The irony being that the film was a flop with a low budget, hammy acting, and providing many a meme, but it's become a colt classic regularly being shown on projectors across Equestria.

edited 4th Sep '13 12:17:57 PM by DARKABOMINATION

Opinions on the fourth movie were decidely more mixed though.

My third year modules are on show. Spoiled for choice.

Module? Is that a group of classes you take?

Yes, some faculty call them modules.

Yeah. Three per semester. Except this year, in the second semester, I only do one, as I'll be doing a 10, 000 word dissertation (gulp).

Hey everyone, I'm back! The iridotomy went off without a hitch, though afterwards I couldn't really see all that well due to the eye drops they administered that constricted my pupils, so I took the rest of the day off. Afterwards I got some pho with my dad and then collapsed at his place before getting my car and coming back home. Oh, and the rather pretty nurse praised my "beautful eyes". That almost made the terrible brow ache and quavering vision caused by the drops worth it.

@ Apple: I'll see about getting you detail regarding Gold Dust tonight.

edited 4th Sep '13 1:22:22 PM by Thirikal

Hey Thirk! Glad that went well.

edited 4th Sep '13 1:22:07 PM by ApplelightLimited

Excellent, Thirk!

Also, they're called "modules" in South Africa too.

Glad everything went okay, Thirikal.

I had my pupils dilated once. Everything was fine until I walked outside afterwards and stepped into the sunlight. It was like the sun had exploded right in front of me. I yelled "JESUS!", slammed my eyes shut and cringed from the sudden pain. Fortunately, my mom was with me to guide me to the car and do the driving. She also kept a cheap pair of sunglasses in the car.

It would have been nice if the eye doctor had given me a pair of throwaway sunglasses before I left, or at least warned me.

Evidence that little ponies are quite little.

Whenever I've had my pupils dilated, they gave cheap sunglasses (more like a roll up film really)

Well, they didn't actually dilate my eyes the way they usually do. They constricted them to lessen the chance of hitting a blood vessel when they made the incisions. Of course, I still have two more surgeries 'til I should be able to see normally (one for each eye). The purpose of today's surgery was just to make the incisions in the iris so they could more easily inject the collagen/polymer lens in the next two surgeries. I walked away today feeling a bit as if I'd been socked in the eyes.

I will agree that getting your pupils dilated still sucks. Especially if you are already highly photophobic (light sensitive, not fear of light. That'd be heliophobic).

Same here.

edited 4th Sep '13 2:07:01 PM by Thirikal

^^^ So the toys are life-sized?

I had that happen as a result ofa few of my surgeries.

The reverse is also unpleasant. I once went into Anaphylactic shock which caused large parts of my body's muscles to shut down including legs and throat. Fortunately doctors were able to get most of it under control aside from my eyes which were stuck shut. I had to rub an oil on my eyes for 3 days to get them back open.

It's pretty clear that ponies are supposed to be 3-4 feet tall. The karat thing is just artistic liscence. Especially since gems in fiction are never remotely realistic.

@Applelight: As somebody who's written a stupidly long thesis: get to work on it as soon as possible. You need that extra time to edit and get feedback. And also it's easier to write well when you aren't stressing about meeting a deadline.

I had my eyes dilated once. It stung and everything was blurry for a while, but other than that I was fine.

I once turned on the lights in a very dark room?

I think they just used 20 carats because it sounds like a lot and most people don't know how carats work anyway.

Careful man, you could hurt yourself with reckless behavior like that.

edited 4th Sep '13 2:33:08 PM by Crowfall

It stung pretty bad. I had to squint a little for a while.

[[quotblock]]@Applelight: As somebody who's written a stupidly long thesis: get to work on it as soon as possible. You need that extra time to edit and get feedback. And also it's easier to write well when you aren't stressing about meeting a deadline. [[/quoteblock]]

THIS! It took me a year to edit my dissertation!

Will do guys. Will do.

So, ever since I discovered the pic at the bottom of this post {Which I've posted before}, I now really, really like the "Blind Vinyl Scratch" fanon, even though it was Jossed by the S2 and S3 finales. I think there's some potential with the idea, especially since there are actual Blind Musicians in RL. I might even read Kegi's fanfic with her in it since it's one of the few fics to actually have this concept.

http://derpibooru.org/202702?scope=scpe9b2cf07cb18861ca08ead5ac064b7d91985d607a

edited 4th Sep '13 2:44:06 PM by marston

You can if you want Mars, but I warn you, it's not very good. I mean it's well-written enough, but it's terribly insubstantial.