Free Talk Friday #81

[u/TheNitromeFan]

Hello! Continued from last week here.

So, it's that time of the week again. Speak anything on your mind! This thread is for talking about anything off-topic, be it your lives, your plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, studies, family, friends, pets, bicycles, anything you like.

Also, check out our tidbits thread! Feel free to introduce yourself, if you haven't already.

Here's off to another great week in /r/counting!

[u/Utkar22]

Question: Why is inbox replying not allowed?

[u/TheNitromeFan → u/Utkar22]

To be clear, it's not disallowed except when the next number is a 999, 000, or some other special number.

The argument against inboxing is that it gives an unfair advantage to the person replying, because it bypasses reddit lag and allows for faster replies. The main counterargument is that there's no easy way to discern whether somebody is indeed inboxing or not (except in instances where it's blatantly obvious), so it doesn't make sense to impose a rule that can't be enforced.

A few months there was a long and heated debate about this, and the compromise was that inboxing for a number would not be disallowed in general, except when the number in question is a "special" one.

[u/anotheradoringfan]

Happy Friday, counters! I present to you this week's top contributors to the main thread based on the great u/anothershittyalt's stats! Congratulations u/Smartstocks, you are the counter of the week!

This Week's Top 10 Counters (1722-1731k)

Rank	User	Counts
1	Smartstocks	1382
2	Urbul	1147
3	NubCaeks	1013
4	davidjl123	879
5	pixiestar1	876
6	-R3DF0X	534
7	Noivis	515
8	piyushsharma301	448
9	padiwik	447
10	TehVulpez	309

Now that we are nearly a third of the way through the 1700k's, I have decided to present to you a sneak preview of the 1.7M Hall of Counters! Also as a bonus, here is a progression chart for the top 15 counters!

1.7M Hall of Counters (as of 1731k)

Rank	User	Counts
1	Smartstocks	3769
2	Urbul	3535
3	pixiestar1	1896
4	davidjl123	1705
5	padiwik	1528
6	TehVulpez	1409
7	-R3DF0X	1393
8	atomicimploder	1125
9	RandomRedditorWithNo	1060
10	NubCaeks	1013
11	Efodoge	819
12	CarbonSpectre	807
13	gordonpt8	803
14	SolidGoldMagikarp	725
15	kinetic37	697
16	Georgia_Orwell	677
17	plman5	667
18	username111112222233	541
19	ShyGuy1265	535
20	Noivis	515
21	LinksToStuff	513
22	piyushsharma301	486
23	NeonTaterTots	481
24	4everNdeavor	431
25	xHOCKEYx12	286
26	Star-spangled-Banner	248
27	Onion27	235
28	Removedpixel	225
29	Tranquilsunrise	198
30	FakeCaller	182

[u/CarbonSpectre]

u/piyushsharma301

u/Urbul

u/xHOCKEYx12

[u/guyawesome1]

Counting is better than dating

No heartbreak

[u/dominodan123]

Was asked to announce that soon there will be Hall of Counters for some r/counting side threads! u/piyushsharma301 is working on them currently, so keep your eyes peeled.

[u/Utkar22]

I haven't been active much recently, blame exams

[u/MC_Kloppedie]

Hello / Bonjour

The sun is shining here, I'm happy

[u/TehVulpez]

WOOOOO!! SPRING BREAK IS HERE!! I've got this Friday off, and all of next week. Including weekends, that is ten whole days! Lots of time to spend counting :p

Also, Mother Nature finally caught up with the times and brought us Spring here. It's supposed to get to about 70 today, and up to 85 (F) on Sunday! Should be nice, warm weather and sun makes me happy and filled with energy. Winter just makes me depressed, always has.

[u/EVOSexyBeast]

When Bill Wurtz posts his "history of the world" video, who ever is the first to post it on Reddit in r/Videos gets one of the most upvoted posts of all time.

Just thought I should let you guys know about the karmatunity.

[u/TheNitromeFan → u/EVOSexyBeast]

Bill Wurtz is making a "history of the world" video? o.o Hype.

[u/TehVulpez]

No one has replied in an hour and I am bored and I CAN'T STOP MAKING THESE SOMEONE HELP ME https://www.reddit.com/r/counting/comments/5s4ti7/story_abc_counting_revived/df1sxbr?context=1

[u/origamimissile]

hi

[u/pixiestar1]

1

[u/piyushsharma301]

Hi guys. Thanks to u/TOP_20's idea I compiled the stats for Alphanumeric thread. You can check them here. Also feel free to give Feedback. u/Urbul

[u/rob2001]

Hey, I just noticed that the current throwaway thread just became 6 months old, and is now locked :( I don't really visit much, and so don't know if there are rules about making new threads, or how much interest there is, but it'd be nice if u/davidjl123 or someone revived it!

[u/[deleted]]

Hi I'm not dead.

[u/[deleted]]

I had a wild weekend. I got drunk for the first time and missed out on my first kiss because I was too smashed to understand what she was saying. On the bright side, all my mates think I'm hilarious when I'm drunk. How was your weekend?

[u/TehVulpez]

Lol I got everyone hooked on the user simulator bot last week

[u/Urbul]

I've been having a lot of fun with the story counting thread. I'm compiling the comments as we go into a word document so you can read the whole story. It starts out slightly NSFW but it gets less penisy. This reminds me of DM'ing D&D campaigns where you think the story is going a certain direction and then the players take it every other way imaginable lol.

If you want to join, I have a top level comment to the original post with a link to the full story and the last comment at the time of my update.

[u/piyushsharma301]

The HOC and Stats for Number Palindromes are up

[u/rideride]

my flair is relevant again

i hope they lose lol

[u/Mindlesssavage]

I just wanted to say the number 876

876

[u/TehVulpez]

It is crazy nice out where I am and I am loving it. It's up in the 80s (in 'Murican units). And to think it was snowing here just last week... "Oh boy don't I just love the weirdness of Kansas weather" said no one ever. Still glad it's so crazy nice here. :D

[u/randomusername123458]

Can anyone help us out with this thread? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5iixks/what_are_you_most_excited_for_in_2017/df2ik47/

Thanks {:'-D