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Off Topic / THE CITRUS / RUTACEAE FRUIT APPRECIATION THREAD

« on: April 19, 2013, 12:25:21 PM »

Lemons:

i mean hey, they're basically anti-oranges. sour, tea-tastifying, usually circle sliced and have poisonous seeds. their yellow "skin" can also be consumed. also who doesn't love lemonade?

seriously, they're nearly as cool as oranges, just kinda different. yeah, you also can mage orangeade.



pictured, one (1) healthy and edible lemon, and one (1) healthy and edible lemon after being delicately disemboweled.

Tangerines:

WTF is a tangerine?

"

The tangerine (Citrus tangerina) is an orange-colored citrus fruit which is closely related to the mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata). Taxonomically, it may be named as a subspecies or variety of Citrus reticulata; further work seems to be required to ascertain its correct scientific name. Tangerines are smaller than common oranges, and are usually easier to peel and to split into segments. The taste is considered less sour, but sweeter and stronger, than that of an orange. What can be considered by some to be a good tangerine will be firm to slightly soft, heavy for its size, and pebbly-skinned with no deep grooves, as well as orange in color. Peak tangerine season lasts from October to April in the Northern Hemisphere. Tangerines are most commonly peeled and eaten out of hand. The fresh fruit is also used in salads, desserts and main dishes. The peel is dried and used in Sichuan cuisine. Fresh tangerine juice and frozen juice concentrate are commonly available in the United States. The number of seeds in each segment (carpel) varies greatly.

TL/DR I don't like wikipedia articles!
Best thing to happen to this world since sliced bread.

How exactly do I eat it?
You peel it carefully, tear the resulting "pumpkin" into separate carpels, and eat them. They're normally eaten raw, but can be chopped up into a fruit salad, sliced into circles, served with mayo, ketchup, smetana, sriracha, mercury or whatever (if you're into that), or you can squash them into a fine juice. Then optionally freeze it and turn it into ice cream.

Is this also thread for grapefruit?
This thread is purely for tangerines. No clementines, satsumas or lemons. If you want a grapefruit thread, make one.

I want tasty pictures of this fruit.
As you wish:


Is that a cat?
I have no idea what you're talking about HEY GET OUT OF MY BASKET

It's just a fruit dammit! It doesn't warrant a thread! [other ignorant/dismissing remarks]
Stop trying to pull a Tonkka and get out the door. Let us discuss a fruit for a change.


/discuss

oranges coming soon

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Off Topic / stay the forget away from plastic bottles

« on: April 16, 2013, 09:47:08 AM »

PLEASE READ. WILL NOT HURT TO AND FORWARD.

Kids are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles
and capping it up - leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens, on
driveways etc. just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the
rubbish, but you’ll never make it!!!
If the bottle is picked up, and the bottle is shaken even just a little - in
about 30 seconds or less it builds up enough gas which then explodes with
enough force to remove some your extremities. The liquid that comes out is
boiling hot as well.


Don’t pick up any plastic bottles that may be lying in your yards or in the
gutter, etc.

Pay attention to this. A plastic bottle with a cap. A little Drano. A little
water. A small piece of foil.
Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!!

No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc.

Please ensure that everyone that may not have email access are also informed
of this.

Snopes confirms.

wtfffff

hey God, I was joking earlier, calm down

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Games / Probably the only case where the main menu entertains more than the game itself

« on: April 15, 2013, 11:29:41 AM »

Don't get me wrong, a jetpack run-n-gun with towering mechs is fun, but the song on the main menu is catchy as forget.

The game in question can be found here

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Off Topic / Homoloveualocidal woman on the loose

« on: April 14, 2013, 07:28:43 AM »

this popped up on tumblr and whAT THE ACTUAL forget

okay, murder is a bit extreme for family men, as you can see i invented a new word for this case.

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Off Topic / Look back at your first account's first posts without cringing/facepalming

« on: April 13, 2013, 04:21:38 AM »

^

mine:

Finally some Russian hats!  and a Dl.
(and a 1337/5)

No Joo.
I didn't man a war, I meant MW could be used with T+T. Or T+T with MW? AARGH IM CONFUSED

Br0. You can't speak properly and has overdosed caplock.
Bad grammer=STUPID
Capslock=STUPID
Stealing=STUPID
All 3=NOOB
Got it? If no, get out.

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Games / Maze Runner - Mosd good very gamimg word exist!

« on: April 11, 2013, 04:30:21 AM »

this is the most brutally exhilarating piece of stuff i've ever seen exist on greenlight
i wish i could upvote it.


there's also a read-aloud of it

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Games / Cat Girl Without Salad - New game by WayForward!

