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I see what you're trying to say, but it doesn't work that way. You can't say that you "disagree with [my] lifestyle", express that you don't want me to have the same privileges as you (marriage), and then try to cover it up by saying that you don't hate me. It'll still hurt and upset me. It's not my lifestyle, it's a part of who I am. I'm into women and I love my partner. It sounds like you don't know what you're talking about at all. That last sentence to top it off, does that really need to be said? Does it prove you to be a good person if you don't think that people should be persecuted? No. All it says is that you're not a completely rotten human being.
 
You're allowed to have your opinion and I respect your beliefs, but I honestly don't think it has a place in this discussion. Your opinion is based on an interpretation of the bible and it's very hard to get anywhere with that. When I went to bible camp and asked the theologists about homosexuality, they said that if Paul had known that his letters would later be interpreted as God's literal word, he would've chosen his words more carefully. They brought up Romans and explained the context, and that the passage in that light most likely refers to men cheating on their wives with other men (and vice versa). Then they went on to explain how we no longer live in bondage by the old law (e.g. Leviticus), and that living according to the old law is a curse. And, that teaching other people to live under the old law is bringing them under a curse.
 
Their interpretation of the bible is (at least*) as valid as yours. You could discuss it, but they (and you as well, I assume) have read the bible and understood it through the holy spirit. I don't think it's possible to validly bring the bible into political discussion before it is somewhat clear what the bible says. You can say that homosexuality is a sin, and another Christian comes in and disagrees with you. It sort of cancels your argument out. (Not your opinion or your personal voice, but your argument.)
 
*by "at least" I don't mean to belittle your interpretation, but at the point (one of them has graduated and become a priest) they were studying Christian theology at a university; including bible studies; Hebrew, Greek, and Latin; biblical times history; among other things related, so while not knowing your background, I assume that they have put more time and effort into understanding the bible.
 
 
And, on to what I wanted to say. In the physical world of man-made law and justice, it's ridiculous how gay marriage still is an issue. The gays aren't trying to steal your marriage and keep it for themselves. We just want to share.

I've found that knocking politely frequently works when it's an ordinary silence. However, all of the "correct" answers shift to some extent. Stomping with hoarse voices is pretty constant unless you have the curse of feebleness. Taking sides with the argument is good, but sometimes it's mediate the argument. If something is snoring/sleeping, usually sneaking in works, but I've also had it not work when I had curse of clumsiness. I've had bursting in violently work for couplets, but also knocking politely. For chanting, sometimes knocking politely works, but other times humming. If there's banjos, it's usually humming, but I've also had banjo duel work too. If there's slime, put the gloves on before you open the door. It all seems to be rather variable to me, but perhaps it's all just dependent upon which curses you have active? I can try to keep a better record, since all of these I just remember off the top of my head.
If you choose to not go through the door to the next floor, you can go around and collect more prizes before going through the door. This will pretty much ensure that you get to take as close to 3 prizes as possible for each floor. 3 appears to be the max amount of prizes they'll allow you to take regardless of how many you have to choose from.
 
I haven't been keeping a record of the prizes I've gotten to choose from, but can start if that would help anyone. I usually have between 15 and 20 prizes to choose from aside from with floor 1 where I was kinda bumbling along.
 
I have four college friends who are also playing, so I can try to convince them to tell me what happens with them too if more data is needed.

This! Maybe customisable "folders" you could put things in. I normally hold onto event prizes for at least a year, sometimes longer, and I would prefer not to have to go through them all to find a regular item that was released at the the same time.

Hm, I'm thinking that Scarlet used a batch of polyjuice potion...

You'll need some patience, but it's doable. Are you at level 50? If you're not, just keep playing as normal. Levelling up sometimes gives you a random egg, so you may receive Mootix and Pinchit nesters. You can check TDN's guide to see which levels give out eggs. If you're already at max level, the game will give you a new nester if all your old ones die out. In other words, don't hatch any more Larnikin nesters, and hope to get a different species when the last of your current nesters die. Remember to save a couple of Larnikin nester eggs in your bag, so you can bring it back once you have nester eggs of the other species. If you get a Mootix, harvest a couple of nester eggs it produces, but don't hatch them. Then when that one dies, hope for a Pinchit. Hatch workers and soldiers as you normally do.
 
