February Monthly Meta: Mod Q&A

[u/Tim3303]

Hey everyone!

It's still February, so technically we aren't late with this monthly meta post.

Back on January 22nd, we did our second Mod Q&A live in Discord! It was a lot of fun, both to have so many people in a call again and to answer all the questions you had.

We covered everything from how r/TranscribersOfReddit came to be, to why we needed to create the non-profit organization GrafeasGroup, to important discussions like whether pineapples are acceptable on pizza.

If you couldn't make it live to the Q&A, worry not! The full transcript of the event will be available in the comments.

We also had a lot of fun with the after party in the regular voice chat and we hope to do it again soon! GarticPhone truly brings out the artist in all of us.

See you next month!

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[u/Tim3303]

What do potential mods have to do during the trial period? (continued)

(00:39:19) fatalgift: I understand, I feel the same way about the engagement things because it's hard to know, depending on when you're joining but for QA I was originally - the teams were a bit different when I joined a little over a year ago so I was doing welcome which is what QA now is, so you're welcoming people in their first transcriptions, you're checking transcriptions - similar responsibilities to being a full mod but nobody knows officially that you're a mod yet and you're still learning. I mean we're always all still learning but you're still learning the rules, making mistakes, asking lots of questions about it as you go to the team members who have been there for longer than you. So is this PI on the subreddit, how would you format this post, does this look okay, did I miss anything, just checking and making sure that everyone's on the same page so that we can provide the most help possible to volunteers who are asked, are new, or returning.

(00:40:15) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yeah that's..that's a good way to put it. I think it's also important to mention just like for the general trial period that you don't touch any discord moderation for your first two weeks. Umm, you don't get modded on the discord until you're actually an official mod, umm you're added to the subreddit first and then you do like your trial period and then you're modded once you're like a full mod.

(00:40:40) Tim3303: Right then..

(00:40:04) Altrissa: Maybe that, oh sorry Tim.

(00:40:05) Tim3303: No, go ahead.

(00:40:54) Altrissa: It used to be that we would keep your modding status secret but as QA because we do a lot of our comments on, on the sub itself it is kind of hard because people will look at it and they're like oh I'm getting.. I'm getting advice from this person who you know it might not be a mod so I know there's been a couple that have been outed during that sort of...that two-week period. It is what it is.

(00:41:22) fatalgift: Yeah wait when that happens because I think that happened to Dia or Seer or maybe both of them we always ask the person who's realized to keep it quiet until the two weeks ends so that it's still a surprise for everybody and they get that moment of celebration when we announce them on discord at the end.

(00:41:33) _Diabetes: And I think if you pass the Batman test you get imaginary mod bonus points [fatalgift and Altrissa laugh] Like, I have yet to see anyone actually pass the Batman test.

(00:41:44) fatalgift: I can't, I can't remember if I passed it or not and..

(00:44:47) _Diabetes: I don't think you did but I could just be saying that so I to make myself look slightly better.

(00:41:58) fatalgift: that's all good moving, does dev have anything specific that you guys do during your trial period that you...you think it would be helpful.

(00:42:01) Tim3303: Umm, I guess it's kind of dependent..

(00:42:06) itsthejoker: Before we do..

(00:42:06) Tim3303*: Oh sorry, go ahead.

(00:42:06) itsthejoker: Sorry before we do that I just want to add one more point on to the why do we have the two-week notice period where we don't tell anybody part we do that because we want to make sure that if you feel that it's not working for you you can step down without having that feeling of I've let the team down, I've let the community down because that's something we we want to be very cognizant of - we want to make sure that if you come in and you try the work and it's just not for you that's okay We try to - we want to make sure that there isn't any extra pressure on you to stay if you don't want to stay if you don't want to do this and so by not telling anyone that you're here by not making it obvious that you're a mod, then that gives you an extra layer of buffer.. Ff away from the community where you can say "I you know this is this just isn't it for me, sorry" and step down and that's totally fine.. so sorry about that, Tim please continue.

(00:43:02) Tim3303: Yeah that's a very good point actually because, yeah, modding for r/TranscribersOfReddit is quite different than yeah a usual reddit mod role at least I would say that maybe Altrissa as a mod of other subs can all set onto that later but you have basically because it's a lot more structures this division in teams and usually there's more work than a regular mod role we just want to make sure that you can try it out before yeah basically being bound to some responsibilities, umm, right so. Accurate Altrissa?

(00:43:51) Altrissa: It definitely is. I was actually gonna say that it's like being a transcribers of reddit mod is not the same as being a reddit mod. So I mod some more like standard subreddits and you know you just go into the mod queue, clear out the stuff that's been reported, ban the idiots, you know - that kind of stuff. But with transcribers of reddit it's... it's much more involved. It is more like a business than it is a subreddit, mainly because we are creating the service and we- we have to make sure that it's it's going out to who needs it.

(00:44:37) Tim3303: All right, thank you. And yeah, maybe I can just finish off for the dev team, um, what we do in the trial period. So, um, I guess for us, it's a bit different than for the other teams, because, um, there's more, basically, prior knowledge required to get productive? Um, so, uh, we do our programming in Python, um, I think almost exclusively. So, uh, depending on your experience, you first might need to practice a bit more with Python. And then you will have to look at, um yeah, the different bots, um, and try to understand what's going on there. So as we have so many, um, different bots, so many different projects, it can be kind of hard to, um yeah, basically keep track of everything and to understand how everything works. Because, well, for example, for, um, the other teams quality assurance or the events, you've probably already seen how that works while you were transcribing with us. But for the bots, you probably haven't looked into that yet. So, um, for the dev pri-tie-eh- trial period, it will probably be mostly, uh, getting familiar with the infrastructure that, um, we have to maintain. But also, if you're interested in becoming a dev for us, um, all of our, um, code is also open-source on GitHub. Maybe Joker, you can search the link for a repository and post it in the chat. Um, but yeah, if you're curious, feel free to take a look at our code, and maybe even contribute a pull request. And we'll be happy to review that and get it merged. Alright, so then a follow up question to that also by Andrew is, yeah, so we have a mod application, uh, which is always open. Um, so, I think it's linked... Somewhere [chuckles] in the subreddit. Um, but, um yeah, basically, you can always apply. And we just, whenever we have the feeling that we need more, um yeah, need more personnel to handle everything, then we take a look at every open application again, and, um yeah, see who- who we need.

What happens if you choose multiple teams in the mod application?

