Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: The Analogy of the Mosquito

[Jhonie]

Derp, Maybe it's you who is dirty, all I hear is whine whine whine whine whine from Jim. But Yahtzee had a great one this time. Actually pretty perfect

EDIT: Sucks that hes sick but good job wasting our time.

Sorry you took my video so seriously.

I found honey tea helps.
Though as to why I can't really say.

It's because Honey is antiinflammatory as well as an expectorant. Or just one of the two, but it's good for the throat regardless. Milk, however, only aids the mucus in forming, so stick to green or herbal tea. Also, Ginger tends to work wonders against colds, so my tip is to peel a (really small, ginger is quite intense) bit of fresh ginger root and slice it up in thin slices. Then add them to a cup of boiled water and let it lay for a couple of minutes. Add a teaspoon of honey and voila. Herbal tea on ginger. Works wonders on colds.

While this may work, every time I have ever gotten sick I've used a product called 'lemsip'. It's basically just Paracetamol with lemon flavored bits in it, but I find it works better than the tablets. At least for me it does...

Put the sachet' into boiling water and BAM! 6-8 hours of relatively pain-free existence. Doesn't taste very good, but it helps you sleep.

Never heard of it. I don't think it's avalible in Sweden, where I'm from, so for me that option's pretty much moot :/

 

[spwatkins]

I'm sorry to spoil your wonderful analogy Yahtzee, but the bloodsucking members of the mosquito family are all female. And while I'm sure I could make some kind of silly counter joke about that fact, good taste and my own good manners forbid it.

And Jim, props to you for working when you feel bad. You could turn this to your advantage and create a self supporting media frenzy around yourself if you were willing to claim your critics had actually stooped to germ warfare to try to silence you. Though honestly it was probably just one of we thoughtless and unhygienic members of the regular gaming community.

Clearly these are trans-gendered mosquitoes, try to be more sensitive.

 

[Something Amyss]

A little on the nose, Yahtzee, but I get it; stop making female gamers uncomfortable by draining them of their sweet nourishing blood.

That wasn't it at all. You can't bite them, period!

 

[Psychobabble]

I'm sorry to spoil your wonderful analogy Yahtzee, but the bloodsucking members of the mosquito family are all female. And while I'm sure I could make some kind of silly counter joke about that fact, good taste and my own good manners forbid it.

And Jim, props to you for working when you feel bad. You could turn this to your advantage and create a self supporting media frenzy around yourself if you were willing to claim your critics had actually stooped to germ warfare to try to silence you. Though honestly it was probably just one of we thoughtless and unhygienic members of the regular gaming community.

Clearly these are trans-gendered mosquitoes, try to be more sensitive.

MY "Deity of your choice" Man, Er.. Woman, Er.. [insert gender-neutral pronoun of one's choice], WHAT WAS I THINKING!!?? What an embarrassing and degrading social faux pas.

 

[Vicioussama]

Why do so many get sick at cons? I never have. Perhaps I'm just superman :O

 

[Necris Omega]

... So basically Jim is telling me that if I ever go to a con, it should be dressed as Mario from Mario Sunshine, but instead of a water tank, I should bring weaponized Purell.

 

[Makabriel]

most people's voice becomes raspy and sexy when they get sick . Most people.

I get what I call my "Death Metal Voice" It drops a couple of octaves and gets very raspy.. Then I put on some good Scandinavian black metal and growl along.

Oh, and I thought PAX developed a specialized greeting because of the plague spread?

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/03/26

 

[DataSnake]

I think the most far-fetched thing in Yahtzee's story is him playing Black Ops 2 for fun.

 

[Doom972]

A perfect analogy for the harassers and white knights out there. This is my second favorite so far. No. 1 is the one with MS and Sony's plan for the next generation.

I hope you get well soon, Jim.

 

[JimB]

Sorry you took my video so seriously.

So I shouldn't be sitting here wondering whether you're annoyed that people rank you second after Mr. Croshaw so often or if you're annoyed at the silliness of ranking the two of you at all, the latter of which I have totally never done and you can take my word for that so don't bother checking my post history?

