On the Origin of Feces

[Doktor Howl]

Crappy world, with crappy "dinosaurs" that don't get any bigger than a bird or a crocodile.

I feel ripped off.

Somehow, I don't think a meteor explains this completely.

Mother Nature is a tard.

I want big fucking lizards.  Great big bastards.  I want to have to carry an elephant gun in my truck, and I want downtown Tucson swarming with velociraptors.

Also, giant/colossal squid:  Not giant/colossal enough.  Should also prey on shipping.

Dok,
Could have offered some useful hints.

[Elder Iptuous]

Dok,
Could have offered some useful hints.

"offered hints"?!
wtf?
i've been operating under the impression that you were fully engaged in the DIY bio scene, working towards making this a reality!
what kind of mad scientist are you to 'offer hints'?

[Doktor Howl]

Dok,
Could have offered some useful hints.

"offered hints"?!
wtf?
i've been operating under the impression that you were fully engaged in the DIY bio scene, working towards making this a reality!
what kind of mad scientist are you to 'offer hints'?

I don't do bio, first of all.

Second of all, wtf, Ippie?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You know, if I could, the first thing I would do is make chickens about 15 feet tall, and then let 200 of them loose in Disneyland.

OK, maybe not Disneyland. Too many kids. Maybe Las Vegas.

[Doktor Howl]

You know, if I could, the first thing I would do is make chickens about 15 feet tall, and then let 200 of them loose in Disneyland.

OK, maybe not Disneyland. Too many kids. Maybe Las Vegas.

No, Dollywood.  For starters.

[Kai]

You know, if I could, the first thing I would do is make chickens about 15 feet tall, and then let 200 of them loose in Disneyland.

OK, maybe not Disneyland. Too many kids. Maybe Las Vegas.

Hmmm... Lets think about the allopatric growth here. A chicken 15 feet tall would be....about the size of the largest Tyrannosaurs. You'd need to make the bones not hollow (flight wouldn't be a possibility) to hold up the mass, and a tail might be necessary to balance. A large, toothless, feathered Tyranosaur that will eat anything.

That's fucking scary.

[Doktor Howl]

You know, if I could, the first thing I would do is make chickens about 15 feet tall, and then let 200 of them loose in Disneyland.

OK, maybe not Disneyland. Too many kids. Maybe Las Vegas.

Hmmm... Lets think about the allopatric growth here. A chicken 15 feet tall would be....about the size of the largest Tyrannosaurs. You'd need to make the bones not hollow (flight wouldn't be a possibility) to hold up the mass, and a tail might be necessary to balance. A large, toothless, feathered Tyranosaur that will eat anything.

That's fucking scary the future I want to see.

Fixed.

[Elder Iptuous]

I don't do bio, first of all.

Second of all, wtf, Ippie?

sry, just being dumb.  

you could at least contract out some bio madness to stick in the desert...
or make the ostriches a little more dinosaur-like.   scale up those razors that they stick on fighting cocks, or something...
the hardest part about that would be getting the tranquilizer gun.
well, maybe releasing it in a populated area without getting caught would be a little tricky, too....
but think of the headlines!

ok.
and now back to our regularly scheduled decent thread material...

[Doktor Howl]

I don't do bio, first of all.

Second of all, wtf, Ippie?

sry, just being dumb.  

you could at least contract out some bio madness to stick in the desert...
or make the ostriches a little more dinosaur-like.   scale up those razors that they stick on fighting cocks, or something...
the hardest part about that would be getting the tranquilizer gun.
well, maybe releasing it in a populated area without getting caught would be a little tricky, too....
but think of the headlines!

ok.
and now back to our regularly scheduled decent thread material...

1.  Kai is in charge of bio.  You'll have to get him onboard.

2.  I just take as an "I'm not laughing with you" kind of condescension.  Call me crazy.

[Elder Iptuous]

1.  Kai is in charge of bio.  You'll have to get him onboard.

2.  I just take as an "I'm not laughing with you" kind of condescension.  Call me crazy.

i figured you would be more likely to pervert Nature for your sadistic pleasure than he, though.

oh.  i'm misusing it then... i meant it as in silent acknowledgment of shared joke kinda thing....  of course an inline image loses the subtlety of an actual wink, so....
(ftr, i try to go out of my way to antagonize in almost all cases.  i try to  be everybody's friend....    can't help it.)

[Doktor Howl]

1.  Kai is in charge of bio.  You'll have to get him onboard.

2.  I just take as an "I'm not laughing with you" kind of condescension.  Call me crazy.

i figured you would be more likely to pervert Nature for your sadistic pleasure than he, though.

No, I'm in the "We have to kill nature before it kills us" camp, most of the time.  Except for huge fucking lizards.

(ftr, i try to go out of my way to antagonize in almost all cases. 

Why?

[Elder Iptuous]

(ftr, i try to go out of my way to antagonize in almost all cases. 

Why?

dunno.  upbringing?
maybe because i was a military brat and moved around continuously.  gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends.


as far as corrupting nature, isn't the best way to kill nature by displacing it with the patently unnatural?
giant lizards could be just the beginning.
perhaps it's some latent thanatos, or something, but i favor large predatory animals that could give humans a run for their money.   it's not just a megafauna fixation, i like the vicious ones...

[Doktor Howl]

(ftr, i try to go out of my way to antagonize in almost all cases. 

Why?

dunno.  upbringing?
maybe because i was a military brat and moved around continuously.  gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends.

What's antagonizing people got to do with that?

Honestly curious, here.

[Elder Iptuous]

(ftr, i try to go out of my way to antagonize in almost all cases. 

Why?

dunno.  upbringing?
maybe because i was a military brat and moved around continuously.  gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends.

What's antagonizing people got to do with that?

Honestly curious, here.

to a great degree, being friends with someone consists of avoiding pissing them off.  being there when they need you seals the deal, but it's all contingent on simply not pissing them off...
so, i'm speculating that's why i have this conflict avoidance drive.
or, maybe i'm just a pansy that's good at rationalizing?
i dunno. no skin off my back, either way... 

[Doktor Howl]

(ftr, i try to go out of my way to antagonize in almost all cases. 

Why?

dunno.  upbringing?
maybe because i was a military brat and moved around continuously.  gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends. gotta make new friends.

What's antagonizing people got to do with that?

Honestly curious, here.

to a great degree, being friends with someone consists of avoiding pissing them off.  being there when they need you seals the deal, but it's all contingent on simply not pissing them off...
so, i'm speculating that's why i have this conflict avoidance drive.
or, maybe i'm just a pansy that's good at rationalizing?
i dunno. no skin off my back, either way... 

Did you mean you go out of your way to NOT antagonize, then?