(00:47:21) Tim3303: But yeah, what happens if you choose multiple teams in that application? And, I touched a bit on that with the major and minor team stuff. But maybe, I don't know, Dia, you can, um, quickly go over that again.

(00:47:29) _Diabetes: What? The major/minor stuff?

(00:47:32) Tim3303: Yeah, right. Right.

(00:47:35) _Diabetes: Yeah. Okay, so, especially when you're picking teams, um, generally, you will pick a major team and the minor team. And a major team is... Um, it's the team that you... will dedicate most, or a majority of your- your modding time to. So, as a QA major, I will dedicate more of my time to checking transcriptions, welcoming new users, um, all of that kind of thing. And less time, as an engagement minor, to all of the engagement stuff, what all of that may entail. Um, and as you can imagine, you generally pick one major or minor because we do not want people getting overloaded with work because then people get stressed, things don't get done, all of that kind of thing. Uhh... I hope that sums it up? Well enough?

(00:48:43) Tim3303: Yeah, right. So basically-

(00:48:44) fatalgift: Um, I’d like- Oh, sorry, Tim.

(00:48:46) Tim3303: Yeah, basically this, um, team division was more of a recent addition. Um, before we didn't have such clear boundaries between, um, what everyone is responsible for. But it's really important to us to, um, also prevent burnout, um, which has actually been a problem, um, for some on the mod team. Um, so we want to make sure that everyone, um yeah, that the workload is well balanced between each team member. So, um, the minor team is also optional; not everyone has a minor team. Um, but yeah, we just want to make sure that everything is balanced. Did you want to add anything else, Fatal?

(00:49:39) fatalgift: No, I was just also going to say that the minor team isn't required. It's just if you have extra time and you'd like to contribute to a second part of our work. The major team is what we do ask someone to focus their mo- the most of their energy on. Like you said, that does help keep responsibilities clear and help people from burning out, trying to do it all at once.

(00:49:59) Tim3303: Right. We also, um, have, um yeah, activity requirements, more or less, uh, for each team, which is, I think, also detailed in the mod application. So, these are not strictly hard requirements. So for example, if you get busy in uni, school, or just work, um, you can, of course, take breaks. Or if it's just for mental health. So that's not a problem, life, of course, comes first. But yeah, these are basically just for us to keep track, “okay, who's active right now?” Um, just to make sure that we have enough mods to handle everything.

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How much time per day does modding require on average?

(00:50:52) Tim3303: [Clears throat] Alright, so, um, actually, that leads quite well into the next question that we have here. So how much time per day does modding require on average? Um, maybe Komeda? Do you want to take that?

(00:51:02) KomaedaEatsBagels: Uh, Sure! Um, it absolutely varies per team. Um, like for a, um, I don't have the exact numbers in front of me right now, but for-

(00:51:14) fatalgift: I have them, if you need them.

(00:51:16) KomaedaEatsBagels: Oh! Um, oh, there it is!

(00:51:18) KomaedaEatsBagels: I found my thing.

(00:51:20) fatalgift: Mhm, okay.

(00:51:21) KomaedaEatsBagels: Alright. Um, so for, uh, QA, it takes like- you're expected to do four hours, um, per day for, uh checks. That doesn't mean that you have to spend four hours a day literally checking posts, but you need to be available, just sort of in the ether for four hours a day to be able to check a post. Um, for engagement, you have to participate in two of the sub teams that we talked about before, like, um, CTQ, Year End, Treasure Hunt, Discord Events, and Partnerships. Um, so you have to participate in two of those, um, which each each of the sub teams have their own, like, requirements for how busy you need to be with it. And that sort of fluctuates with what the sub needs. Um, but also we have to be available for Discord moderation two hours a day, three days a week. Um, and for dev, you have to be available four hours per week.

(00:52:26) Tim3303: Right. And for dev, it's also, um, basically we- we don't have these regular work, uh, things that need to be done every week, for example, like the QA team, um, of course, the transcriptions just keep coming in. So, um, they basically need a constant work effort to get the quality checked there. And for the dev team, it's a bit different in that, um, our work mostly comes in- in bursts. So, when we have, like, a project to work on, that can take a lot of time. Um, but we don't always have, um, things that need to get done immediately. Um, right. Does anyone else want to add anything to that point? Or just in general? All right.

How does being a mod for ToR affect your life outside of it?

(00:53:40) Tim3303: So, then let's move on to the next question. Um, so, "How does being a mod for ToR affect your life outside of it, if at all?" That was asked by pntns [laughs], not sure how to pronounce it, but, um, right. Uh, yea, who wants to take this question?

(00:53:47) fatalgift: I think we agreed to split it up, um, since it's different for everyone based on your team-

(00:53:50) Tim3303: Oh, yeah. That makes sense

(00:53:52) fatalgift: -and what you do outside of this, but I can start. Um, in terms of how it affects my life outside of Tor, other than just how I spend my free time? It doesn't have a big impact? Um, I, as some people, everyone- all the- everyone on the mod team- and maybe some of the other transcribers- know, I am a teacher in my regular life. So, when I'm not home, that's what I'm doing. I'm working at school. So it has, in some ways, made me really consider the ability of the things I'm doing for my job, um, but the work doesn't really overlap in the same way. And then in terms of time usage, it's just I need to make sure I have some time to set aside those hours to help moderate discord, for example. But it’s- I'm usually online, so it's not a big deal. Or rebalancing to make sure that I do the other things in my life that I want to or need to.

(00:54:49) Tim3303: Um, Dia, do you want to go next?

(00:54:54) _Diabetes: Uh, sure, yeah. I'm sort of in a similar boat in the sense of like, it doesn't massively affect- well, I say this, I've- I, for clarity, I have just come back from a break from modding, um, because I've moved away to university. I'm starting all that. I'm figuring all that out. And obviously that is... a lot. So, um, just coming back. But I know that definitely in the past, I found I'm in a similar boat to Fatal, and it didn't massively affect my free time- other than sort of, instead of doing other things, I would have spent it, like, checking Slack, checking transcriptions, following up on stuff where I need to. Um, but yeah, I think that sort of adds on to what you were saying earlier about there is the option of- of if, like, going away to uni, if everything is getting a bit much, there is the option that you can step away to sort your life out, to- to make sure that everything is okay, and then come back once you're more comfortable and you sort of know what you can, and can't, set aside for all of that.