Ick. That wasn't a very dignified sentence. Screw it, let's just be honest here: I hope you feel better soon (I recommend drinking water until you can't stop peeing long enough to leave the bathroom; it's surprising how much that speeds things up), and thank you for helping me to realize how weird it is to treat these videos like they're competitions.

 

[portal_cat]

I liked the poems this week. I did love the Analogy of a Mosquito (it is one of the reason I don't use a headset when playing multiplayer)
Get well soon Jim, sorry you got sick at someplace that should be fun. remember Purell is your friend.

 

[proghead]

Kids learn by the age of two or three not to stick their filthy hands into their mouths all the time. Just sayin'

 

[TiberiusEsuriens]

Sorry you took my video so seriously.

Isn't that the story of your life? I guess it comes with the territory of hyperbole, sarcasm, and many peoples' inability to recognize such. Further comments do show he was also just joking, but you have to deal with a lot more than that.

On a semi-related note, if you were to wear your gloves would that help with the handshakes, or is sickness just inevitable at cons?

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Well Holmes lost his voice at E3 so now its your turn.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Sorry you took my video so seriously.

Isn't that the story of your life? I guess it comes with the territory of hyperbole, sarcasm, and many peoples' inability to recognize such. Further comments do show he was also just joking, but you have to deal with a lot more than that.

On a semi-related note, if you were to wear your gloves would that help with the handshakes, or is sickness just inevitable at cons?

Eh, gloves do nothing for airborne things and really... everything you touch at a con is a potential germ festival. If you ever chance to go to one I recommend taking that Airborne dissolving vitamin stuff for a few days before and throughout the Con (or an equivalent product) in addition to normal vitamins, carry anti-bacterial hand solution, wash your hands frequently - and, very often neglected, wash your face frequently back at the hotel - lots of germs get in through there - and eat heartily. Budget for it. Sure the food is junk most times, but you know you won't be getting a full night's rest so go ahead with the calories and try to eat at least 1 decent thing (a breakfast bar, a nutritional shake thing, etc.) per day, two if you can!

That's your best fortifications against sickness, but it can still happen. Less severe though if you do some prevention steps as above.

 

[Lightknight]

Good week. Yahtzee's made me think of online gaming for women as analagous to them entering a bar in a skimpy dress. I found Jim's highly entertaining as well but for different reasons as usual. As per my earlier comment on recognising that despite the name, this isn't a competitoin, everyone wins!

Jim, I recommend attending the next con in a bubble.

Sorry you took my video so seriously.

Isn't that the story of your life? I guess it comes with the territory of hyperbole, sarcasm, and many peoples' inability to recognize such. Further comments do show he was also just joking, but you have to deal with a lot more than that.

Jim's general persona can often fall into similar Poe's Law grounds that Colbert revels in. (The current use of Poe's Law now applies to more than just fundamentalism)

So yeah, exactly what you said.

I'm genuinely impressed that Jim even takes the time to interact with us. Bravo to his steel skin. Thankfully he doesn't sully his videos by actively winking to tell us he's joking or exclaiming "J/K" at the end of it.

 

[Formica Archonis]

I don't really follow gaming news anymore (but I still come here for Jim & Yahtzee). Is Jim referring to Krahulik's pre-PAX transgender fiasco or did he do something at the con that I don't know about?

 

[Evonisia]

The Mosquito poem was genius (well, maybe not but it was certainly creative), sorry to see you got sick, Jim.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

So how do they come up with the titles? Does Yatzhee just set the title because he goes first? Do they flip a coin? Is it based on time - who has the longest poem? I'd like to know...
Also, Jim, a poem on paper or with subtitles would have been clever. Otherwise sorry to hear you're sick, but don't pretend you don't love the attention at Cons mate! You do and we love you for it!

 

[Frontastic]

Yahtzee won at wit. Jim won at life.

I kind of want Jim to become some kind of anti-con comicbook villain now. One disease too many and now he wanders the halls of various conventions trying to infect and murder as many as he can. A sort of ilness/con version of Calander Man, if you will.