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#116851 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:52:37 PM from Singapore

@Dalek: Hopefully we get less religious wars because Alicorn Princesses are superior to jerkass rapist Greek gods and stuffy beauracrat Chinese gods who are useless except for paperwork and getting mocked by Sun Wukong, also stuffy extremist priests can enjoy their exile to the moooooooon!

@Allik: Horse glue isn't used much in this 21st century, we have all these neat space-age polymer adhesives now.

edited 6th Mar '12 12:53:36 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#116852 CDRW Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:53:33 PM

...I'm going to be making violins. We still use traditional hide glue because they haven't invented anything better for the task. D:

Come to think of it, what's holding Ocatavia's instrument together?

-Soviet Pony Asks You—Novice Maker, a blog about Violin Making School-

#116853 Purple Dalek Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:53:53 PM from the Moon

I'm afraid I don't agree with moon banishment. I'm a Lunanist, politically.

Magic. snort snort

edited 6th Mar '12 12:54:23 PM by PurpleDalek

So many friends. On the moon. For me.

#116854 CDRW Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:55:10 PM

Copout.

-Soviet Pony Asks You—Novice Maker, a blog about Violin Making School-

#116855 Sydxelia Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:55:18 PM

As long as it ain't pony meat, surely it'd be fine

Damn, there go my dinner plans.

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Pronounced "Sid-zellia"

Fools! You've overestimated me!

#116856 storyyeller Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:55:43 PM from Appleloosa

I'm sure ponies have invented vegetarian glue.

Because it's a pain if you have to feed your glue meat

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#116857 gingerninja 666 Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:56:20 PM from Aboard The Damocles

Surely Glue isn't the only adhesive substance in the world

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#116858 storyyeller Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:57:23 PM from Appleloosa

Damn, there go my dinner plans.◊

Hey at least it's better than eating airplanes.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#116859 CDRW Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:57:35 PM

It was the only good one for a looooong time.

edited 6th Mar '12 12:57:43 PM by CDRW

-Soviet Pony Asks You—Novice Maker, a blog about Violin Making School-

#116860 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:58:07 PM from Singapore

What about Contact/Epoxy glue CDRW? There's also Elephant/Super Glue and UHU glue and stuff. I know I'd prefer a modern polycarbon violin with fancy strings made of advanced plastics.

Octavia's instrument is held together with glue made from her own hoof clippings. She regularly trims her hooves to make it easier to handle her instruments, and boils her own glue from the clippings. This way, her instrument is literally a part of her.

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#116861 Purple Dalek Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:58:26 PM from the Moon

@Syd

@CDRW Nah. It's magic. Everything is magic. Just nod your head and say "it's magic".

So many friends. On the moon. For me.

#116862 Allik Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:58:32 PM from Oh you know where

I think other than the glue thing the bathroom would be another flash point. I'm pretty sure that even if the ponies our highly intelligent and domesticated we would still need modified bathrooms for them, as they probably would not agree with going to the woods if they are roommates who can talk and do pretty much what humans can because of magic and all.

"But who prays for Satan? Who...has prayed for the one sinner who needs it most?" - Mark Twain

#116863 storyyeller Tue, 6th Mar '12 12:59:52 PM from Appleloosa

Have we actually seen a pony bathroom, apart from The Last Roundup?

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#116864 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:00:08 PM from Singapore

@Allik: If Lyra can sit as we do, I'm sure other ponies can do that at least briefly, so only crowded toilets might be a problem if they're proportionately roughly our size when rearing upright to a bipedal position.

14 seconds [smug]

edited 6th Mar '12 1:01:16 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#116865 gingerninja 666 Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:00:22 PM from Aboard The Damocles

Haven't we seen a bathroom in this show yet? I'm sure we have.

If Lyra can sit like us, then ponies can use a human toilet

Ace you bastard!

edited 6th Mar '12 1:01:05 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#116866 Bindlestick Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:01:15 PM from the top of the sky

Nah. It's magic. Everything is magic. Just nod your head and say "it's magic".

Ah, taking the Insane Clown Posse approach I see.

"God is dead and we have killed him." ~ Walt Disney

#116867 CDRW Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:01:55 PM

@ Ace: Those are too strong. Part of what makes a violin last is that the glue is weaker than the wood, so if you drop it or knock it, the glue seam will crack instead of the instrument. Then you can re-glue it and be good as new.

Also, they form non-polar bonds, which means they're stronger, but don't dissolve in water or alchohol. That means you can't easily take the instrument apart to do repairs or other work. Not only that, you can't re-glue without removing all the old glue (causing massive damage) because it won't stick to itself.

-Soviet Pony Asks You—Novice Maker, a blog about Violin Making School-

#116868 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:02:13 PM from Singapore

I still think 'Tavi makes her own glue from the clippings after trimming her hooves every so often, and uses that glue to make her instruments.

@CDRW: Well we have those fancy temporary/less-powerful adhesives those engineers at 3M keep cooking up,

edited 6th Mar '12 1:03:24 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#116869 Sydxelia Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:02:53 PM

Wait, ponies go to the bathroom in the woods?

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Fools! You've overestimated me!

#116870 Purple Dalek Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:03:25 PM from the Moon

But that's so creepy. It would be like is someone used their own hair for a violin bow.

edited 6th Mar '12 1:03:46 PM by PurpleDalek

So many friends. On the moon. For me.

#116871 Allik Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:03:35 PM from Oh you know where

Okay so now we need to square away company because, no disrespect to Fluttershy, But I can't have my house looking like the Everfree Forest

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"But who prays for Satan? Who...has prayed for the one sinner who needs it most?" - Mark Twain

#116872 gingerninja 666 Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:04:25 PM from Aboard The Damocles

@Ace And the other instruments that would need glue to be made? I'm sure they aren't all made the same way.

Unless Spas in Equestria make some of their money by selling the hoof filings they acumulate on the side

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#116873 Rich Reeders Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:05:55 PM from My library, of course.

Nah. Ugly ponies just 'mysteriously disappear.'

If you can't find it in a book, it doesn't exist. If you can find it in a book, it doesn't exist until I say so.

#116874 gingerninja 666 Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:06:42 PM from Aboard The Damocles

Wonderglue is PONIIIIIIIIIIEEEESSS!!!

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#116875 CDRW Tue, 6th Mar '12 1:06:54 PM

@ Ace: Those tend to not be strong enough or last long enough. A violin is under constant stress (20 lbs of downward pressure on the front from the strings!). Hide glue is permanent, unless you deliberately dismantle it.

-Soviet Pony Asks You—Novice Maker, a blog about Violin Making School-