Talk:708: Sex Dice

2023-10-24T17:39:36Z

162.158.155.159:

Dice weights + sex dice = whatever you want, whenever you want it. Just sayin'. '''[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 14:00, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

In D&D, initiative is rolled with a d20 (20 sided die) so it would be unlikely that the title-text would ever happen. Even if it did, real role-players have a LOT of dice. I personally have more d6s (cube die) than all my other dice. [[Special:Contributions/121.44.164.207|121.44.164.207]] 10:12, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
: Could be GURPS. [[Special:Contributions/70.39.177.36|70.39.177.36]] 22:29, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
:: Or Traveler. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.160|173.245.54.160]] 19:13, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
::: Or a 20-sided sex die. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.214.209|108.162.214.209]] 22:02, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

I tried to search for sex dice and I could not find any types that would explain the title text. Taking initiative and rolling one of those actions mentioned here in [http://img.alibaba.com/img/pb/883/805/266/1284285277190_hz-cnmyalibaba-web1_21695.jpg this picture] (it is SFW) would not give a wow response, I think. This seems to be the typical words, and then there are places, body parts and positions. But it must be presumed in this comic that it is still the action dice that Cueball and Megan are missing they are using... Also these other dice would not make any difference. Only if you are using more dice to make a sentence but that would not be clear from the title text --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:57, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
: It's just a pun on "rolling for initiative" vs. "taking the initiative" in the sense of making the first move romantically or sexually. Any action on the die that isn't a normal part of combat (including fondling, which we know is on the die, as well as licking or sucking) would constitute "taking the initiative" as the player would be initiating a sexual encounter with the enemy. I don't think the "wow" reaction implies that the die has rolled a particularly weird or extreme sex act, it's just that walking up to someone and e.g. fondling or licking them without even speaking to them first is in itself a pretty extreme way to take the initiative. I don't think it necessarily even indicates surprise (as they know they are playing with the sex dice), it's just an intensifier along the lines of "boy, do you ever..." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.159|162.158.155.159]] 17:39, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Talk:2825: Autumn and Fall

2023-09-08T03:52:30Z

162.158.155.159: Replies.

:Who calls it the "fall equinox"? I thought the equinoctes were always described as "vernal" and "autumnal"? [[User:Mathmannix|Mathmannix]] ([[User talk:Mathmannix|talk]]) 19:11, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

:: Americans sometimes call it the fall equinox casually [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.100|172.71.158.100]] 19:56, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

:: In American English, "fall equinox" contrasts with "spring equinox" in the same way "summer solstice" contrasts with "winter solstice." The Latinate names are "autumnal equinox," "hibernal solstice," "vernal equinox," and "estival solstice," but since British English lost its non-Latinate name for the fall, the term "autumnal equinox" has to do double duty. The Latinate names are rather more common for equinoxes than solstices, but all four names are used. Also used are "September equinox," "December solstice," "March equinox," and "June solstice" if the context doesn't let you commit to one hemisphere or the other. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.74|108.162.216.74]] 09:20, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

:: Most people? It is the equinox that falls in Fall. So the Fall equinox. Like the summer and winter solstice. Which also invalidates anybody claiming the summer soltice being the last day of spring.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.150.102|172.69.150.102]] 16:08, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

:WRT the alt text, perhaps this is a woosh moment, but "fall" isn't at all common in British parlance. We know it, but only as an Americanism of what we would just call "Autumn". [[Special:Contributions/172.68.19.103|172.68.19.103]] 20:55, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
:: That's the joke. Just as Americans don't typically use "autumn", the UK does not use "fall". [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.12|172.69.34.12]] 21:45, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

What "type of five-season system shown in the comic"? The comic doesn't show five-season system. It shows EIGHT season system. We just only know names of five of them. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:17, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

: That's the point, though: if the English language had an 8-season system, we'd have 8 names for them — but we only have 5. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.110.225|162.158.110.225]] 07:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

: Canada has 11 seasons with names for all of them: https://twitter.com/mathewi/status/1234532208423178241?lang=en (one of many variations on this meme, but rings very true if you live up north)

I think the statement "nowhere uses the type of five-season system shown in the comic." deserves an actual "citation needed" and not the joke one. Personally I didn't know about the six season thing in South Asia so it's not obvious that noone uses 5 seasons. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 11:07, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
::I definitely agree. I was going to comment the same thing.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.11|172.70.178.11]] 12:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
::The Hebrew bible, in the Book of Genesis (Gen. 8:22), establishes six seasons (consistent with the west-Asian origin story of the progenitors of the Hebrew race) of Sowing, Reaping, Cold, Heat, Summer, and Winter.

Can you believe it guys? First day of fall. Just a week away! First day of fall is in a week! Woohoo! I am so happy about this information. first day of fall, just a week away. Oh wow. Can you believe it? First day of fall! Just in a week! It got here so fast. First day of fall! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.39|172.71.22.39]] 11:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Bumpf

I'm surprised he didn't find a way to work in the "unofficial" seasons, which are based on holidays that straddle the periods of summer weather. In the US, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and Labor Day the unofficial end. They also coincide approximately with school summer breaks. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 14:20, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
: I just saw this comment, but that's exactly what I just added. :-) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.161|162.158.79.161]] 23:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm just unreasonably pleased that someone of note is acknowledging that calling the equinoxes & solstices, the "start" of a season, is absurd from the standpoint of tracking the weather: The shortest day, occurring near the meteorological ''middle'' of winter even in the most delayed climates, is ''obviously not'' the "start" of winter, & likewise the weather shifts noticeably about a month before the vernal & autumnal equinoxes. The seemingly obligatory "first day of summer!" proclamations in the middle of June feel ''really'' disingenuous & annoying when much of the continent has already been seeing 90°F\32°C for weeks. '''By what means can we collectively petition to abolish this obviously incorrect practice''' & start ''properly'' referring to the solstices & equinoxes as the ''middle'' of their respective seasons, instead?
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 16:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
:As a science teacher, I feel this a lot.
:It's actually a classic trick question, "Do days get longer or shorter in winter?". Days are shorter (than in summer), yes, but given that winter quite famously can be said to {{w|Winter#Astronomical and other calendar-based reckoning|start on the shortest day}}, means that the answer is actually "longer", as the season heads towards the equinox and nights shorten from their maximum. (Either that or "neither, they're ''all'' 24 hours long" ...well, give or take the occasional leap second...)
:So, anyway, it's astronomical seasons. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.230|172.70.85.230]] 17:06, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

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