RPC Tangents

[Greengoop]

Probably the best version of the game to be fair, and it was supposed to be exclusive to Wii U originally.

I’d say the ps vita version is better, but I think everyone can agree the switch version is a nightmare

[Hunchman801]

iirc there were some in the past! Maybe hunch can tell you about it better

There were a couple formal IRL meetings in France, but for the most part, people have met each other informally, when they had the occasion. I've met with quite a bunch of people here over the years, though I don't want to start a list as I'm sure I'd forget some of them.

You can also tell people from northern and southern France apart depending on if they punctuate most of their phrases with a "enculay/putaing !" or not.
Also, if they say "pain au chocolat", you know that you are talking to a proper French person!... BUT, if they spout some heretic nonsense like "c h o c o l a t i n e", then you know you're talking to a hopeless degenerate from the south-west!

QFT.

To be honest, I've always been curious about why there's a space between the end of the sentence and the punctuation mark. I just never looked into it.

The short answer is that punctuation is not universal, and standards evolved concurrently. There's no right or original way of doing, just different conventions that most likely emerged from old printing standards. That's how, for some time, two spaces were often used between sentences in English text. It's also notable that Canadian French is different and mostly follows English conventions when it comes to spaces and punctuation.

But those are just minor details. Spanish differentiates itself further with the pairs "¿?" and "¡!", and if you start looking into non-Latin scripts, you'll find even more diversity in punctuation standards.

But do french fries actually come from France?

As Jonster pointed out, nobody seems to agree.

[Greengoop]

I heard that they were invented in France but popularised in Belgium, so technically they are French, and everyone called them that when talking to us in English in France (probably because they were taught American English)

[Reese Riverson]

The short answer is that punctuation is not universal, and standards evolved concurrently. There's no right or original way of doing, just different conventions that most likely emerged from old printing standards. That's how, for some time, two spaces were often used between sentences in English text. It's also notable that Canadian French is different and mostly follows English conventions when it comes to spaces and punctuation.

But those are just minor details. Spanish differentiates itself further with the pairs "¿?" and "¡!", and if you start looking into non-Latin scripts, you'll find even more diversity in punctuation standards.

Fascinating, well that's quite interesting to learn! Yeah, I'll admit, the Spanish punctuation always puzzled me, since I was like "upside-down question marks? What do they mean?" kinda thing.

But do french fries actually come from France?

As Jonster pointed out, nobody seems to agree.

Heh, yeah, that does seem to be the conclusion here. Though, speaking of fries though, there are many types of them. Are there any specifics y'all might like?

And has anyone here tried sweet potato fries before?

[Steo]

I've tried the sweet potato ones before and yeah they're nice. I believe I've had them a few times when Hoodoo and I would go eat somewhere, she would get them because she liked them, and then she would share a few of them. I would just have normal fries (chips).

In Ireland, it's actually very common for people to just cut the potatoes into chips themselves and then fry them. Apparently Hoodoo had said this was much nicer than the other ways she has had them, and that she looks forward to having them when she's over in Ireland, despite how much of a simple food they really are.

[Greengoop]

And has anyone here tried sweet potato fries before?

Are they the ones they do at KFC?

[LoveMetal]

And has anyone here tried sweet potato fries before?

I actually tried them for the first time in the USA. To balance the sweetness of the potato, the place I was eating at put a shit ton of salt in the fries, so it wasn't great.

[Greengoop]

Actually I have had sweet potato fries, and I’m not that fond of them, but they do

[Steo]

I always had ketchup with mine for the most part also, but the sweet ones remind me of this thing called bearnaise that I had in Sweden. I thought that it was nice, whatever it is. It became one of my favourite things to have with fries over there.

[Reese Riverson]

Ketchup with sweet potato fries?!

Alright, well, I personally don't think they'd go well together and I'll only use ketchup with regular fries, but hey we're all different!

(Maybe I'm the weird one?)

[Hunchman801]

I like sweet potato fries, but only every now and then for a change. I don't think I'd want all my fries to only be sweet potato fries for the rest of my life.

[Greengoop]

I prefer regular fries… or better… kfc seasoned fries!!!

[Steo]

Ketchup with sweet potato fries?!

Oh no I don't think I've used it on these ones, I meant with regular ones. I was using bearnaise on the sweet and regular ones though.

I like sweet potato fries, but only every now and then for a change. I don't think I'd want all my fries to only be sweet potato fries for the rest of my life.

Likewise, I feel like it would be too much.

[The Jonster]

I actually tried them for the first time in the USA. To balance the sweetness of the potato, the place I was eating at put a shit ton of salt in the fries, so it wasn't great.

Ewwwww that sounds gross.

I don't use ketchup with fries that much these days (I still like the combination though), I usually just salt my fries and call it a day. I wouldn't put more than a sprinkle of salt on sweet potato fries though, I prefer to let their sweetness stand out.

In Ireland, it's actually very common for people to just cut the potatoes into chips themselves and then fry them. Apparently Hoodoo had said this was much nicer than the other ways she has had them, and that she looks forward to having them when she's over in Ireland, despite how much of a simple food they really are.

Simple, but versatile. These days I'd actually prefer mashed potatoes over fries/chips and chips/crisps if I wanted to eat potatoes. And now i'm thinking of aligot.....mmmmm........

[DaveRattlehead]

Fascinating, well that's quite interesting to learn! Yeah, I'll admit, the Spanish punctuation always puzzled me, since I was like "upside-down question marks? What do they mean?" kinda thing.

It ain't really that hard, it's just putting ¿ or ¡ in every situation you write ? or !

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Ketchup? Bbq sauce? Embrace allioli!!

[SilverLum]

What is RPC up to today? how are you guys?

[Reese Riverson]

What is RPC up to today? how are you guys?

Wishing the weekend wouldn't be over already, mostly. Especially when there are projects I still need to work on.

[SilverLum]

oh what projects are those?? It can be so difficult to balance work life and creative endeavours.. it's a delicate balance of what keeps you alive financially, and what keeps you alive spiritually haha

[Reese Riverson]

Well, first is modeling my OC Reese in Blender like I want to do, second is revamping my severely out of date website I haven't done anything with in the past ten years, third is organizing my room and cleaning it up so I have room for VR again, fourth is getting things done for my server closet to upgrade the fan size for better circulation, fifth relocating a battery backup for my desktop to the other room, and of course writing things out for all my OC's in a program called Scrivener.

I'm bad with procrastination and have too many interests that don't help when I have ADHD.

[SilverLum]

Well, first is modeling my OC Reese in Blender like I want to do, second is revamping my severely out of date website I haven't done anything with in the past ten years, third is organizing my room and cleaning it up so I have room for VR again, fourth is getting things done for my server closet to upgrade the fan size for better circulation, fifth relocating a battery backup for my desktop to the other room, and of course writing things out for all my OC's in a program called Scrivener.

I'm bad with procrastination and have too many interests that don't help when I have ADHD.

Woah that sounds like a LOADED day. You have a website? What's the URL?

I'm wondering how much of this you actually got done on the day HAHAHA.

All I did today was mess around with my new tablet. I made this