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/in on lili’s team

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I'm inclined towards left tbh

I would say that like a non-licensed new masseuse would be quite panic inducing, but I have a friend who's licensed and I remember him telling me he had to do like A LOT of practice to qualify

so it's not maybe quite as relaxing as a super experienced masseuse which would be like, 10 or so I'd say, but I don't think I'd knock off that much for the new license as opposed to like, "first time masseuse"

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I think 33 is quite likely to be like, 3 point range, just not 4

I reckon the real answer might be like 25

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we could call ourselves "gelsomnia" in honour of dats' spelling

or more seriously how about errr... "ermine rainfall" (an anagram of farren/lili/mena)

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err

sure, let's go with that

I definitely wasn't thinking of a bunch of stoats falling from the heavens

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previously on wavelength...

mindgamed

i just wanna let you guys know in advance to be prepared for how badly you're hurting menalque's feelings by calling his favorite clothes plain

i mean, all i'm saying is that i hope you guys are willing to look menalque right in the eyes and tell him that the way he dresses is plain and in no way fancy. me personally, i would never say that, but that's just me. if you're willing to do that, that's your choice.

there's nothing

wrong

with being incredibly, unbelievably plain, within the 80th or 90th percentile of plainness. i would never say such a thing, and that's not what i'm trying to imply. i was just wondering if you guys really understood what you were saying.

uh huh, i would definitely go with that

No mind games NSG, not this time

attempting to challenge me will be the last mistake you ever make

once again i have reached into the brains of the opposite team and completely psyched them out

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What would be more confusing that phd level math?

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Listen, i had a lot of failures last game guessing 96 or 4 but I’m feel about a 96 here

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I’m pretty sure that astro physics is mostly just phd level math

And idk icon, I think that women, cats, and playing mafia are all simpler than phd level math

I’d have accepted “the meaning of life” or “the nuances of human emotion” for things that should be 100 tho

I feel like 92 would be solid, I would be really surprised if it’s below 90 and honestly there’s such few things more complex I feel like there’s a good chance going for something that would just hit the 100 range (96, 97, 98, 99, 100) very likely also hits the 4 if it’s in the low 90s

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I’m assuming we’re basing the scale on really existing or plausible things, if we think lili might be cluing with scifi in mind then I’d endorse a bit lower, yeah, like maybe 85 even

I can roll with 90 tho, assuming she was thinking of really existing disciplines on the scale, in which case I think Icon is down from his post earlier so let’s guess and keep it rolling

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I want to voice opposition to this new rule mostly because it was very funny in the last run when someone accidentally either gave advice to the other team or had their joke advice seriously considered (and I don't think that ever actually changed the way a team guessed?) also because writing in green is annoying on mobile

also, GODDAMMIT IT WAS FINALLY 96 WHY DID WE PLAY IT SAFE

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excellent, this way they're more likely to believe me when I tell them that Sirius actually told me he's super into that shit a while ago and that this is probably like, a 10 or something

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I also think right, I think that the phrasing would need to suggest open for it to be left

My guess is they just missed and it’s like 85 or soemthing

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I mean obviously right, right?

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I don't think there's any way Boeing are closer to peaceful than to warlike when they literally make missiles lmao

I reckon it's like 70 or so where it would be 80 if they weren't also known for making things that kill people

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maybe 65 at a push but I'd be surprised if lower than that

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My logic is like:

100 — launching a nuke
90 — covertly invading the Crimea
80 — raytheon
70 — boeing
60 — ramping up military production
50 — cancelling a peace treaty
40 — supporting a transition to democracy diplomatically
30 — signing an economic cooperation treaty
20 — signing a peace treaty
10 — Woodstock and a ton of hippies
0 — full global communism

If we all agree can we submit right then?

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Big disagree, I think it’s v likely under 50

I’d say maybe 30 or so?

I don’t think that physical exams are that important to do ~in general~ I definitely don’t think doing them annually is important, but the “continuing a streak” makes it sound like having the streak is slightly important which makes me bump it up a tiny bit

Could maybe see 35

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Big disagree, I think it’s v likely under 50

I’d say maybe 30 or so?

I don’t think that physical exams are that important to do ~in general~ I definitely don’t think doing them annually is important, but the “continuing a streak” makes it sound like having the streak is slightly important which makes me bump it up a tiny bit

Could maybe see 35

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easy 95, right?

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Yes, I think we should go 95 bc I think this is super high

Swimming in cold water after hot weather is already p priceless, add on the friend bit (best or otherwise) and you’re maxing, add on the “after 14 months due to lockdown” I think you’re right at the top of the scale

Might not be true 100 but I think only just under if anything

I think we should go 96 for max reach, I think 90 is too low given the “14 month” specificity

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Pretty sure it’s gonna be right

There are a lot of scooters in Madrid and I would say they’re definitely more loud than quiet, I think that the fact that it’s “revving” specifically points to it being loud — people normally rev their engines at the lights or when pulling away and it’s definitely louder than when the scooters are just driving around normally etc

I think they were prob in the right ballpark but narrowly missed it

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I mean scooters are louder than cars by default, revving a car is definitely to the right of centre, therefore..?

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Where would you put, say, "revving a Harley" vs. "revving a sedan" vs. "revving a Vespa?" on the scale, roughly?

harley > vespa > sedan

I think the key thing is not engine size but that the engine is mounted more outside-y than in a car where I guess there's some further sound insulation?

