better place?

[Lady Vulpix]

How could we know?

[Fett One]

Would it even be possible to get rid of all of the propaganda?

[Lady Vulpix]

Will that ever be possible as long as there are people who want it?

[Ace64]

Is it possible to get rid of those people?

[Fett One]

How do you propose to do that?

[darktyranitar]

Well, can't you just make some riot as a protest?

[Fett One]

What good would that do?

[mr_pikachu]

Wouldn't a riot only incite more propaganda?

[phaedrus]

mr. pikachu, are you sure you're not talking about the infamous White Riot ("white riot/i wanna riot/white riot/a riot of my own")?

[mr_pikachu]

Are those lyrics from a song, phaedrus? And as for race riots, aren't they an example of what I'm talking about?

[darktyranitar]

Hey mr pikachu, is it legal to post right after one reply?