(00:56:18) Tim3303: Yeah, absolutely. Maybe one impact that modding, or maybe transcribing in general, can have is just making you a lot more aware about accessibility and the requirements. So for example, um, I also do some web development for work, and, um, so I think definitely helped me there to always keep in mind that accessibility import- is important and kind of what the requirements are for visually impaired people and other disabilities. Um, yeah, just keeping that in mind. Um, I think I'll jump over to the next question already, just because, um, we don't want to keep this too long. I'm not sure, uh,how long everyone has time [chuckles]. So, um, I think I'll jump over to the next question real quick.

Is it okay to transcribe rarely/irregularly?

Alright, so there's, um, a question by truesapling, uh, about transcribing. So, "I kind of want to start transcribing, but is it okay if I do, like, one every month or year or so?" So what about irregular transcribing? Um, who wants to take that question?

(00:57:37) Altrissa: I can take that. We- we love our transcribers. It doesn't matter if you do one or you do 100 or you do 10,000. Any transcription, if done properly, is welcome because that means that's one more post out there that someone who needs that accessibility component can see it. So, even if you only have time to do one good transcription every six months, that's fine! That's great! We will always welcome you with open arms.

(00:58:08) Tim3303: Exactly. And also, on the same note, it's also more important that the transcriptions are of high quality, uh, than it's, uh, important that you do a lot of them. So it’s- it provides a lot more value if you do one very, very good transcription, which is actually helpful, uh, for the visually impaired, for example, or other people, than doing, like, 100 sloppy transcriptions that don't provide that much benefit. So, don't worry if you have not enough time. If you can do one good transcription, that's already a lot of benefit generated there.

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What's the Treasure Hunt?

(00:59:04) Tim3303: So, um, then maybe, um, going back to- back a bit, because we mentioned the Treasure Hunt event a couple of times during the- answering the questions. Maybe Komaeda, can you explain what that was and why it's not a thing right now?

(00:59:12) KomaedaEatsBagels: Sure! Um, so, Treasure Hunt is this really fun thing, um, where every 10 days, the mod team will set up a, um... a- uh, like a Google form that has a list of different, um, basically prompts. And, you have to find, um, you have to find a transcription of yours that you've done in the past in- in, like, this 10 days period that fits each of these prompts. Like, you'll find, uh, “Find a post with a... blue... shirt in it,” or, uh “Find a post that reminds you of summer”. Those are all, um, some examples of things that might be Treasure Hunt prompts. And so, um, over the course of the 10 days, you'll find those- those posts, you'll make some transcriptions, and you'll submit that to the mod team. At the end of the 10 days, what we would do is, um, we comb through the transcriptions, uh, pick some of the ones that we think are really cool or really made us laugh. Um, and we have this- this whole, um, this little event where, like, for about an hour, we um, we go over these transcriptions and highlight them. And sometimes this is accompanied with, like, short stories for, like, special events. [Chuckles] We can't do this every 10 days. Um, or just little fun projects to sort of like build s- uh, build the lore of the Treasure Hunt stories. Like, we had this thing where aliens came and we had to defend the world against aliens and things like that. Um, but yea-

(01:01:03) fatalgift: ToR Castle is a big one. That we do sometimes.

(01:01:06) KomaedaEatsBagels: ToR Castle’s a big one, yea.

(01:01:08) fatalgift: ToR Castle? So, building up that world, but also just making sure it's, um, engaging for everyone-

(01:01:13) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yea!

(01:01:14) fatalgift: -and that they're having fun seeing their transcriptions highlighted and celebrated, other people's transcriptions highlighted and celebrated, and really just showing off the good work that people are able to do- and their creativity! Because sometimes the prompts are a little bit abstract. And so, seeing how people interpret that is fun.

(01:01:32) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yeah. Honestly, it’s-it's- a lot of fun. And Tim, you asked me to talk about, um, why we don’t- we haven't really been doing it that much anymore?

(01:01:40) Tim3303: Right, yea.

(01:01:40) fatalgift: Yeah, why it's on pause.

(01:01:42) KomaedaEatsBagels: Okay. It's on pause because we really weren't getting all that much engagement for it. Uh, people were kind of getting burned out after we had had such a long streak of so many, um, different- so many, um, Treasure Hunts in a row. And it was really hard for the mods too, to, um, to be able to show up and delegate responsibilities in a way that didn't put all of the... the pressure on one person to do it. Um, so when we were restructuring our teams and, um, things were kind of getting hectic, we decided that it would be best to sort of hold off on it for a bit until, um, people were more interested in it. And we could sort of, we could reinstate it once everybody's sort of recovered from the burnout, both the mods and the transcribers. So it's special again, instead of feeling like a chore.

(01:02:42) fatalgift: Yes. We also had some mods who have been unavailable due to things outside of ToR, which is completely understandable as we talked about earlier. Life- work-life balance is important. ToR-life balance is important, and real life will always come first, even if this is important work. So, we wanted to make sure that we could take a step back and reprioritize, like Komaeda said, rethink and make sure that everyone was feeling like this was a project worth continuing. And we have had some requests to bring it back. So, hopefully soon we will able to have that, or similar events, back in the running. We’re working on it behind the scenes.

(01:03:20) Tim3303: Absolutely. Right, and, um... Okay, let's, uh-- Did someone keep an eye on the chat?

(01:03:31) fatalgift: We did have another question that came, oh wait, no, never mind, sorry. Go ahead, Tim.

(01:03:35) Tim3303: Um, I'll try to look at the chat and see if I missed anything. Oh yeah, GlibGlob.

(01:03:40) fatalgift: Altrissa answered it already in text, so we're good.

(01:03:42) Tim3303: Yeah, maybe we can just bring up real quick, so if you typo, uhm, a word, for example, typing "dome" instead of "done" in- in the bot, you might have noticed that sometimes a mod will comment on that real quick, uh... make a bit fun. Yeah, so basically we- we will get notified every time that the bot receives a response, uh, that it doesn't know. This is mostly to ensure that, for example, people just starting out, they sometimes don't fully understand, uhm, the bot system yet and might make some mistakes. Yeah, so that's basically just to make sure that we can handle these cases real quick. Um.. and, yeah, as a side effect of that, sometimes typos, um, will- will also end up in our Slack chat, and, yeah, we'll just have a little bit of fun with that. But some very common typos we actually added to the bot that it recognizes those as well [chuckles]. All right, so I think that's basically the important questions. Of course, as said, if- if you have any more that you just thought of, um, just post them in the chat and we'll answer them. But we'll do a couple more, um, questions that we got just for fun.

(01:05:13) captcoe: These questions are also important, in my opinion.

(01:05:14) fatalgift: I agree.

(01:05:17) Tim3303: True, true.

