The Daily Thread

[atomtengeralattjaro]

However, every time someone posts here, it happens on a day.

Not if they post at nighttime, though.

By the way, imagine what would happen, if there was a nocturnal thread, and a rule, saying that if you decided to make a post in this thread at night, you will need to do it in the nocturnal thread, instead of in this thread.

That's a good idea.
Maybe someone will make that thread, at night...

[Froggychum]

I am getting a strong sense of foreshadowing from this post.

[atomtengeralattjaro]

It is merely an expectation... maybe a hope...

[Froggychum]

A new hope?

[atomtengeralattjaro]

[insert star war meme here]

[Ivokyuftaf6666]

It is merely an expectation... maybe a hope...

Done.

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[Froggychum]

Ivo

My bedtime is before 10

Why you do this

[assdef]

A fun thing about being old is I can stay up as late as I want!

Unfortunately, at my age, I can't stay up much past 10pm without being grumpy the next day.

[atomtengeralattjaro]

That's easy to solve, just sleep until noon

[Froggychum]

What does 'after midnight' mean? I mean, all times are after midnight, right? So, when should I be feeding the gremlins?

[assdef]

So, when should I be feeding the gremlins?

Before midnight.

[Froggychum]

ERROR. ERROR. ERROR.

[ThingerDudes]

if gremlins turn evil if you feed them after midnight when can you start feeding them? isn't it always after midnight or before midnight unless it's exactly midnight? or I guess does that mean you can only feed them in that instance of time? and what happens if the laws change such that timezones shift and midnight is now at a different time relative to the earth's rotation? or does "midnight" just mean the midpoint of sunset and sunrise? this would make some sense given that there's rules around sunlight for the gremlins. and as far as sunlight, does this just mean that gremlins are weak to visible light or are there other frequencies that they should avoid? and what is it about sunlight that makes it special compared to other sources of light? just the intensity of the photons? does this mean a powerful laser can also be used?

and don't even get me started on gremlins 2 which is definitely meant to be taken as hard world building with stringent rules and not just some bit of wacky fun

[Ivokyuftaf6666]

It is cool that you made a long post.

Also...

Right now my current signature on ASDF has exactly 500 characters (count including bbc codes), which is the exact maximum of their number!
Yaaaaayyyyy!

[atomtengeralattjaro]

if gremlins turn evil if you feed them after midnight when can you start feeding them?

Also, what exactly constitutes feeding? If a gremlin eats something you accidentally left somewhere, does it turn evil? (This might be explained in the movie but I'm not about to rewatch.)

exactly midnight

There is no such thing as exactly at midnight, the idea of "now" is wacky as hell and pretty much only exists in our brains as a concept. But I'm not PBS SpaceTime so I can't explain how that works.

does "midnight" just mean the midpoint of sunset and sunrise?

No, it means 00:00 according to the nearest clock which must be in sync with all other nearby clocks otherwise the director will scream at someone and they will have to do a reshoot or make some edits in postproduction.

does this just mean that gremlins are weak to visible light or are there other frequencies that they should avoid?

Maybe it's about a bunch of UV as the sun gives off a lot of that?

what is it about sunlight that makes it special compared to other sources of light? just the intensity of the photons? does this mean a powerful laser can also be used?

I think we can apply the general rule that if a powerful laser is not sufficient to solve your problem, it's simply not powerful enough.

and don't even get me started on gremlins 2 which is definitely meant to be taken as hard world building with stringent rules and not just some bit of wacky fun

I don't think I've seen gremlins 2, the first one was enough wacky fun horror for me.

[Froggychum]

I think we can apply the general rule that if a powerful laser is not sufficient to solve your problem, it's simply not powerful enough.

Agreed. Truer words have never been spoken.

[Greyson]

It definitely doesn't add anything worthwhile to this scientific conversation we're having here, but I'm pretty sure i never watched any of the germlin movies. Sure, I do know of them, i mean who doesn't, but i never sat down to actually watch it.



... i did own a furby at one point as a kid though. Those are.. way scarier than i imagine the gremlins could be.
The sheer fact that their eyes are on the front of their faces, which means that they are most likely hunters instead of prey makes it... more disturbing I suppose.

[atomtengeralattjaro]

Oh, those things are nightmare fuel.

[Froggychum]

I've not actually seen the movies either, haha.

Furbies are satanspawn, I never understood electronic/robotic stuffed animals... Seems almost transhumanistic in an uncanny way. Like, who wants their kids to just have animatronics waiting around in their closets or shelves? The closest thing me and my twin ever had when we were lil bebbies was an octopus fella that you could squeeze his tentacles to make different musical notes... I think it was just differently-constructed air sacks, though, no modern technology involved thankfully.

Also, dolls. I understand barbies, and those kinds. Action figures also make enough sense. But, why, and I repeat WHY would you want Chucky or Anabelle to live in your home? I mean, those things are unsettling at the very least.

[atomtengeralattjaro]

I have a small yellow plushie blob with a smiley face on it, and it has some electronics in it so that when you hit its underside (or drop it on the floor), it makes a BWAWAWawawawang sound. I used to hang it on the bathroom door handle to scare people.