Eh... they're okay. But unless you routinely end up with people who also own/use them (like in college, or an office where the boss buggers off for hours at a time.) they usually just end up sitting around gathering dust because without someone to shoot and shoot back: they quickly get old.

Hmm. I don't think I have ever owned a Nerf gun in my life despite knowing of them for my entire life and liking the TV adverts.

a stupid discovery while looking at some nerf guns: they make toilet paper blasters. it's basically an automatic spitball launcher, with a little water tank and a reel for you to put the toilet paper on.

Everyone is a little stupid in their own snowflake way

Personally I have a much higher tolerance for anecdotes about Stupid Americans when they come from other Americans.

Australia is British Florida.

What other country has its own Florida?

Many of us are in fact aware that our country is ridiculous.

As an American, I have no problem with the amusing anecdotes he's been sharing. In fact, I've been enjoying them, and got no indication of smugness from any of them. Please continue. 8^)

Minnesota, but I think it's only mentioned in, like, a side comic or something.

Ever wonder what state Carly was in after 'The Rebirth'.

I don't think it's right to feel indignation at people telling you that Americans might also have feelings and you should consider them before squawking yet more things in the same vein.

Intervening? It's not like much of anything that happens in this box is prompted.

I suppose I would normally feel indignation right about now, but with you I am merely unsurprised that you are intervening in a conversation to express your typical brand of disapproval.

Nitefort x ]

I'm not super fond of Nevermore's habit of using the Shoutbox to complain about TFW users, but those usually seem to be things he's personally witnessed and not anecdotes that he only has confirmation bias to backup, so I can believe he isn't just being smug.

Amusing? Don't try to pretend you aren't being selective by picking things that support a narrative you're building.

Shield Agent: this and the previous anecdote didn't sound like you have any reason to believe them beyond confirmation bias, so bringing up these things compulsively achieves nothing beyond making you look smug.

Well I guess Fortnite sounds cool? Maybe it made more sense before the gameplay started to focus on the Battle Royale bit?

To be fair this is only a few days after your very comprehensive thing about St. Patrick's Day. Oh also I guess that thing about the Estonian currency exchange so that's like three entire "Americans!" squawks this week.

Not that Nitefort is any more sensible obviously.

I tend to forget that it's called Fortnite because my 3yo calls it "Nitefort" so that's how my whole family refers to it.

I assume the name is derived from the fact that one can build forts? But the nite part is a stretch.

Hence I thought it would be an amusing anecdote to share as I am not a gamer, but other pop culture-invested people here probably would be, and thus perhaps they would have different relevant experience to share.

In fact before now I did not feel "superior" for knowing the word "fortnight" because I was raised to believe it was a rare but standard term.

Eh, it's not a common word in the US, so ... like I sincerely hope no one's feeling superior about it but I wouldn't assume.

Shield Agent: What is up with your compulsion to bring up every anecdote that supports your superiority complex towards Americans?

What I don't get is: what is a game titled "two weeks" even about?

What strange people

Interesting. I have just been informed by several Britons and Australians that since the debut of Fortnite, they have encountered Yanks who do not believe that "fortnight" is a real word.

https://discord.gg/jMPfJWk

What is up sexy people! Everyone having fun tonight?

If they don't take it down or back off, then unfollow. At least then they'll know why people are distancing themselves.

Call them out because if nobody challenges them on nonsense, they'll only sink deeper into their rabbithole of stupidity.

When someone makes a deliberately hateful and dishonest post on Facebook, do you angrily call them out on it, or just ignore or defriend them?

Dunno, I did watch Combiner Wars...

Also, nobody try watching last year's Stargate Origins: Catherine "webisode". My god, I've never seen anything so atrocious

Having watched the full decade's' worth of episodes during the last 4 or so weeks, the cult leader Goa'uld was Setesh/"Seth"

I missed a whole bunch of stuff in the Squawkbox. Huh. It's been a long week.

That or Old Testament God with his whole nuking cities, random plagues, brutal pogroms, absurd set ups to test followers faiths, etc etc as a very not rogue Goa'uld.

1) Spite. 2) I'm fairly sure at least one episode did actually have a Goa'uld who'd be hiding out on Earth since the rebellion and had been host swapping and running cults, 3) mostly yeah spiteful contrivance to see Christain groups lose their collective shit.

If you don't take paypal, and the item isn't a local pickup (in which case Cash is acceptable), I'm pretty sure you need to have some alternative credit card processor you're able to take payment through

Technically eBay doesn't own Paypal anymore, but even so I haven't seen an auction in years that didn't take Paypal as a form of payment.

I was gonna ask "aren't eBay and Paypal basically the same people" but turns out that hasn't been true for a while.

I think the issue is that we paid with Paypal, but they don't accept Paypal.

I don't think so.

Can you pay via paypal?

I think we can't transfer the money into Euros. So that's unfortunate.

Well we bought it, but the payment doesn't seem to have gone through.

What problem?