Open Bar: Drinks are on the Supreme Court

[LMNO]

Someone in r/occult today was asking what is the best way to get the attention of Eris. So, we're likely all doomed.

Throw a party; don't invite her.

[hooplala]

Someone in r/occult today was asking what is the best way to get the attention of Eris. So, we're likely all doomed.

Throw a party; don't invite her.

Definitely.

[altered]

You have to invite someone on Her level though. It's cool if it's like "no deities allowed!" Who knows, maybe you're discussing overthrowing the gods again. Good idea to let folks keep that on the down low.

But if you invite a deity who isn't Her, now you're just being rude. On purpose. She knows you know how She feels about that sort of thing.

[chaotic neutral observer]

Someone in r/occult today was asking what is the best way to get the attention of Eris. So, we're likely all doomed.

Did they say why?  What were they trying to do?  Whatever the reason, there's usually a less dangerous solution than getting a chaos goddess involved.

Before summoning Eris, they should be encouraged to first try some of the safer alternatives, like going to a job interview with pasta* down their pants, riding a walrus down the freeway during rush hour, or setting off firecrackers at an airport security checkpoint.

*Al dente.  With sauce.

[Faust]

It's not even about having a party with gods, Eris wouldn't be about the fine details such as their status in the pantheon. Inviting Patrick Swayze could draw her attention even more than inviting Zeus depending on her mood.
In short, she will show up when she wants to show up. Don't call her, she will call you.

[Cramulus]

I think you just gotta wake up in the morning and say SURPRISE ME, ERIS for like 23 days in a row

[LMNO]

Man, I should really get that published.

[LMNO]

If anyone was looking for it...

[altered]

I just wanted everyone to know I am safe in Michigan, with wonderful people and a comfortable place to sleep. The nightmare appears to have ended for now.

[Eater of Clowns]

I just wanted everyone to know I am safe in Michigan, with wonderful people and a comfortable place to sleep. The nightmare appears to have ended for now.

I think you just gotta wake up in the morning and say SURPRISE ME, ERIS for like 23 days in a row

[altered]

Look, I promise you I never once said such words. I'm done with surprises.

[hooplala]

Someone in r/occult today was asking what is the best way to get the attention of Eris. So, we're likely all doomed.

Did they say why?  What were they trying to do?  Whatever the reason, there's usually a less dangerous solution than getting a chaos goddess involved.

Before summoning Eris, they should be encouraged to first try some of the safer alternatives, like going to a job interview with pasta* down their pants, riding a walrus down the freeway during rush hour, or setting off firecrackers at an airport security checkpoint.

*Al dente.  With sauce.

I don't ask why some guys want to smash their testicles with a hammer, and I don't ask about shit like this either.

[chaotic neutral observer]

I've recently decided to participate more actively in my finances, so I've started looking at the stock market.  I'm starting out small-scale and conservative, until I get some experience, and have a better understanding of How Everything Works.  (I even bought a book!)

Last week, I ran across a startup mining/ore-processing stock that looked promising (and slightly undervalued), so I decided to buy a few shares in it--not enough that I would miss the money much if they got wiped out, but enough that I might make a decent profit if they Made it Big.

On Monday, I put in an order to purchase, but I set the limit price too low, so it expired.  So, Monday evening, I put in another order, at $0.54 per share.  When I checked my account on Tuesday, I discovered that my order had been filled...at $0.30.  Before the market opened, the company had issued a report that they had reassessed their progress, and that although construction was on schedule, they were about $300 million short on their cost estimates.  The stock had crashed.

The price had rebounded by mid-morning, so I sold enough at $0.34 to recover my initial investment, the transaction fees, and make about $200, with a small amount of stock left over.

This was the worst possible outcome.

If I had got in one day earlier, I would have lost 37%, learned my lesson, and learned it hard.  As it stands, I made 7% in one day, and part of my brain insists on framing this as a success, and wondering if I can do it again, even though it was actually just a confluence of raw stupidity and pure dumb luck.

Come on down to the secret casino tonight
Indulge yourself in a fool-hearted game for once
But if you get addicted, it might start getting scary
It's a habit-forming kind of ecstasy
Russian, Russian Roulette
    --Russian Roulette (Nakahara Meiko)

I think I'd better finish reading the book before doing anything more.  It seems to be treating "people are basically irrational" as an axiom, and saying things like "smarter people that you have lost money on the stock market," so it's probably on the right track.

[Don Coyote]

Yesterday I was reminded of the Orange eating contest because I had to stop my toddler from being fed oranges continuously.

[Doktor Howl]

Yesterday I was reminded of the Orange eating contest because I had to stop my toddler from being fed oranges continuously.

*screams internally*


How old is the kid, now?