In the future, harvest some eggs before you start hatching or discarding. I always keep at least two nester eggs of each species in my bag, so I can just get one out and hatch it when a nester dies.
 
Edit: Whoops, I was a bit slow there. What blueberrykiwi said is basically what I was trying to say.

Pokémon! I just bought a 3DS a couple months ago and I've been waiting for this since I bought it.
 
 
I can't wait for Sims 4 to come out. I haven't played Sims 3 in a while because the computer it was on died. It was probably for the best as I don't play responsibly either. I completely lose track of time when I played.

You'll need some patience, but it's doable. Are you at level 50? If you're not, just keep playing as normal. Levelling up sometimes gives you a random egg, so you may receive Mootix and Pinchit nesters. You can check TDN's guide to see which levels give out eggs. If you're already at max level, the game will give you a new nester if all your old ones die out. In other words, don't hatch any more Larnikin nesters, and hope to get a different species when the last of your current nesters die. Remember to save a couple of Larnikin nester eggs in your bag, so you can bring it back once you have nester eggs of the other species. If you get a Mootix, harvest a couple of nester eggs it produces, but don't hatch them. Then when that one dies, hope for a Pinchit. Hatch workers and soldiers as you normally do.
 
In the future, harvest some eggs before you start hatching or discarding. I always keep at least two nester eggs of each species in my bag, so I can just get one out and hatch it when a nester dies.
 
Edit: Whoops, I was a bit slow there. What blueberrykiwi said is basically what I was trying to say.

Because I had seen a lot of discussions (also on the neoboards) about who gives the best prizes I started testing. For now I have tested Koi and Walein and counted the codestones I got. I've battled them each for 15 days, it's not much, but gives me an average. I've also been testing who gives out the most NP per battle.

This is what I've found out:

On green, all challengers give a reward of 50NP/battle.

On orange and red, it depends on the challenger. There is no logic to be found whatsoever. Higher difficulty opponent doesn't always mean more NP, the dome you're fighting in doesn't matter either.

The only logic thing is: Red toughness gives more NP than battling THE SAME opponent on orange.

Dome Tough Dif. NP Tough Dif. NP Opponent
Central orange 12 120 red 17 254 Mr. Chuckles
Central orange 15 150 red 20 300 Chia Clown
Central orange 20 130 red 24 240 Boochi
Central orange 38 150 red 50 300 Eyrieki
Central orange 48 125 red 67 262 Kasuki Lu
Central orange 52 130 red 72 270 Flaming Meerca
Central orange 105 150 red 140 300 Kauvara
Frost orange 23 125 red 27 225 Donny
Frost orange 39 150 red 46 262 Valin
Frost orange 60 150 red 80 300 Lady Frostbite
Frost orange 158 150 red 210 300 Snow faerie
Haunted orange 51 130 red 59 225 Zafara Rogue
Haunted orange 42 200 red 63 450 Pant Devil
Haunted orange 50 120 red 67 240 Mummy
Haunted orange 72 120 red 84 209 Meuka
haunted orange 78 130 red 96 240 Edna
haunted orange 74 150 red 98 300 The Esophagor
Haunted orange 109 120 red 127 209 The Brain Tree
Haunted orange 126 150 red 168 250 Sidney
Haunted orange 150 120 red 175 209 Jelly Chia
Haunted orange 134 150 red 178 300 Black Pteri
Haunted orange 150 120 red 200 240 Greedy Kadoatie
Haunted orange 120 150 red 240 248 Vira
Neocola orange 21 150 red 28 300 S750 Kreludan Defender Robot
Neocola orange 71 150 red 94 300 Neopets v2
Neocola orange 156 130 red 192 240 Commander Garoo
Neocola orange 170 200 red 340 x Evil Sloth Clone
Pango orange 73 120 red 92 225 Lava Ghoul
Pango orange 64 200 red 96 450 Ghost Lupe
Pango orange 82 130 red 101 200 Tiki Tack Man
Pango orange 156 120 red 195 225 Advisor Broo
Ugga orange 42 120 red 56 240 Harry the Mutant Moehog
Ugga orange 73 125 red 87 225 Highland Chia
Ugga orange 87 150 red 102 100 Cave Chia
Ugga orange 128 150 red 170 300 Magnus the Torch
Ugga orange 158 150 red 237 450 Sabre X
Water orange 74 120 red 87 209 Koi Warrior
Water orange 140 150 red 186 300 Giant Spectral Mutant Walein
 
(Central= Central Arena, Frost= Frost Arena, Haunted= Rattling Cauldron, Neocola= Neocola Centre, Pango= Pango Palladium, Ugga= Ugga Dome, Water= Dome of the Deep)
These are the ones I tested, my pet couldn't handle the tougher ones. (Also couldn't handle Evil Sloth Clone on red.)
I also battled a few low difficulty opponents with a different pet to see if the pet or strength etc mattered. It didn't seem to matter, but I only tested it on 3 opponents.
 
