Question To satisfy curiosity about quotes

There is some speculation about what happens when many, many layers of quotes happen. If this is the reason for 5 and 6-deep quotes in some threads, I'll answer that right here, right now.

Bear in mind that if it gets too deep, it might accidentally become some kind of Class X diagram that warps the mind. You have been warned.

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and buried waaaaay far in the center is Sara.

This representation of a corridor is strangely beautiful.

"I told those knuckleheads when we started the pyramid to make sure everything was centered and lined up. To follow the blueprints. But no, they said they could just eyeball it."-Moe complaining about the other Stooges messing up another job.

elrodw wrote: There is some speculation about what happens when many, many layers of quotes happen. If this is the reason for 5 and 6-deep quotes in some threads, I'll answer that right here, right now.

Bear in mind that if it gets too deep, it might accidentally become some kind of Class X diagram that warps the mind. You have been warned.

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All hail the mighty Ziggurat!

It looks so messed up on mobile

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

elrodw wrote: There is some speculation about what happens when many, many layers of quotes happen. If this is the reason for 5 and 6-deep quotes in some threads, I'll answer that right here, right now.

Bear in mind that if it gets too deep, it might accidentally become some kind of Class X diagram that warps the mind. You have been warned.

3 layers

6 layers

9 layers

12 layers

15 layers

18 layers

All hail the mighty Ziggurat!

For those who have seen this post ---
Please report to either ARC or Homestake for assistance!
Your mind is now warped and you have been reclassified from human author or reader to Mythos
have a good day!

Wow...That is one messed up pyramid!

lighttech wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

elrodw wrote: There is some speculation about what happens when many, many layers of quotes happen. If this is the reason for 5 and 6-deep quotes in some threads, I'll answer that right here, right now.

Bear in mind that if it gets too deep, it might accidentally become some kind of Class X diagram that warps the mind. You have been warned.

3 layers

6 layers

9 layers

12 layers

15 layers

18 layers

All hail the mighty Ziggurat!

For those who have seen this post ---
Please report to either ARC or Homestake for assistance!
Your mind is now warped and you have been reclassified from human author or reader to Mythos
have a good day!

There is a point where we needed to stop, and we have clearly passed it. But let's keep going and see what happens

Eventually, you'll hit the turtle(s). So I don't think we need to go that far.

Guys, gals, people, stop before we give Elrod a stroke.

Me? Have a stroke? I'm having fun watching this get played out - quotes upon quotes of nothing as y'all experiment to find the point at which it folds back on itself in mind-twisting dimensional ways and becomes a gateway to Cthuluian hellspawn!

You have been warned that this is purely experimental, risky ground. So have at it - if you dare!

Welp, we have Elrdo's permission...

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CanI quote you on that?

Iwasforger03 wrote: Welp, we have Elrdo's permission...

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Well that's interesting.

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stop before you break the space-time continuum

Ah, you hit pet peeve # 348, the use of the word "welp" when you mean the interjection "well".
Welp is merely a mis-spelling of the word Whelp, which means "young-un"

About 7 or 8 more levels, I figure, before someone goes mad

JG's breaking things again

You know there are people here (not me) who would view that as a promise, not a threat, right?

I vote pink...
Hello Kitty hair bow pink

Rose Bunny wrote: I vote pink...
Hello Kitty hair bow pink

did you say hello kitty

mind warping time!

i.imgur.com/itp3bxj.jpg

> Looks at JG's post
> Begins screaming incoherently about the sky being hazel, the six unicorn riders, the opening of the frosting and glitter gate, and the arrival of the Broken Ones.
> Get committed to ARC.

We shall miss you Katssun. *waves goodbye*

Promises,Promises.


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elrodw wrote: Ah, you hit pet peeve # 348, the use of the word "welp" when you mean the interjection "well". Welp is merely a mis-spelling of the word Whelp, which means "young-un"

Nope. Not unless differences in English dialect and spoken register fail to exist in your speech and writing.

The usages of the two words, one a transcription of informal verbal usage, the other a near archaism, may not even overlap. My own word choices tend more toward Appalachian dialect over Deep South, and there's no confusion for me of 'welp' and 'whelp'.

Kristin Darken wrote: In all seriousness, not joking around here... moderator hat on and all that jazz... stop fucking with the block quotes or I'll turn off nested quotes completely.

If you ever actually have a REAL conversation that needs nested quotes to that depth, we'll see what happens. In the meantime... let's stick to using the forums the way they are INTENDED and stop giving malicious hackers ideas to try.