(01:05:19) fatalgift: [Laughs] Questions unrelated to ToR, but still important.

(01:05:24) captcoe: Yes.

How did Altrissa become the Shadow Mod?

(01:05:25) Tim3303: I'll try to wrap it up semi-soon, just because I also remember that we have to transcribe all of this. [Laughs] Good lord. Uh, it's like a clear the queue event. But, yeah, let's start with the fun questions. So, how did Altrissa become the Shadow Mod, and how she is so good at lurking? [Laughing] So, Altrissa, do you maybe want to take this yourself?

(01:05:53) Altrissa: I don't even know when it started. I think it was one of the other transcribers, maybe it was Blank, that called me the Shadow Mod first a few years ago. It's because I never show up as online. Um, I used to, because my best friend lived across the world from me, but- but now he- he's currently looking at me because we live together. So, I never have to be online on Discord, because before it was just I would go online so that he knows I was there and we could talk. Um, now I don't have to, so I just stay in the shadows. And even though I'm generally always online... [Laughing] Stop looking at me! Now he's just looking at me, making fun of me. Because I don't need to show up as online, I don't. I stay invisible. And when I respond to things, people are like, wait, how are you doing this? You're not online. And over the course of the last few years, it's just been interesting coincidences that I think have cemented my role as Shadow Mod. Because I remember someone was talking about, I can't remember, it was like a plant or something. And they were like, well, just ask Altrissa; she'll know, they didn't even ping me. But I had just sat down at my computer and turned on Discord. I'm like, oh hey, what's up? And they're like, oh my god. It's like, how did we summon you from the Aether? It's like, it's just who I am, I guess.

(01:07:17) fatalgift: And you're saying that so you don't know you can actually summon her from the Aether.

(01:07:22) captcoe: [crosstalking] Yeah. I like to think it's because she was forged in the fires of actual, uh, moderation jobs. And now this is like her vacation. [Chuckles]

(01:07:32) Altrissa: It's true. I mean, most of those "are you a bot" things on Reddit, 99% I always come up as a bot. Because if you look at my profile, it's nothing but moderation and, like, Flare Helper, and that's it. It's like, I don't talk to people unless I'm telling you how to do a transcription or I'm welcoming you. And for everything else, it's just like, your post has been removed, your post has been removed, your post has been removed. [Chuckles]

(01:07:59) _Diabetes: Altrissa actually can't get past, like, any CAPTCHA. Like she just gets stuck.

(01:08:04) Altrissa: That's actually true. I do have a lot of trouble with the ones that are visual and I can't do the ones where it plays words. So... I'm apparently a bot.

(01:08:14) captcoe: There's no evidence you aren't a cyborg, I'm just saying.

(01:08:18) Altrissa: That's true because I mean, I was supposed to meet Tim in real life and then, you know, I-I had excuses so we couldn't. So, you know.

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Which mods know each other in real life?

(01:08:28) Tim3303: That's actually a good segue to the next question. So which mods do know each other in real life? So as already said, Altrissa was a close call. It almost happened. But I did meet Diabetes and Ellie as well, actually, in real life.

(01:08:47) _Diabetes: You full name me? You just full name me like that?

(01:08:52) Tim3303: I'm trying so hard not to doxx everyone. [Laughs]

(01:08:56) fatalgift: You're all doing great.

(01:08:59) _Diabetes: Yeah, yeah. You're "3303" in real life.

(01:09:01) KomaedaEatsBagels: Even if we haven't all met in person, a lot of us are good friends just outside of moderation, too.

(01:09:14) Tim3303: Yes, that's half the fun of modding.

(01:09:18) captcoe: I have, of course, met Joker. I can't think, Joker, do you remember the first time we actually met up in real life? How soon it was? It was relatively soon. I think it was for when we actually formed Grafeas group, right?

(01:09:33) itsthejoker: We met... I don't- I don't think so. It was after...

(01:09:40) captcoe: I thought it was when you were signing everything. I thought that was why it happened.

(01:09:44) itsthejoker: No, you mailed it. I think we met up at your college campus...

(01:09:52) captcoe: Yes.

(01:09:53) itsthejoker: ...shortly after that.

(01:09:56) captcoe: Okay.

(01:09:57) itsthejoker: But you did mail it. So, back story here, when we actually formed Grafeas group, we are registered in the state of Indiana, USA, because that's where I'm based. And this will never cease being really, really annoying. At the time that we formed Grafeas, the state of Indiana required that in order to form a corporation, you needed to have all of your officers sign a piece of paper that basically said, yes, we are in fact interested in forming, and we're serious about this, comma, darn it. So, this is a problem, because the original forming group of Grafeas included one person in the Netherlands, one person in the UK, two people in Indiana, and one person in Maryland. So, we had to print out one piece of paper and mail it four times across the world--

(01:10:59) captcoe: Yes, there wasn't faxing. We couldn't docu-sign. It had to be ink on paper.

(01:11:04) itsthejoker: It had to be wet ink. It had to be ink. So, we had to mail this stupid piece of paper all the way across the world so that we could all sign it. And then I-- we finally get it. Myself and the one other person who was in Indiana met up for dinner and we signed it together. And then I took it into the- the county office, or the- the state office, and two days after we got this in... Um... It wasn't two days. It was very soon. Very soon after we got this in, they actually removed the requirement for wet ink and switched to an entirely digital process.

(01:11:43) Tim3303: Oh my god. [Chuckles]

(01:11:45) itsthejoker: But the specific reason that this is annoying is because the delay in getting this piece of paper mailed around is why Google was able to snipe the Grafeas name from us on GitHub, which is why we're a GrafeasGroup on GitHub and not just Grafeas, because just a few days while the thing was still in the mail, just a few days before we finished getting everything turned in, they registered that org and we were waiting to register the org until we had the paperwork in hand. So... I'm only slightly mad about that still, but yeah, that is what happened.

(01:12:20) captcoe: What really means is we missed out on like a $2,000 paycheck from Google to buy the GitHub.

(01:12:25) itsthejoker: Exactly.

(01:12:26) captcoe: So we missed our first major donation.

(01:12:29) itsthejoker: That's okay. Sometimes these things happen.

