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<paxed> i should already know not to make blanket statements about nethack and it's inner workings... :)
<paxed> angband is like "yes", nethack is like "yes, except..."

<paxed> !learn add punishment Reading a scroll of punishment will chain you to an iron ball. This is cumulative, so if you really like having a very heavy iron ball chained to your leg, read some more.
<Rodney> Term punishment successfully added.
<flgr> ooooooh, cumulative
<flgr> wow, that sounds pretty cool
<paxed> you don't get extra iron balls
<paxed> heh
<paxed> the one already chained just gets heavier
* madness1 laughs
* madness1 imagines someone walking round with twenty iron balls attached to their ankles

<pmcalpin> what use are tinning kits?
<greycat> you gain one tin of meat. You lose one corpse.
<pmcalpin> can you offer them?
<greycat> no
<greycat> God doesn't have a can opener.

<madness1> oh dear, that was dumb
<madness1> I still suck at this game - got blinded by a trap, then proceeded to kill my own pet.
<madness1> the "it yelps" should really have clued me in, huh ?

<dasunt> Valks are the class you play when you've killed 40 tourists in a row.

<tarzeau> throwing mjollnir is cool
<_Q> yeah
<_Q> except there's a small chance it won't come back
<_Q> if you're a valk
<_Q> (if you're not a valk, there's a 100% chance it won't come back :)

<tarzeau> dragons are cool
<greycat> except red ones.
<greycat> red ones are warm ;-)

<dasunt> Its bad when you start to have favorites to watch on nethack.alt.org
<dasunt> Er, wait, scratch that. Its bad when watching nethack.alt.org is entertainment. Its worse when you start to have favorites.

<greycat> I want a tin foil helmet to block ESP (when mind flayers are around).
<_Q> nah
<_Q> that doesn't work on ESP
<_Q> only works on mind-control radio waves
<greycat> ESP, mind-control radio waves, what is difference?
<_Q> greycat: ESP is natural, mind-control radio waves are created by the government

<dtype> hi all
<greycat> hey dtype. so, no 3.4.2 yet...
<dtype> i ended up at a party in san fransicso last night
<dtype> i'm staying in tonight though, so hopefully today...
<greycat> how dare you have a social life!! ;)
<paxed> greycat: is this a case of "As I don't have, others shouldn't have either" ? ;-P
<greycat> something like that