I'm sorry. I didn't realize that absurd nesting caused problems other than making the post difficult to read.

elrodw wrote: Ah, you hit pet peeve # 348, the use of the word "welp" when you mean the interjection "well".
Welp is merely a mis-spelling of the word Whelp, which means "young-un"

What makes using 'welp' as a dialect version of 'well' different from using 'young-un' as a dialect version of 'young one'?

*gives Kristin a hug and a cookie* Stop being poopyheads! sorry, had a Jade moment there.

A) Pet peeves are personal. I have mine, you have yours, and neither is really right, except that somewhere along the line, little brainworms set bits that made us sensitive to certain words or word combinations. Guilty as charged - my brain is corrupted in spots, like all of ours

2) I might have to do something I thought I'd never do,which is to explore the wonderful world of what might be if Kristin DID carry through a threat of making the color scheme into a Wondercute nightmare. Depends on personal time. And tolerance for hideous color combos. But think - it could be worse. What if she made it into a Jericho color scheme?

elrodw wrote: A) Pet peeves are personal. I have mine, you have yours, and neither is really right, except that somewhere along the line, little brainworms set bits that made us sensitive to certain words or word combinations. Guilty as charged - my brain is corrupted in spots, like all of ours

2) I might have to do something I thought I'd never do,which is to explore the wonderful world of what might be if Kristin DID carry through a threat of making the color scheme into a Wondercute nightmare. Depends on personal time. And tolerance for hideous color combos. But think - it could be worse. What if she made it into a Jericho color scheme?

My pet peeves starved to death, I kept forgetting to feed them... and Jericho color scheme... I didn't know you could do tartan and plaid and Paisley.

Rose Bunny wrote: My pet peeves starved to death, I kept forgetting to feed them... and Jericho color scheme... I didn't know you could do tartan and plaid and Paisley.

Many tartan setts result in reasonably large color blocks onto which paisley design motifs could be embroidered or appliqued. The real challenge would be to see if the same look could be achieved with modern loom-weaving techniques.

Any chance for customizable and sharable themes? While I wouldn't want to turn away new readers, I would very much like to see Wondercute and Jericho colour schemes.

elrodw wrote: A) [snip]

2) [snip]

Oh, good. I thought I was the only one who does this.

Ouch.

Having to duplicate everything for alternate colours is a very good reason for not switching colours. There are probably ways to make it easier, but most would require overhauling the whole system first.

Someone web-savvy enough might be able to write custom CSS scripts to load instead of the default, but that would mean knowing CSS and how to tell the browser to substitute CSS.

[EDIT] Just did some DOM editing. Is this pink enough?

That sounds painful.

As difficult as it may be, it is far from impossible for a user to modify what they're looking at. Someone, somewhere will find a way to turn the entire website pink. It may not be perfect or cover every inch of the site, but it can happen.

I have a browser extension that places animated unicorns and rainbows on the screen. Sadly, the pinkification was undone when I refreshed the page. At least the Cornify extension turns some of the text pink as flavours it with words like "lovely," "sparkly," "amazing," "charming," "happy," and of course, "cute."

Just so Kristin doesn't panic - if I do those, it'll be a screen cap of the existing nested quotes, modification with GIMP, and then posting as a picture, not doing the nasty coded multiple-embedded nested quotes again. Nothing that would alter the basic non-offensive color scheme we have. Doing Wondercute or Jericho could trigger a lot of people

elrodw wrote: Just so Kristin doesn't panic - if I do those, it'll be a screen cap of the existing nested quotes, modification with GIMP, and then posting as a picture, not doing the nasty coded multiple-embedded nested quotes again. Nothing that would alter the basic non-offensive color scheme we have. Doing Wondercute or Jericho could trigger a lot of people

at least it won't flash... think of the epileptics.

Angeldude wrote: I have a browser extension that places animated unicorns and rainbows on the screen. Sadly, the pinkification was undone when I refreshed the page. At least the Cornify extension turns some of the text pink as flavours it with words like "lovely," "sparkly," "amazing," "charming," "happy," and of course, "cute."

DON'T LET MISTY SEE THAT!!!

Rose Bunny wrote: My pet peeves starved to death, I kept forgetting to feed them... and Jericho color scheme... I didn't know you could do tartan and plaid and Paisley.

Pah! That's nothing!
Now, mixing tartan AND paisley AND argyle AND tie-dye...

Oh man, now I'm remembering those old screen pet programs. I don't remember what they were really called, but they'd make like sheep and stuff that would walk around your screen, climb up your windows, and generally get up to mischief.

Edit: Aha! I found a video!