What Were You Thinking XIV! (Game over)

[StrangerCoug]

I…did not put down Moscow?

That was Haschel Cedricson; fixed.

Everyone else, make sure you are listed as having submitted five answers, not four or six. I am doing the spreadsheet similarly to how Xalxe did last time, and that's twice now I've read the name in the wrong row.

[Haschel Cedricson]

I am egoing this thread.

[StrangerCoug]

Q2: Other than food or drink, name three things that you might buy at a supermarket.

Toilet paper (15):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, Merlyn, N, pablito, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

(OTC) Medicine/Pharmaceuticals/Ibuprofen (6):

Aureal, Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Paper towels (6):

AniX, Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, VashtaNeurotic

Batteries (4):

Cheery Dog, JerryArr, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw

Soap (4):

Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, DeasVail

(Laundry) Detergent (3):

Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, N

Magazines (3):

Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, Save The Dragons

Toothpaste (3):

Ariel, Cephrir, DeasVail

Condoms (2):

Charles510, Save The Dragons

Garbage/Trash bags (2):

Cheery Dog, racefan12

Lottery tickets (2):

Charles510, mallowgeno

Non-scoring answers

Bleach: biancospino
Clothes: SleepyKrew
Deodorant: Skygazer
Diapers: pablito
Feminine hygiene products: Haschel Cedricson
Flowers: mallowgeno
Gift cards: Farren
Greeting cards: Anix
Ice: Charles510
Paper plates: VashtaNeurotic
Pots/Pans: Silverclaw
School supplies: Farren
Shampoo: Skygazer
Toothbrush: N
Video games: SleepyKrew
Ziploc bags: racefan12

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (24): Toilet paper, Toothpaste, Aspirin

There were a lot of good answers here, so it was hard to score very high. Once again, we don't have a perfect score, but we

do

have someone who came within two points of achieving the feat: this time around, it was Aureal.
Charles510 had the lowest score with only 4 points. Since he is one of three people who joined us this question at Level 1, he drops to level 2.

[StrangerCoug]

Q3: Would you rather travel ten years to the past or ten years to the future?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-08 18:53:50)

[Skygazer]

strategically getting 69 points for the meme

[Silverclaw]

Is none a valid answer (/s)

- gx

[SleepyKrew]

yall wildin

[mallowgeno]

I had TP then swapped to Lotto tickets ;__;

[N]

wtf supermarket is skrew going to

[AniX]

Walmart or Target, presumably

[StrangerCoug]

Q3: Would you rather travel ten years to the past or ten years to the future?

Future (10):

Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Charles510, DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, Merlyn, N, SleepyKrew

Past (10):

AniX, Cheery Dog, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (10): Future

We have a tie! Everybody who submitted obviously gets a perfect score of 10. The two that didn't (Ariel and Pablito) instead get an activity strike and, per the rules, automatically drop a level.

That said, I am StrangerCoug, and I

HAVE

been known to be a mean litte kitty. There is a precedent for what I do when every submitter gets the same score: the rest of you also drop a level!

AniX, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, and VashtaNeurotic all drop to Level 1 (with pablito also getting an activity strike).
Ariel, Aureal, and biancospino drop to Level 2 (with Ariel also getting an activity strike).
Charles510 drops to Level 3.

Bwa ha ha ha

[StrangerCoug]

Q4: Name three people who became famous within the last year.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-11 20:19:55)

[Gregor M. Silverclaw]

[Edited due to talking about ongoing question]

[StrangerCoug]

Please don't discuss the current question in thread. You're welcome to PM or DM me your thoughts.

[N]

Wtf 2013 wasn't good

[mallowgeno]

But I would want to change it to make it good

[Cheery Dog]

I just don't want to gamble on skipping 2028, which I believe will be a great year.

[Aureal]

Honestly that last question was impossible to give a meaningful answer to without more context. Like especially "do you get to DO anything using your knowledge"? Imagine traveling back a decade only to find that all you can do is re-live the last ten years, screaming in your head about all the crap you can't change but know is coming.

[StrangerCoug]

Haschel has proposed via DM that I take away Ariel's activity strike on the grounds that yesterday was Ariel's wedding; are there any objections to me doing so?

[AniX]

If anything she should get two activity strikes for having her wedding on the deadline.

[Silverclaw]

No objections.

- G

[Merlyn]

Congrats Ariel! No objections

[Merlyn]

Honestly that last question was impossible to give a meaningful answer to without more context. Like especially "do you get to DO anything using your knowledge"? Imagine traveling back a decade only to find that all you can do is re-live the last ten years, screaming in your head about all the crap you can't change but know is coming.

This may be a good example of how different folks approach things in different ways: I looked for the top song of 2013 and found out it was thrift shop by mackelmore and that's all I needed to know to not go back there

[mallowgeno]

No objections here

[mallowgeno]

Honestly that last question was impossible to give a meaningful answer to without more context. Like especially "do you get to DO anything using your knowledge"? Imagine traveling back a decade only to find that all you can do is re-live the last ten years, screaming in your head about all the crap you can't change but know is coming.

That's the fun of it though, you gotta read how other people would interpret and respond