(01:12:32) Tim3303: They probably saw like the locations on your signature list and were like, huh, this requirement is a bit ridiculous. And then they removed it. [Chuckles]

(01:12:42) itsthejoker: It really does make forming an international nonprofit a pain in the butt. It was hilariously painful. But on the plus side, we did get to exchange letters every time it got moved around. The person who had it usually wrote like a note or a letter that went along with the paperwork and we just kept adding those- those notes. And I still have them all because I was the last person in the chain because I had to file the paperwork. So I still have them all somewhere, but, um, that was really, really lovely getting to kind of... get a tangible piece of evidence that everyone really did exist. And that was great. And we also did get a paw print from the dog of our person in the UK, which was really great. [Laughs]

(01:13:26) Tim3303: Right. And sometimes we also do some activities... as mods in general, for example, that just reminded me of the secret Santa we did at some point, just sending each other gifts. And yeah, for example--

(01:13:41) itsthejoker: That's always fun.

(01:13:43) Tim3303: We also sometimes play mafia. The game. All right, but...

Is Grafeas a registered in any non-US countries?

(01:13:50) fatalgift: Before we move on to the rest of the fun questions, Overwatch just asked in the chat, are we a registered nonprofit in any non United States countries? And if not, are there plans to be?

(01:14:02) itsthejoker: I would love to answer that question. Short answer is no, we are not currently a registered nonprofit in any non US countries. The reason for that is because in order to register as a nonprofit in... damn near every country in the world, you have to have an office there or some kind of address in that country, which is why pretty much every nonprofit who is multinational has a specific, um, office in each country. So we can't afford that, we can't even afford an office in this country, so... [laughs] If we ever make it to the point where we can put an address for multiple countries, then absolutely, I would love to get registered. But for right now, it's just straight up not feasible.

(01:14:48) fatalgift: Thank you, Joker. And now back to fun questions! Um...

(01:14:52) itsthejoker: Can you suggest it wasn't a fun question? How dare you! [Tim3303 laughs]

(01:14:55) fatalgift: That was a very important question. The next three questions are about food rivalries though, which everybody always loves to make us fight about.

(01:15:03) itsthejoker: That's true.

(01:15:04) fatalgift: So, are you ready?

(01:15:05) Tim3303: [crosstalking] Yeah, that's kind of a thing on ToR.

(01:15:07) captcoe: They don't have to make us, they don't have to make us fight about that.

(01:15:09) Tim3303: [crosstalking] Yeah.

(01:15:09) captcoe: We'll fight about that all on our own.

(01:15:10) _Diabetes: [crosstalking] Yeah.

(01:15:11) itsthejoker: That's true!

(01:15:12) fatalgift: It's true.

(01:15:12) Tim3303: [crosstalking] It keeps happening.

(01:15:13) fatalgift: So, the amount of times my messages with some or all of y'all have just evolved into arguing over what a food is called is... frankly embarrassing.

(01:15:23) itsthejoker: For who?

(01:15:25) fatalgift: Everyone... in the chat. [Chuckles]

[u/Tim3303 → u/Tim3303]

Does a pancake contain baking powder or is it flat?

(01:15:28) Tim3303: Do- do we want to take the pancake question or do we just relay that to the, um, to the survey?

(01:15:35) fatalgift: I would love to hear the stats on the pancake question, but I'd also like to hear people's thoughts. So, this was also Overwatch's question about if a pancake contains baking powder or if it's flat, and we actually included this in the 2021 December survey, so not this past year, but the year before, as a fun question in addition to all the data we collected on what people like to transcribe, when they transcribe, how long they've been transcribing. And 66% of our transcribers said that it does have a leavening agent like baking powder and 34% said it does not, and I personally am in the fluffy pancake camp, but I don't know about everyone else.

(01:16:11) itsthejoker: Because fluffy pancakes are the best pancakes.

(01:16:14) fatalgift: They're just so tasty.

(01:16:15) captcoe: I feel like that's uncontroversial. It's- It's pretty much everyone's favorite.

(01:16:20) _Diabetes: If it's thin, is it not basically just a crêpe?

(01:16:22) fatalgift: Yes.

(01:16:23) captcoe: Yeah, like, [inaudible]

(01:16:24) _Diabetes: [Crosstalking] Yeah, that's a different thing.

(01:16:25) itsthejoker: [Crosstalking] Which is not a pancake.

(01:16:26) captcoe: Crêpes are delicious, but they aren't pancakes.

(01:16:31) _Diabetes: Pancakes and crêpes are presumably a... leavening agent?

(01:16:34) [Thoughtful silence]

(01:16:38) captcoe: I suppose there is latkes, also known as potato pancakes.

(01:16:43) itsthejoker: [crosstalking] Latkes are-- Yeah, latkes are potatoes. That doesn't count here.

(01:16:46) KomaedaEatsBagels: Latkes are their own thing.

(01:16:48) itsthejoker: And delicious!

(01:16:49) captcoe: I just know it's called potato pancake mix? So I feel like they kind of qualify as pancakes?

(01:16:54) itsthejoker: That's because they put that for Gentiles.

(01:16:56) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yeah.

(01:16:56) _Diabetes: [Crosstalking] That just looks like-- [inaudible]

(01:16:57) itsthejoker: [Laughing quietly in the background]

(01:16:57) captcoe: And as a Gentile, I appreciate that outreach.

(01:16:59) [Multiple people laughing]

(01:17:04) fatalgift: It's true. I mean, I guess technically, like, if you're breaking pancake down, it's a cake that you make in a pan, so sure, but we all know a latke is totally different thing.

(01:17:10) captcoe: [crosstalking] Ok, so-, so, Cornbread- Cornbread is a pancake.

(01:17:15) KomaedaEatsBagels: What about, like, pizookie?

(01:17:16) itsthejoker: [crosstalking] What if we just stick with the original question.

(01:17:16) _Diabetes: [crosstalking] No, this is getting too close to the whole soup discussion.

(01:17:18) fatalgift: [crosstalking] I regret going down this road with you. Tim, can you read the next question?

(01:17:23) _Diabetes: I don't like how close- this- this is towing into soup territory. Cereal being soup or not, right.

Pineapple on pizza or no?

(01:17:29) Tim3303: [laughing] Alright, alright, let's quickly move on to the next question before we get into the soup discussion. Um, so, alright. "Pineapple on pizza or no?" So actually, um, maybe we should cut this out of the transcript to not offend Andrew, but I'm firmly on the "Pineapple: Yes!" camp. I think it adds the real correct amount of sweetness and juiciness to pizza that makes it really great, and um, yeah, don't see any reason not to add pineapple.

(01:18:01) captcoe: Why- why do you want sweetness on pizza? Sweetness doesn't belong on a pizza.

(01:18:04) fatalgift: [crosstalking] I don't have a horse in this race.

(01:18:06) _Diabetes: Me neither.

