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Rusty has his own SimCity (Diaries)

By llimllib
Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:20:18 PM EST

llimllib's Diary

Rusty's the mayor of his own SimCity, there was a fire in the city last night, a tornado about a week ago, and now the SimResidents are all getting pissed off and putting mean headlines in the paper. Clearly, we need a new school or park or something, so that his approval ratings go up.


I mean, seriously, this is some pretty fascinating watching of the k5 user's love/hate Rusty relationship. I think the next poll on the front page should be "Rusty: approve?" so that we could all watch his ratings fluctuate. Also, we already have the advisors that the mayor gets in the game.

Advisor 1: The users want more accountability, mayor.
Advisor 2: A new hamster farm would speed things up, Sir.

and so on. This is a cool little video game he wrote.

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Rusty has his own SimCity | 18 comments (18 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
On behalf of the residents (5.00 / 7) (#5)
by Control Group on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:47:00 PM EST
(user_1d10t@hotmail.com) http://control-group.livejournal.com

We of the Experts' Guild For Alpacas and Dromedaries (EGAD) respectfully request that you turn disasters off, Mr. Mayor. We've spent countless simoleans to help our gentle four-legged cousins, and it takes no more than one alien invasion to undo all our hard work!

***
"Oh, nothing. It just looks like a simple Kung-Fu Swedish Rastafarian Helldemon."
I'm tempted to photoshop some SC4000 Screens. n/t (5.00 / 3) (#4)
by AmberEyes on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:43:17 PM EST
(ambereye@nospamforme.one.net) http://www.aemaps.com

-AmberEyes


"But you [AmberEyes] have never admitted defeat your entire life, so why should you start now. It seems the only perfect human being since Jesus Christ himself is in our presence." -my Uncle Dean
ps (5.00 / 2) (#6)
by llimllib on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:53:04 PM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

Photoshopping the broken bridge would be the best thing ever. Also, there could be a little Rusty statue next to the mayor's house.


Peace.
[ Parent ]
Sadly enough (5.00 / 4) (#8)
by AmberEyes on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 02:21:54 PM EST
(ambereye@nospamforme.one.net) http://www.aemaps.com

I don't think this needs Photoshopping.

-AmberEyes


"But you [AmberEyes] have never admitted defeat your entire life, so why should you start now. It seems the only perfect human being since Jesus Christ himself is in our presence." -my Uncle Dean
[ Parent ]
that is what all my cities look like :-( (n/t) (5.00 / 3) (#10)
by fishling on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 02:52:54 PM EST



[ Parent ]
that is awesome (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by llimllib on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 02:25:54 PM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

(text is for wussies)


Peace.
[ Parent ]
Hahahahahah +1 FP Perfect analogy (3.60 / 10) (#1)
by Tex Bigballs on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:24:57 PM EST
(K5 Premium Subscriber) http://www.magic-cone.com/animation1.htm

yeah, the VERY LEAST he could have done was change the stock apache error message to at least briefly explaining what the problem was and when it would be fixed.

Oh well, just goes to show you the grand canyon's worth of difference between a weekend hobbiest's open source "effort" and the solid professionalism that goes along with a proven dot-net infrastructure.

ROTFL!!!!!! (5.00 / 4) (#2)
by The Writer on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:34:49 PM EST
(spam@blackhole.nowhere.edu) http://loopback.nowhere.edu/dont/even/bother.html

Solid professionalism? Dot-net? Proven? ROTFLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!! Hahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha...

*phew*

That was a good laugh. It's good to know that at least dot-net is good for laughter therapy. :-P

[ Parent ]

L-O-L-A Lola! (5.00 / 4) (#3)
by Qarl on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 01:43:14 PM EST

"LOL" has been around a while, but I've never stopped to ask... does "LOLOLOLOL" mean you're "Lauging out loud out loud out loud out loud"? Or do you actually make that sound when you laugh now that you use the internet? If so, does it sound like "Low low low low lole" or more like "loll all all all all"?

In other news, is it using keyboards that turns people into idiots, or staring at CRTs? Or should I say CRTRTRTRTRTRTRT!!!11!!!

--Carl
[ Parent ]

Just when I think I'm king, I must admit... (5.00 / 2) (#15)
by killmepleez on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 04:42:43 PM EST

...I have caught myself experiencing something humorous offline and thinking to myself, LOL, which I pronounce to rhyme with "hole", as in the thing which I'm going to put in my skull if anyone ever catches me saying it out loud.

-k

__
"You can't know me either. No, I won't let you in to a place that I have yet to gain access to. No, me first." --A.J. Mahari
[ Parent ]
About LOLOL's (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by The Writer on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 02:17:39 PM EST
(spam@blackhole.nowhere.edu) http://loopback.nowhere.edu/dont/even/bother.html

Physical sound of laughter = hahahahahahahaha...

Electronic representation of laughter = LOLOLOLOLOLOL...

I hope that makes things clear for you, sir. And if you have no further questions, I'd like to thank you for choosing to ask your pertinent question on K5. If you have any other questions in the future, please don't hesitate to contact us. Have a nice day. Goodbye.