« on: April 01, 2013, 05:38:12 AM »

http://www.destructoid.com/cat-girl-without-salad-is-the-new-best-thing-ever-250088.phtml

oh hey, seems to be your ordinaly begging kickstarter article, sounds dumb--

JESUS

CHRIST


okay, definitely supporting this

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Games / Magicka: Wizard Wars - A NEW loving GAME, NOT JOKING.

« on: March 27, 2013, 09:59:52 AM »

http://signup.wizardwars.com/signup

Basically they announced a GAME instead of a DLC. A GAME. I wish I was kidding.

They even threw in a live-action trailer that gives off a Game of Thrones vibe.

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Games / Cortex Command - 1.0 - Nobody likes their weapons destroyed

« on: March 25, 2013, 07:18:31 AM »

Too lazy to make a good OP so i'll just reuse the reused one:

What is it?
It's a physics-based 2D side-scrolling shooter with crabs, pixel graphics, crabs, mod ability, crabs, lots of gamemodes, crabs...
Screenshots
Story
Earth was over.

Once peaceful, our world was awash in bloodshed, wracked by wars backed by holy men. It was humanity's darkest hour, and the boldest decisions were simply all we had left.

Forged in the rush of war, a curious symbiosis between man and machine formed. Our numbers bleeding away, technology enabled the survivors to control robots and clones from safety. And in the end, we found our bodies an obsolete constraint, and cast them off. Brain and mind interfaced with machines, we became more spirit than flesh-- one person living through many bodies.

And in this new form we attained escape from the corpse of our world. Interstellar rocket ships for the decades-long flights to reach new worlds became common once life support for entire bodies was unnecessary.

Fleeing into the dark unknown, humanity discovered it was not alone, but also not important. Humanity struggled for acceptance in this alien community, eventually forging the Orion Spur Amalgam. Interstellar trade flourished, and with it came rapid expansion. As the era of faster-than-light dawned, humanity could live again in peace and prosperity.

But human nature wasn't cast off as easily. For every city and space station compounded the ever-growing hunger for resources. Worlds were stripped in civilized sectors where law ensured conquest by the highest bidder. So all eyes turned outward, to star systems where no law existed but what you could enforce.

As the gold rush brings commanders from several rival groups to one such world beyond the far eastern fringes of the OSA, all prepare to assume... Cortex Command.Links

 

Downloads
   
Recommended Mods:

Warhammer 40K	Hueg Pack o' Mods	Large Pile o' Stuff	The Pelian Army	Train Chase	MAP PACK 3
- Space marines with powerful guns.	- TONS of rather OP stuff. (~100 items)	- A continuation of HPoM.	- A serious version of the previous two.	- A mission in which you must  destroy a train.	- Around 35 maps for skirmish games.

Discuss.

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Off Topic / Notable bits of Facebook handicapation

« on: March 24, 2013, 01:36:05 AM »

loving christ, it's 99 damn it. 2/2=1, 2-1=1, 100-1=99. or even 100-2=98 and 1+98=99.
not even going to say "do the math" because (evidently) not even that is safe.

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Games / Drunken Robot research - In which you kill giant robots. Not joking.

« on: March 22, 2013, 02:14:57 PM »

Dejobaan Games is the only viable explanation for such a title.

The video on the page will explain everything you need to know about the game. They also send keys on a newsletter somewhere.

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Games / Fall of the Ark

« on: March 22, 2013, 03:24:54 AM »

This game is the best snipped of entertainment ever since Bubsy 3D. It really delves deep into most of the possible symbolisms of the genre. This game proves true that all the masterworks are made on a low budget.

also bald blinking guy or something

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Off Topic / Square Face (Icon/Cube) Generator - Make adorable animu/chibi avatars!

« on: March 18, 2013, 11:51:42 AM »

Square Face Icon Generator (cute little avatar)
Square Face Cube Generator (cute little papercraft cube)

asked taboo where he got his avatar; didn't get a response. found on tumblr instead.

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Off Topic / 8 New and Necessary Punctuation Marks

« on: March 17, 2013, 04:40:17 AM »

http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6872071/8-new-and-necessary-punctuation-marks
http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6872909/download-the-collegehumor-punctuation-font

[This is the best thing ever]

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Off Topic / James Bond movies

« on: March 16, 2013, 12:33:44 PM »

so they are showing james bond movies over here on weekends so i thought i'd make this thread

there are 23 movies at the moment, my favorites are GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough


also, the intros are awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSqutxi0z3U