(01:18:07) KomaedaEatsBagels: Pineapple on pizza is good.

(01:18:09) Tim3303: Thank you, Komaeda, thank you!

(01:18:13) KomaedaEatsBagels: Some pineapple from some places is not good, like...

(01:18:16) fatalgift: [crosstalking] True.

(01:18:17) KomaedaEatsBagels: ...if it's really hard, but if it's not like, if it's the really soft, small pieces of pineapple, I think especially the canned type, it just tastes really good.

(01:18:25) fatalgift: [crosstalking] Straight out of the can!

(01:18:29) KomaedaEatsBagels: It just tastes so good!

(01:18:31) captcoe: Yeah- yeah, I'm with the DaOverwatchGuy here, saying, yeah, it- it's tomato sauce. If you want sweetness, or like a bit of sweetness.

(01:18:38) KomaedaEatsBagels: [crosstalking] You put both!

(01:18:39) captcoe: No!

(01:18:40) _Diabetes: I'm very much- I'm very much in camp "Pizza should not be sweet nor juicy."

(01:18:45) itsthejoker: I agree. I agree. Pizza is a savory food, it should not be sweet.

(01:18:50) _Diabetes: [crosstalking] [inaudible] ...when I buy into like an orange, not a pizza.

(01:18:53) captcoe: Ugh.

(01:18:54) itsthejoker: Sorry.

(01:18:55) Tim3303: I mean, yes, tomato sauce is also very important, but um, pineapples- pineapples are good on pizza.

(01:19:03) captcoe: Well, if you put pineapples on pizza, why not oranges? Why not frickin' pears, you know? Where does it stop? Where does it stop? It's... madness.

(01:19:11) itsthejoker: I have had pears on pizza, and it's equally gross, because it's sweet.

(01:19:15) captcoe: [crosstalking] Exactly. Exactly.

(01:19:16) itsthejoker: ...and Pizza it's a savory food.

(01:19:18) KomaedaEatsBagels: [crosstalking] Fatal- um, Fatal doesn't like tomato sauce, which is valid.

(01:19:20) fatalgift: I like it on like pasta, but too much of it on pizza. I just think it makes the bread soggy, and it was up to me. Also, when I was a child-

(01:19:29) _Diabetes: [crosstalking] Pasta sauce and pizza sauce are two different things.

(01:19:31) fatalgift: When I was a child, it made me sick. So now I'm just like, a little bit. But if you try to make me eat a deep dish pizza, I'm simply not going to.

(01:19:39) captcoe: Let's just all insert Jon Stewart's rant on deep dish pizza right here, and we can just play that in the audio recording.

(01:19:44) [multiple people laughing]

(01:19:46) capctoe: Joker, can you splice in Jon Stewart's rant on deep dish pizza right now?

(01:19:51) itsthejoker: No.

(01:19:52) _Diabetes: Joker, I thought you said you ate bears on pizza.

(01:19:54) No! No, it's like pears. P-E-A-R-S. Pears.

(01:19:58) _Diabetes: Yeah, graham bears.

(01:19:59) itstheoker: Exactly. I have had a lot of fascinating meat, but um bears, unfortunately, is not on that list. Maybe? I wonder if I can buy bear.

(01:20:03) [multiple people laughing]

(01:20:07) Oh, you had a bear. (01:20:08) You can get a bear. (01:20:09) I wanna try bear now.

(01:20:10) fatalgift: We two more questions. Just hold it together. [laughing]

(01:20:15) itsthejoker: [sigh] Okay... (01:20:16) Hey.

(01:20:17) KomaedaEatsBagels: Fatal, have you had barbecue sauce on pizza?

(01:20:19) fatalgift: I... have. Yeah.

(01:20:21) KomaedaEatsBagels: It's good. I think.

(01:20:23) fatalgift: It's good. I like the tanginess.

(01:20:25) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yeah!

(01:20:26) captcoe: They have barbecue chicken pizza around here.

(01:20:27) fatalgift: [crosstalking] That's exactly what I was thinking of.

(01:20:28) captcoe: And, um, Wise guys. Yeah.

(01:20:29) fatalgift: Wise guys. Yeah. That's exactly what I was thinking of. The barbecue chicken pizza.

(01:20:33) captcoe: It's not bad. I'm not a fan, but I respect people who like it, unlike people who like Hawaiian pizza.

(01:20:39) fatalgift: Like Hawaiian pizza. It's not my favorite. It's not my first choice, but it's fine. You know? I'll eat it.

(01:20:44) captcoe: All right. Let's get out of here.

(01:20:46) Altrissa: I- I've yet to find a pizza that I don't like, so...

(01:20:48) fatalgift: Black olives.

(01:20:49) Altrissa: ...I'm like [inaudible]

(01:20:49) captcoe: [crosstalking] Yeah.

(01:20:50) Tim3303: [crosstalking] Hot dog pizza.

(01:20:51) Altrissa: ...no matter what's on it, I will eat it.

(01:20:52) capctoe: [crosstalking] ...anchovies...

(01:20:53) KomaedaEatsBagels: Black olives.

(01:20:54) _Diabetes: Apparently, Australian squid ink pizza. Nuh-uh.

(01:20:55) KomaedaEatsBagels: [shocked] Ugh!

(01:20:56) fatalgift: I would try it. I'll try anything.

(01:20:58) _Diabetes: Apparently, it was black and soggy. Apparently.

(01:20:59) fatalgift: I'll try anything once. I want, I--

(01:21:00) captcoe: [crosstalking] Let's get out of here. Let's move on.

(01:21:02) Tim3303: All right.

[u/Tim3303 → u/Tim3303]

Raisins on cookies or no raisins on cookies?

(01:21:03) fatalgift: Let's move on to another food question about raisins on cookies or no raisins on cookies. And my--

(01:21:13) itsthejoker: [interrupting] No raisins! Raisins are bad for the environment, and they're bad for you, and they're bad for everything. Raisins should not exist.

(01:21:23) fatalgift: [crosstalking] I'm with Joker on this one. When I-- I don't remember the context, but I remember someone asked me if I wanted a cookie, and I said yes as long as it doesn't have raisins, and we have this emoji now, so that's my opinion right there.

(01:21:34) captcoe: The fact that you can't tell that it's a raisin cookie and not a chocolate chip cookie illustrates my problem with raisins and cookies. You have to hover over the emoji.

(01:21:43) Tim3303: That's true. That's true.

(01:21:45) _Diabetes: That's true, yeah.

(01:21:46) fatalgift: That's true.