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I think there is one brand of scooters which has got like "quiet engine tech" or something but I don't think it's vespa?

I feel like we have 2 right, 1 left, and Farren's initial left lean but who isn't sure

lili is on our team too, no? so I'll wait a bit longer in case she can drop by then submit right unless there are major objections or new points to be made

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in the previous edition I believe that a team was allowed to submit after deadline had technically passed due to them missing it :>

in the case that that may be allowed here too,

guess: right

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the clue was a whole ass movie

that was when I clued the darjeeling limited, no?

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also niiiiiice, thank you!

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I knew I was right, this was the one after deadline from previous edition:

Subject: Wavelength |||game over|||

Team Wealthy Star

has locked in

54

.

Squad 1

now has (expired on 2020-09-20 10:33:04) to lock in a Left/Right guess!

Dramatic

Comedic

Clue:

Wes Anderson’s

The Darjeeling Limited

0 represents “Dramatic” and 100 represents “Comedic.” Please place your guess according to whether you think

Wes Anderson’s

The Darjeeling Limited

is closer to 0 or closer to 100 than

54

.

vincentw

is your team’s current representative.

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Oh no, I'm sorry, I thought I still have a few hours.

Spoiler: synopsis

I've just finished watching the movie; it's basically a story in three acts.

The first is their introduction and their (mis)adventures on the train. Three brothers met on a train in India to partake on a spiritual journey. This is where most of the comedy is. The brothers have trust issues and when one leaves, the other two talked behind his back. They accidentally let a snake loose and almost got booted off the train. They got into a fight over who's their dad's favourite and did get booted off the train. They contemplated about it that night.

The second is when they rescued a group of children who fell to the water because of a snapped bridge. One fell through a waterfall and passed away. They took the child back to the village. The family tried to deal with grief.
On the funeral, there's a flashback to the brothers' dad's funeral. Their mother didn't attend. The oldest was told about this but lied to the other two. This is the reason he wants to go to India: to bring her home from nunship.

The third is their meeting with their mother. They'd cancelled a flight last-minute to do so. They told her they miss her; she told them the past's in the past; they said they're still not over it. After the four of them looked at each other for a while, they agreed to "try to enjoy each other's company in the morning" before she left the next day. The brothers went to blow on a peacock's feather to symbolise a new beginning (?) and caught a train in a similar way as the start of the movie (running to catch it), throwing their dad's bags in the process.

Overall, while I probably wouldn't call it dramatic, I think the emphasis is more on the drama side than the comedy side.

Guess: Left

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booooomshakalaka

ya boi knows his European scooters bay-bee

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grade 7 is like year 8 in the uk which is I think solving basic algebra like find x when (2x + 4y) / 3 = 28 and stuff, although it could be a bit more difficult/easy than that

however, I wonder if we're thinking about this too technically.

algebra = relatively hard thing for most people
7th grade = implies relative ease, 7th grade problems are not so challenging compared to, say, 3rd grade problems
solving a few = neither completing the entire thing, nor doing only 1
American public school test = not the education system noted for being the most rigorous (e.g. Singapore) nor for being that terrible, and a test is less rigorous than an exam

all of this is making me think that it's somewhere around the middle? personally, I'd go slightly left, like maybe 35? because I don't think that solving problems from that age range would be that arduous, but it should still be a little tricky and there's a few of them to do, and many people are liable to be rusty on algebra. the fact that the wording seems to imply middling actually makes me kinda wanna bump it up to 40

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let's not miss the deadline this time

guess: 40

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is okay morning, I should have figured you maybe meant "difficulty for me in solving them" instead of "difficulty for average person" and didn't think you'd have like a clear idea of exactly what the questions would look like instead of cluing it in a more abstract sense

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I feel so cursed in wavelength lmao

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as in I enjoy it, but I absolutely suck at it most of the time

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clearly a 10, easy af to hit those little bastards

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Easy right imo

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I think that hitting a fly that won’t stop buzzing around is hard and therefore it’s right

I think if xalxe is was basing it on “how easy is it for a fly to go from alive to dead” and not “how hard is it to hit a fly” he wouldn’t have added the buzzing around and not stopping flavour

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Like “evading your grasp”

My dude that’s hard to kill, swatting a fly in midair is tricky

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I feel like it’s in the 15-25 range. not super super easy to kill but definitely easier to kill than like, humans, most animals, and anything man-made?

Not to get dark, but “a sleeping human” is further left than “a fly evading your grasp” imo

I think the flavour of the description is super important

I reckon about 50-60 is what was being clued and the fact it’s a fly was meant to bring it down from like, a buzzard evading your grasp or something

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I AM A CHAMPION

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Yeah, I think more skill than pool if billiards is another name for snooker — you have to pot the balls in a very specific order instead of just your colour of balls

But I think it’s not gonna be like, hard hard right? Because you can definitely get lucky with your shots from time-to-time

Maybe in the region of 80? I’d say 100 should be something like chess where there’s no element of randomness

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oh huh

I forgot about this

yah I hate this clue lol but 85-90 probably seems right? I doubt isis is like the exemplar of being ethical but she's always struck me as very much on that side of things

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at this moment i have been awake for more than 24 hours straight

I would suggest going to sleep