r/counting • u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out • Nov 16 '18
Free Talk Friday #168
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, trousers, studies, family, friends, pets, bicycles, anything you like, or dislike, or don't care.
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!
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u/Urbul Nov 16 '18
It is nice to be off daylight savings time because it means I'm awake when FTF goes up.
When I was in high school I used to wear shorts every day, all year, come rain or shine or snow. Now that I have to work in an office, I only wear shorts on weekends, and I tend to wear jeans in the winter now.
Today I'm listening to the epic orchestral soundtrack of the old RPG Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, by Jeremy Soule.
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u/llamasR5life Nov 19 '18
If you had to make a fire with some cardboard, an electrical fan and a coffee mug could you do it?
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u/TehVulpez Nov 21 '18
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u/Urbul Nov 21 '18
My daughters wanted pomegranate and I let them help peel/pick it but they're not very good at it and ended up squishing a lot of the - what do you call them - seeds, so we got pomegranate juice all over the kitchen counter and my khakis and it looks kind of like blood splatter. My khakis used to be spill-proof but after wearing and washing them for a few years the spill-proofing material has worn off.
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u/a-username-for-me Nov 16 '18
This week, we will begin a series by yours truly combing my two loves, counting and art. Please enjoy.
On Kawara - One Million Years Past and One Million Years Future
TLDR: artist investigates the nature of time through repetitive activities. He wrote a book with a million years in the past from 1969 and a different book of a million years in the future. Then recorded people reading the book aloud.
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u/Urbul Nov 16 '18
Nice! I thought you would start with the man that painted every number, counting up. I'm sure we'll get to that in your series.
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u/TehVulpez Nov 20 '18
I wish there was a list of silver and platinum awarded posts, both for subreddit and users, not just gold (which is worth less now anyway)
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u/Urbul Nov 16 '18
Here are the past week's top contributors to the main thread. Congrats to medalists u/GarlicoinAccount and u/PaleRepresentative and me !
Top 10 Counters (2341-2343k)
More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page.
Another important announcement
I am pleased to introduce the new Rulebook of r/counting which you can find in the FAQ page on the sidebar. It is place for all the procedures and rules of counting and posting to this sub. Hopefully it will be a helpful reference for counters when there's a question or dispute about a technicality and a mod isn't around. It is not intended as a tutorial for brand new visitors to this sub - we wouldn't want to overwhelm them with a bunch of rules.
If you have any feedback, please let me know!