(01:21:47) captcoe: Which is the exact problem I have when I go to a catered event, and there's the two or three platters. They got the sugar cookies. They got the chocolate chip, and they got the one that's always full because no one grabs them, and you think, oh, there's another platter of chocolate chips, and you go to grab it, and you eat it, and it's a deception. It's a great lie.

(01:22:04) fatalgift: No, you know because the tray is full that it's a raisin cookie. You just have to use your logic.

(01:22:08) captcoe: [crosstalking] Yeah, but you have hope that, oh, they just brought out another thing of chocolate chip because they know everyone's favorite cookie, for good reason is chocolate chip, and then it's a lie.

(01:22:17) _Diabetes: Like, what are raisins good for, anyway? Like, they ruin cookies...

(01:22:19) captcoe: [crosstalking] Not me.

(01:22:20) fatalgift: [crosstalking, chuckling] Literally nothing.

(01:22:21) Tim3303: They're good--

(01:22:22) capctcoe: They're everyone's grandmother's favorite ingredient. (01:22:23) They're in hot cross buns, disgusting currants.

(01:22:24) fatalgift: I am pro dried fruit, but anti-raisin.

(01:22:31) Tim3303: They are good in some type of German cereal.

(01:22:35) Altrissa: I was very much on the no raisin camp up until Christmas this year, and then we made bread pudding for Christmas dessert, and the recipe said to put these raisins in, um, some sort of, I think it was brandy, but I don't have brandy, so we put it in soju instead, and I have to tell you, it was the most delicious thing I've ever had, so I am okay for raisins as long as they are very much so in alcohol.

(01:23:04) capctcoe: How much of the bottle did you drink versus how much did you put into the ingredients? [Tim3303 laughs]

(01:23:08) Altrissa: A lot.

(01:23:09) captcoe: Okay. I think that might have a slight impact on your judgment, but- but I'm going to leave that there.

(01:23:15) [awkward silence]

(01:23:18) itsthejoker: Next question!

(01:23:19) captcoe: Next question. [Laughing]

What was your favorite book series as a kid?

(01:23:20) Tim3303: Great. [Laughing] What is the next question? Oh, right.

(01:23:25) fatalgift: Favorite book series as a child.

(01:23:28) Tim3303: Right, right.

(01:23:29) fatalgift: This is our final question, so everyone make a good choice.

(01:23:32) captcoe: This is a great question. I like this question.

(01:23:35) fatalgift: We have to end on a nice note, not an angry note.

(01:23:38) captcoe: We'll see what everyone says first.

(01:23:40) _Diabetes: Uh-oh. [Tim3303 laughs]

(01:23:41) fatalgift: Well, would you care to start?

(01:23:43) captcoe: Oh, sure. Um, I- I think, I mean, I read, I- I started reading at a very, very young age, at like 18 months. I started reading my first books, and I've basically never stopped. Um, like I would have, we would have family book night where my mom or my dad would read like chapters of chapter books each night, um, so I have a lot of good memories of reading like children's book series, adult book series, everything in between, um, and I think out of all of those, my favorite has to be, it's a tie. It's between the Geronimo Stilton books, um, which are about an anthropomorphized mouse who investigates (01:24:23) mysteries and the Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events books, and I think both of those have a major part in how I became a fan of reading, just like reading for pleasure, both for different reasons. Like I felt like an adult reading the Lemony Snicket books because it kind of has that, you know, darker tone that most kids' books usually do, and it also has a lot of big words that I felt smart for recognizing at the end of the book. So I think those two take my, take the cake.

(01:24:55) fatalgift: Series of Unfortunate Events was my favorite as well. Congratulations on having taste.

(01:24:58) captcoe: Yes, likewise.

(01:25:01) KomaedaEatsBagels: I also was reading from a really young age, but I did not read, um, Series of Unfortunate Events when I was a kid. Um, I enjoyed... I read so much, like constantly. But one of my favorite series was, um, The Magic Treehouse Books? Um, if you're not familiar, it's about a brother and a sister who have this- they have access to this magic treehouse in the woods, and they- it's filled with books, and they can, like, go into the books and experience the stories for themselves. And... I'm not sure if I'm hallucinating this, but I distinctly remember there being, um, a place on the magic treehouse- they had a magic treehouse website where you could go and get, um, these badges that you could print out! And, um, then you would like paste them into a thing, and you could l- you would have, like, this scrapbook of all of the badges, and each badge was for like a different book, so once you read all the books you would have all the badges. Um, yeah, I just... I... At one point I had a full thing of-of all of them, but then- then... then they released more! Um- [laughs]

(01:26:22) [Laughter]

(01:26:24) captcoe: You are definitely not making that up. I don't know if it was from Magic Treehouse, but I think it's a... If it's not that series, it's in a very similar, like, wheelhouse, because I also remember that kind of, like, the- the ticket or, uh, coupon kind of thing they collected.

(01:26:40) KomaedaEatsBagels: Cool. Cool.

(01:26:42) captcoe: Love those books. Also great.

(01:26:44) itsthejoker: Is it my turn?

(01:26:47) captcoe: Yes.

(01:26:48) Tim3303: Yes.

(01:26:49) itsthejoker: Okay. I just wanted to make sure! You know, like, it's important!

(01:26:54) captcoe: Alright, what is it, old man? Uh... [crosstalk]

(01:26:57) itsthejoker: Uh- Hey!

(01:26:58) captcoe: Cabin or, uh...

(01:26:59) itsthejoker: [Laughs] Wow. Okay.

(01:27:01) captcoe: Tom Sawyer? Uh-

(01:27:02) itsthejoker: [Sighs] No. Uh, it does start with a T, though! It is the Tintin comics-

(01:27:06) captcoe: Yea...

(01:27:07) itsthejoker: -were my absolute... Uh, joy and, um, everything.

(01:27:08) _Diabetes: Good choice!

(01:27:15) itsthejoker: Like, I- I literally read some of those until they fell apart. I have... I still have every Tintin book that has ever been released, except one that stopped being printed in, I think, 1994? That's the only one I'm missing, but I have all of them, and, uh, I still quite enjoy them. So Tintin is my answer.

(01:27:44) captcoe: Really pandering to the European, uh, members of the audience here.

(01:27:47) itsthejoker: Sorry. I can't help that. I- We did actually have to import some from England that were not in print in the US when I was a kid, because I loved them so much. So, I'm just throwing that out there. Thank you, England. For providing me with Tintin.

(01:28:04) [Laughter]

(01:28:05) _Diabetes: Tin- isn't... Wait, what? But isn't Tintin... Dutch?