I've also been keeping track of how many items I got per fight, it didn't matter. Difficulty of opponents, toughness of opponent, nothing mattered, there was no difference. (Some people believed that higher difficulty or orange/red had a higher chance of giving 2 or 3 items per fight then lower difficulty or green toughness)
 
Next up is the test of who gives the most codestones. So far I've only been testing Koi and Walein. But the result was pretty surprising.
With 15 days of fighting each I had:
 
Walein:
Total regulars+reds: 70 codestones
Koi:
Total regulars+reds: 70 codestones
 
(Yes, really. I planned on battling each for 15 days, so a month in total. The outcome is just coincidence.)
 
Now the difference:
 
Walein: gave me 58 regulars and 12 red ones.
and Koi gave me 48 regulars and 22 red ones.
 
This is a significant difference in my opinion. 10 codestones in 15 days. So Koi gives out more reds but the amount of codestones is the same. (If you want to see the data for each day, I can give it to you.)
 
So if you're battling these two to pay for your training and don't plan on selling any codestones, pick the one that gives out the most codestones you need.
If you plan on selling them, Koi is the best, since red are more valuable.
 
If you want me to test another opponent, let me know what data you would like to see. (Like: how many nerk's does X give, how many codestones does Y give? Can you compare which is better out of A and B?)
I will test each requested opponent for 15 days, so be patient.
 
Also, if someone else has been doing similar tests or want to help with the requested opponents, share your results or let us know who you will test. Please make sure you wrote it down for at least 15 days, I feel that less isn't enough data to have an accurate average. More is always better.

Wow yesterday I was about to buy a Zombie pb for 3.5 mil but bcz of the time difference with the guy selling it i missed the auction he set for me ... today they dropped to 1 Mil ha ha ha :D lucky me !!!!

I suspect it's a Neopets filter. I know they filter on April Fools Day so that people can't spoil the joke, and you can't mention Jellyworld (or link to it) on the Neoboards.
 
Krispy Kreme is giving out free doughnuts for talking like a pirate (and a free dozen for dressing like one). Alas, the scurvy knaves don't have a watering hole in my port, and 'twould be too long a voyage across treacherous seas to get to the nearest one.

I am...very bothered by the amount of people who are saying that it's offensiveness is 'harmless'. Actually, at the end of the day, it's not about 'offense'. Its about blatant racism/homophobia/fatphobia/etc. being wrapped up as a 'joke'. I hate the excuse of "well I/it/they make fun of everyone equally so I'm not racist/sexist/generally a bigot'. That's not how it works. It just makes you 'equally' ignorant. Why don't a few of you go read up on representation in media and how it can, indeed, be harmful. Just because something is in the context of a joke, that doesn't suddenly make it okay and harmless.
 
When I was 13-15 I liked Family Guy and the like, but then I grew up. And I've never liked South Park. They are trash.

I agree with OP that a lot of the criticism of the series is unfounded - I've seen a lot of "omw weird sex GROSS" shaming and general prudishness about the fact that women might read erotica - but there are a lot of legitimate criticisms of the series. The racist caricatures, the casual sexism, the romanticizing of an abusive relationship (I'm not talking about the BDSM, I'm talking about the way Edward/Christian treats Bella/Ana outside of the bedroom - though the BSDM is incredibly unrealistic and unsafe, too)...and just the poor, often inadvertently-creepy writing (the bits in the last book where they sexualize their child are uhm sketchy to say the least) are reason enough to dislike it.

50 Shades? How about 50 Shades of Lies? Yes? Okay.
 
My point of view on this book is based on how the author wanted the relationship of the characters to be.
 
