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    Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s

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    • RozR
      Roz @Apos
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      @Apos said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

      @dvoraen The thing is on a MU you expect to answer sex stuff. You don’t really expect to spend time googling about the color, texture and taste comparisons of different kinds of salt. So many flavors to choose from, and I’m still salty about it.

      i don’t even see a salt entry in the lore files!!

      she/her | playlist

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      • AriaA
        Aria
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        Ohh, wait. I totally forgot about the time I had to research how many toes ungulates had entirely because of VASpider.

        If you played on Haunted Memories back in the day and ever wondered why we had a very specific and obnoxious rule about having your Fang & Talon contracts labelled by scientific genus, it’s because most people would submit their request with labels like “dogs” or “monkeys” or whatever, which was easy and reasonable. VASpider, meanwhile, had a habit of submitting their requests to us with annoyingly and deliberately vague terms that would lump together what most people would consider far too broad in an attempt to game the system. Then the entire Changeling staff would spend either an afternoon arguing amongst themselves or arguing with Spider about their request.

        When it reached the point that I was literally Googling the number of animal toes because they’d put in a request for “even-toed ungulates”, I finally lost my shit and decided that everyone was going have their Fang & Talon contracts listed by scientific genus now because I was not going to have this argument every single month. Loki told me I had to apply a rule change that was standardized and clear instead of telling them to just fuck off with this nonsense and that was the result.

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        • crawfishC
          crawfish
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          Mineral composition based on geographical locations and geological history.

          I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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          • ToriT
            Tori @crawfish
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            @crawfish said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

            Mineral composition based on geographical locations and geological history.

            Saaaame.

            Also, trebuchets, siege weapons, how to build, how long fire can last on something flying through the air, what to use to make fire on what things to fling, etc.

            Probably not worrisome to governments but perhaps to my HOA is the aerodynamics of cows.

            she/her, them/they - not super particular

            I have been here the whole time

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              Roadspike
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              Comparisons between plastic explosives and commercial explosives/high-speed explosives and lower-speed explosives.

              Which does more damage to structures, which is more likely to work as an IED, which is more likely to do more as an improvised claymore… yeeeeeah.

              Formerly known as Seraphim73 (he/him)

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              • RozR
                Roz
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                together, we could take over the world, guys

                she/her | playlist

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                • helveticaH
                  helvetica @Roz
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                  @Roz I’m picturing the beginning of a Charlie’s Angels movie where they list each member’s specialties.

                  Street Cred

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                  • crawfishC
                    crawfish @Tori
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                    @Tori “NO YOU WOULD NOT CALL IT ‘TANZANITE’ you’d call it TWILIGHT STONE or something. GOD.”

                    I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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                    • AriaA
                      Aria @helvetica
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                      @helvetica said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                      @Roz I’m picturing the beginning of a Charlie’s Angels movie where they list each member’s specialties.

                      We need some good crossover with 1930s pulp novels so my obscure and otherwise useless knowledge of mummy tattoos can come into play at exactly the right moment.

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                      • farfallaF
                        farfalla
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                        I’ve googled much worse things as a librarian than for RP. I did once research medieval instruments for a ridiculous scene with @helvetica involving a sackbut and a lot of miming.

                        as previously stated, good day.

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                        • L. B. HeuschkelL
                          L. B. Heuschkel @Roz
                          last edited by

                          @Roz said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                          together, we could take over the world, guys

                          And sacrifice it to the Devil while high on wolfsbane.

                          Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com

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                          • KestrelK
                            Kestrel
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                            How to amputate someone’s leg if you can’t get to a hospital.

                            Natural abortifacients and contraceptives found in the wild.

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                            • ToriT
                              Tori @crawfish
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                              @crawfish said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                              @Tori “NO YOU WOULD NOT CALL IT ‘TANZANITE’ you’d call it TWILIGHT STONE or something. GOD.”

                              Damn you Tiffany’s straight to hell!
                              (except at C’mas time - momma needs to get the girl spawn fancy earrings)

                              The amount of times I’ve excitedly found a nifty blue stone name, only to discover it is found in some far-flung RL land wholly impossible to pass for or be found around Arx as semiprecious… 😞

                              she/her, them/they - not super particular

                              I have been here the whole time

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                              • HerjaH
                                Herja
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                                The exact sound a bat makes.

                                Close second: How did ship battles happen before cannons.

                                lol lmao

                                It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me

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                                • WizzW
                                  Wizz
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                                  How many live spiders could reasonably fit into a manila envelope.

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                                  • R
                                    Rathenhope
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                                    The most specific thing I’ve researched for RP was “the application process for a library card in the Grand County Library District in Colorado and the necessary forms of identification.”

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                                      Rathenhope
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                                      Double post to add that I was aware at this point that @Tat is a librarian and I was worried I’d get it wrong and look like a fool in front of her.

                                      There is a reason a lot of my poses at that time were rolls Library Science, “Jonathan does library stuff.”

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                                      • Third EyeT
                                        Third Eye @Rathenhope
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                                        @Rathenhope
                                        Spirit Lake was non-stop Googling small town infrastructure and businesses in Grand Lake, CO. I sometimes wonder if any tech people in that little town were ever like ‘Where the hell are these website hits coming from and why do they care about the high school marching band?’

                                        I want something else to get me through this
                                        Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
                                        I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye

                                        She/Her or They/Them

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                                        • SolsticeS
                                          Solstice
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                                          Plausible HVAC-related causes of death.

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                                            Testament
                                            last edited by Testament

                                            Yearly corn crop rotations and how that affects the surrounding wildlife during colder winter months.

                                            Also, and anyone who knew me on the my turn while playing Magnus on Arx, I got really into being as oddly specific about wild animal herd cultivation, harvesting, and protections as it relates to mammoths.

                                            Some of my fellow players, oddly, thought this was weird sticking point to me, to which I would reply, “THEY ARE CULTUALLY SIGNIFIGANT.”

                                            I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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