(01:28:10) itsthejoker: It is, but, like, it's still cheap- it was still cheaper to get them shipped in from England.

(01:28:16) _Diabetes: Oh, sorry. I didn't intentionally- I didn’t intentionally entirely blank out on that, I'm just- I’m sorry. [Laughter] Um... I'm talking now, so I guess it's me. Hi. [Laughs] This is either going to age- or, like, de-age me, I guess. I think my favorite book series was Heroes of Olympus.

(01:28:41) captcoe: Oh! Percy Jackson.

(01:28:42) _Diabetes: Yeah, but, like, the follow-up series to Percy Jackson.

(01:28:46) captcoe: Ooh. Oh...

(01:28:47) fatalgift: Oh, yeah, that makes- you’re a baby. [Laughs]

(01:28:48) _Diabetes: The one that had- the one that had both Greek and Roman.

(01:28:50) captcoe: Okay.

(01:28:51) fatalgift: I respect you, however, you are a child.

(01:28:52) _Diabetes: Because I love mythology.

(01:28:57) captcoe: You- you were this close to greatness. We were this close.

(01:28:59) _Diabetes: Why does being- just because I’m... gonna live longer. Just because I’m gonna live longer!

(01:29:05) captcoe: I- I also like that book, I just- I loved the original so much. The second one was, it- it felt bad in comparison, but they're both great. I- I like them both.

(01:29:14) fatalgift: It's true.

(01:29:15) captcoe: Just, like, that first series is a classic for me.

[u/Tim3303 → u/Tim3303]

What was your favorite book series as a kid? (continued)

(01:29:18) KomaedaEatsBagels: You know, I did read Heroes of Olympus. (01:29:20) I didn't read it when I was small small, but I did- I did read them. They are good.

(01:29:23) fatalgift: Yeah, I read them in, like, high school, I want to say? Early high school?

(01:29:27) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yeah.

(01:29:28) fatalgift: I don't know.

(01:29:29) captcoe: Did you ever read the Egyptian- the Kane Chronicles?

(01:29:31) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yes! (01:29:32) The Kane Chronicles were my favorite! [Crosstalk] The Kane Chronicles were my favorite.

(01:29:35) captcoe: The ones that officially confirmed that they're all in the same universe?

(01:29:39) KomaedaEatsBagels: Yes!

(01:29:40) captcoe: Yes.

(01:29:41) KomaedaEatsBagels: I don't know why they were my favorite, but they were my favorite.

(01:29:43) captcoe: I liked ‘em too.

(01:29:45) Tim3303: All right, who's missing? Altrissa?

(01:29:52) captcoe: Tim? We're missing a Tim.

(01:29:54) Altrissa: [Laughs] Yes, Tim and- and myself, I guess- I guess since I talked, I have to go. Um, I'm quite a bit older than all of you, so [laughs] I’m- I'm listening to these books like, “I think I've read these books, but not when I was a kid, ‘cause they came out when I was in college.” Um, I think as a kid, one of my favorite ones was, uh, Encyclopedia Brown. So, I don’t know...

(01:30:19) itsthejoker: Oh, I did love Encyclopedia Brown.

(01:30:22) Altrissa: Yeah, they were great ‘cause it was about this boy who was basically Sherlock Holmes and had to solve all these little mysteries for his dad who was a police chief.

(01:30:31) captcoe: The stakes were always much lower, uh, but yes, he always tried to solve them by dinnertime- or before dessert? What- what was it?

(01:30:38) fatalgift: Oh, yeah. I remember those.

(01:30:40) Altrissa: His dad would come home with these cases and then basically quiz his- his son about them. But other than that, like Asterix & Obelix, Tintin, all of those comics, like the old Superman comics?

(01:30:53) Tim3303: Asterix! Yes!

(01:30:55) Altrissa: That was my childhood right there.

(01:30:57) captcoe: Good choices.

(01:30:59) Tim3303: Yeah, Asterix I also read a lot. And I was also big into, um, like, animal stories. So, Warrior Cats, um, is a big one. And there was, uh, oh shit, what's it called? The old one, um, something Legend something? Also got a movie I think at some point. Then, there were also Seekers, which is similar to Warrior Cats, but with bears instead. And then, um, some others. But yeah, it seemed to be a theme, um, to have, yeah, animals as the main characters in stories. But, all right, um. Let's move on- oh, that was actually the last question, I think.

(01:31:55) fatalgift: That is our last question.

Outro

(01:31:56) Tim3303: All right, so unless anyone has any more questions, um, we'll actually move on to the “afterparty” in quotation marks.

(01:32:07) captcoe: Ooh!

(01:32:08) Tim3303: So as we have the, um, the Q&A kind of as an- as an icebreaker, I suppose, uh, I thought we could hang out a bit in- in normal voice chat and maybe play-

(01:32:20) _Diabetes: Are we having a sleepover?

(01:32:21) [Laughter]

(01:32:23) fatalgift: Yeah, sleepover and community fun. (01:32:26) Let's go.

(01:32:27) Tim3303: Yeah, alright.

(01:32:28) fatalgift: I do want to say before we move over, thank you everyone for being here, whether you're a mod or one of our audience members for tuning in to hear what we have to say, and for sending in questions and all of that to make this fun.

(01:32:43) Tim3303: Yes, absolutely. All right. So, um, right we'll- we’ll switch over to the community fun voice chat and feel free to join as well. Probably play like, I don't know, Gartic Phone or whatever. All right.

(01:33:03) captcoe: Thank you, everybody.

(01:33:04) Tim3303: See you there. Thank you for joining. And we'll post a transcript of this at some point. Oh God, it's almost two hours. What did we do? [Laughter] But all right.

(01:33:14) captcoe: This was great.

(01:33:15) Altrissa: I like how at the beginning I asked you, I Fatal like, “how long do these things last?” And they were like, “well, generally an hour, but this one will probably be less”, like perfect. [Laughter] Like, oh my God.

(01:33:26) [Crosstalk]

(01:33:27) Tim3303: That's because it's me moderating it.

(01:33:29) fatalgift: Um, so sorry for lying to you, Altrissa. I genuinely didn't expect us to still be here for this long. So, [laughter]

(01:33:32) Altrissa: It’s all good.

(01:33:33) Tim3303: It's probably because we don't have halailah moderating.

(01:33:38) fatalgift: Bye y’all!

(01:33:39) captcoe: Thanks for coming. We'll see you in the party. Whoopwhoop!

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