I have come to hate this book and all it's fan's cheering because I am a Librarian. We have at least 70 copies in our system and people rant and rave over it. I did skim through it, i read the reports and summaries. Not interested. Mainly because (as someone from the BDSM community) it's not true to what would happen. It's hard to really go over this on TDN forums but those of us who are part of that actual community are sort of offended. (Not all of us, naturally)
And we have noticed that the author seems to be nothing more than a soccer mom wanting to experience the other side and so she writes about it. But she doesn't actually know. It's pretty much fantasy for soccer moms and vanilla peoples, again not saying this is bad, but not my style nor many others.
 
I have no interest in where this book got it's start but if it's from fanfiction like you say, then I'm definitely not interested any more than I was to begin with. That's just a load of crap that I won't stand for, and thus I become grim every time I have to hand out that book to patrons at my Library. Enjoy the book, if it's your thing. I'm just quite offended by the whole deal of vanilla folks wooing over the thoughts of the other side.
 
/end rant.
 
KINK-SHAMING INDEED!

Perhaps this has come at a time when she is confused about other things or her mind is not as clear as usual, is it possible that she is not quite herself just now for some reason and with time to consider quietly she will be different?
 
Sometimes we react at the time and then look back and wish we had been different but feel that too much has been said to go back and sort it out, its hard to know but its possible that she has reacted strongly and now regrets it but feels she cant back track as she has said too much.
 
I dont think its wise to chase her though, if you have been reasonable and left a way back for her if she reconsiders, then I suggest you leave it for the moment and allow things to calm down and take time for reflection.

I'm sorry you have to go through this.
 
As I don't know what this is all about I can't really put myself in the situation, but it does sound like you're through. It seems like an immature way to end something, so the case might be that she's incredibly upset and therefore letting the raging emotions lead, instead of reason. Maybe she'll come around after calming down; if for nothing else to apologize for deliberately hurt your feelings and try to end your relationship in a more civil way. I don't know, I don't know her and I don't know the situation.
 
When something like this arises in a close friendship, it's often about compromising; agreeing to disagree, or completely laying your case down, but you can't always do that. Everyone has different values and everyone has deal breakers, something you can't live with agreeing to or participating in or even being close to. Friendships are important and often worth sacrifices, but at the end of the day you have to stand up for yourself.
 
I hope you can just step away for a while and keep yourself occupied. Losing a friend will always feel awful, but gaining distance and ability to look at the situation objectively is the best you can do. I don't think you can "save" it at this point, but maybe a solution (be it getting back together or just realizing that you're better off like this) will be there when the both of you aren't preoccupied with strong feelings.

I am listening to Orange is the New Black! Funniest show!

Today my Random Contest entry got accepted into the Neopian Times too. Two trophies for the price of one! :D
 
I hadn't thought of doing that, great idea! (I'm pretty close.)

I got the stock market avatar today :)) I've been at it all summer, thinking that I'd get it by just buying and selling stocks normally, but apparently I'm too lucky with my stocks doing well enough all the time. I got impatient and bought 250 shares in KSON for the last 150k I needed to invest to get the avatar. I'm not much of a gambler, so I sold them a minute later (thumbs up at flat rate commission).

I made it into the Mutant Day art gallery! (Technically I didn't draw/submit it today, but it got in! And technically it was yesterday, but you know, time zones.)
I'll live off of this for weeks!

Finally have enough NP in my bank account to receive 1000+ interest daily :) I now point blank refuse to drop below that range, heh.

I made it into the Mutant Day art gallery! (Technically I didn't draw/submit it today, but it got in! And technically it was yesterday, but you know, time zones.)
I'll live off of this for weeks!

I made it into the Mutant Day art gallery! (Technically I didn't draw/submit it today, but it got in! And technically it was yesterday, but you know, time zones.)
I'll live off of this for weeks!

I made it into the Mutant Day art gallery! (Technically I didn't draw/submit it today, but it got in! And technically it was yesterday, but you know, time zones.)
I'll live off of this for weeks!

It's nothing huge, but I've been re-building my habitarium. I've barely opened the game since the max level was 25 (what was that, 2011?), so a couple of days ago I started from there with decayed everything and one nester, and now it's at 31 and bursting with life. And it's quite addicting. Plus, I didn't break anything when I so many times came sooooo close to AAA's score today (and I finally beat him yeaaaah).