[ Parent ]

About LOL (3.00 / 2) (#16)
by Qarl on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 05:34:39 PM EST

First, pardon me for making light of modern quirks of online speech. I was clearly overstepping my bounds, you humorless dolt.

Second, I can tell whether you're actually humorless based on whether you rise to the bait of being called a dolt.

Third, LOLOLOLOLOL is not the electronic representation of laughter. "LOL" is an acronym, standing for "Laughing Out Loud". Because people are used to repeating "Hahahahahahaha." I'm sure it seemed only natural to type "LOLOLOLOL" but that doesn't mean it makes sense. "Haha" can be repeated because people actually repeat the noise when laughing. No one repeats "out loud" over and over when saying "I was laughing out loud!" People say ROTFL all the time, but I'd look pretty stupid if I wrote "ROTFLFLFLFLFL!"

Fourth, to Mr "This is the dumbest conversation ever", you clearly haven't read enough other online conversations. We're bored and wasting bandwidth, deal.

--Carl
[ Parent ]

ROTFLMAAHOAPIUASIWRA! (5.00 / 1) (#18)
by The Writer on Fri Jul 18th, 2003 at 12:57:20 AM EST
(spam@blackhole.nowhere.edu) http://loopback.nowhere.edu/dont/even/bother.html

You wrote:

Third, LOLOLOLOLOL is not the electronic representation of laughter. "LOL" is an acronym, standing for "Laughing Out Loud". Because people are used to repeating "Hahahahahahaha." I'm sure it seemed only natural to type "LOLOLOLOL" but that doesn't mean it makes sense.

Oh yes, it does. How does "hahahaha" make "more sense" than LOLOLOL? Psychologically, the repetition of the "ha's" is a manifestation of the inherent psychosis in our psyche, triggered when the brain fails to make any sense of what has just been said. And while LOL began as an acronym, it has become a word, the same way that DOS (as in Denial Of Service) has become a word. To be precise, LOL has become a laughter word, much as "ha" used to be a laughter word way back during the time of the Saxons, and only became "hahahaha" (repeated) after it has been internalized and subjected to the said psychosis. Ask any online chat veteran, and you will find out that LOL has been internalized into a word, and therefore can be treated as a repeating laughter word the same way "ha" has been internalized and is now naturally repeated during laughter. The "real meaning" of LOL is about as interesting as the etymology of "ha" in the kilogram edition of the Oxford Dictionary, that is to say, not at all. It is nothing but a historical footnote only pedants care about.

Now, about ROTFL, everybody and his neighbour's dog knows that extended ROTFL laughter more resembles my subject line (which in case you didn't realize stands for "Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass And Head Off And Picking It Up Again So It Won't Roll Away", as anybody who's been on online chats for more than 5 years knows) than any form of repetition. Unless the laugher happens to strike that psychosis mentioned above, which happens when you roll on the floor laughing out loud, in which case it becomes ROTFLOLOLOLOL. Which has a nice sound to it, as it rhymes with "rolling".

Now excuse me while I go and ROTFLOLOLOLing with my fellow chat aficiandos.

[ Parent ]

wow, thanks for enlightening me (1.66 / 3) (#17)
by llimllib on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 05:43:03 PM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

I now see the humor in your lightehearted pokes at quirks of online speech. You should go on tour! You could be one of the greats.

llimllib has posted 660 comments, 2 stories, and 28 diaries, and let me tell you, this coversation is gay. Liberacci gay. You are stupider than a 12-year old slashdotter responding to a poorly crafted microsoft troll. The conversation you initiated has less redeeming social value than does even a single 'NSync song. I fart in your general direction.


Peace.
[ Parent ]
LOLOL (5.00 / 2) (#14)
by ad hoc on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 04:12:22 PM EST
(ad_hoc {at} myway {dot} com)

Isn't that the laugh the aliens used in Galaxy Quest?


--

[ Parent ]
ehhh? (5.00 / 1) (#11)
by mrondello on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 03:24:50 PM EST

Physical sound of laughter = hahahahahahahaha...

Electronic representation of laughter = LOLOLOLOLOLOL...

why not:
Electronic representation of laughter = hahahahahahahaha...

Pretty much the same number of characters and same amount of effort, and it only directly reflects what is happening.

So whats the difference? Somehow LOLOLOL is cooler than HAHAHA?

wait shouldn't it be LOLLOLLOLLOL?

[ Parent ]
It's LOLOLOL! (none / 0) (#13)
by The Writer on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 03:36:30 PM EST
(spam@blackhole.nowhere.edu) http://loopback.nowhere.edu/dont/even/bother.html

It's LOLOLOL, not some lame crap like LOLLOLLOLLOL. Any doctor would be able to tell you that the latter is likely to cause repetitive strain injuries and CTS, as well as stuttering when you laugh. It's LOLOLOL 'cos then it rolls better, just like real laughter should. If it doesn't roll, it's not a laugh!

And as for your suggestion of electronic laughter: then it completely defeats the purpose of it being an electronic laughter, 'cos "hahahahaha" is a physical laughter, dangit!

[ Parent ]

THIS IS THE DUMBEST COVERSATION EVER (5.00 / 8) (#12)
by llimllib on Thu Jul 17th, 2003 at 03:27:34 PM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

please make it stop.


Peace.
[ Parent ]
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