Who's Hanging Out on New Year's Eve?

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The thread discusses the idea of celebrating New Year's Eve within the Physics Forums community, exploring the possibility of organizing a virtual party and sharing messages as the new year arrives across different time zones. Participants express various thoughts on the nature of New Year's celebrations and the potential for humorous interactions.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest starting a thread for posting "HAPPY NEW YEAR" messages at midnight in their respective time zones.
  • Others question the significance of celebrating a change in the calendar year, pondering why people engage in such festivities.
  • There are humorous exchanges about the potential for "drunk posts" and what they might look like, with some expressing curiosity about the effects of alcohol on online interactions.
  • A participant mentions a previous New Year's Eve thread and the fun they had, indicating a desire to replicate that experience this year.
  • Some express personal circumstances that may affect their participation, such as illness or changes in plans with friends or family.
  • Several participants share links to videos and express a desire to create new content for the celebration.
  • There are light-hearted discussions about gifts and personal anecdotes related to the holiday season.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the idea of celebrating New Year's Eve together online, but there are differing views on the significance of the celebration itself and personal commitments that may affect participation. The discussion remains open-ended with no clear consensus on how the celebration will unfold.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their availability for the celebration due to personal circumstances, which may influence the overall participation in the proposed activities.

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I was just wondering if there are some desperate (a disputable term, though) people who'll hang around here on PF on New Year's Eve? We could organize a party, I thought I read something about that in a post some time ago. :cool:
 
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So, do we start a thread where everyone posts a "HAPPY NEW YEAR" message when the clock strikes midnight in their time zone? :biggrin:
 
neutrino said:
So, do we start a thread where everyone posts a "HAPPY NEW YEAR" message when the clock strikes midnight in their time zone? :biggrin:

Yeah, sth like that. We have at least a 7 hour lasting New Year party. :biggrin:
 
Spoilsport warning: But I still wonder why the whole world goes crazy every year for a change in a single number, and every (approx) 315 million seconds for a change in two, and every...
 
neutrino said:
Spoilsport warning: But I still wonder why the whole world goes crazy every year for a change in a single number, and every (approx) 315 million seconds for a change in two, and every...

Why? Beacuse the whole world likes to drink, that's why. :biggrin:

So, you in or not? :-p
 
radou said:
Why? Beacuse the whole world likes to drink, that's why. :biggrin:

So, you in or not? :-p

In on the drinking or the posting? Or both? :biggrin:
 
berkeman said:
In on the drinking or the posting? Or both? :biggrin:

:biggrin: The posting, of cooourse. Btw, I wouldn't like to know what 'drunk posts' would look like. Although, it would be an interesting experiment. :smile:
 
They'd probably look like one of those deleted posts. :biggrin:
 
Just for the heck of it, I changed the display on my computer clock to read Unix time. :P
 
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neutrino said:
Just for the heck of it, I changed the display on my computer clock to read Unix time. :P

That's the spirit! :-p
 
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neutrino said:
They'd probably look like one of those deleted posts. :biggrin:

:smile: :smile: :smile:
 
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radou said:
:biggrin: The posting, of cooourse. Btw, I wouldn't like to know what 'drunk posts' would look like. Although, it would be an interesting experiment. :smile:

Someone here has a signature quoting a drunk post, goes something like "I'm too drunk to see why that proposal wouldn't work..."
 
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radou said:
:biggrin: The posting, of cooourse. Btw, I wouldn't like to know what 'drunk posts' would look like. Although, it would be an interesting experiment. :smile:

neutrino said:
They'd probably look like one of those deleted posts. :biggrin:

:smile: Actually, I think there were a few in last year's New Year's Eve party thread (we were passing around quite a bit of Nyquil and Near Beer for everyone who got sick from visiting relatives over Christmas).

I don't know if I'll be around or not. The friend I was supposed to go out with has a bad sinus infection, and I'm still getting over another bug, so it might be another Nyquil and Near Beer party for us.
 
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Rach3 said:
Someone here has a signature quoting a drunk post, goes something like "I'm too drunk to see why that proposal wouldn't work..."
Line from post #3 is in Shawn's sig line: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=42776

I believe I'll be in the lab all through that night. We've had a few parties here in GD, haven't we?
 
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Gokul43201 said:
I believe I'll be in the lab all through that night.

Wow, you take making frozen drinks seriously! :smile:
 
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I seemed to of married a new years scrooge. We had all kinds of plans, but now that's it near, he's saying, "honey we should just stay home":cry:

The things you don't find out until your married!
 
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hypatia said:
I seemed to of married a new years scrooge. We had all kinds of plans, but now that's it near, he's saying, "honey we should just stay home":cry:

The things you don't find out until your married!
I didn't know you were married, when did this happen?
 
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Moonbear said:
Wow, you take making frozen drinks seriously! :smile:

Gokul's frozen drinks are really, really, really cold!
 
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mattmns said:
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=3121157

Let the fun begin.

edit.. that is a pretty terrible video I made, I am sure someone can do much much better.
Yay, I was hoping we could start making new films! Have they purged the old ones? :frown: :devil:
 
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:bugeye: Oh my...

Hey, we need to save these for New Year's Eve!

(these *are* addictive)
 
  • #27
Evo said:
:bugeye: Oh my...

Hey, we need to save these for New Year's Eve!

(these *are* addictive)

Can we do just one more pair of movies, Evo? Can we, can we? *blink-blink* o:) :biggrin:
 
  • #28
radou said:
Can we do just one more pair of movies, Evo? Can we, can we? *blink-blink* o:) :biggrin:
Sure. :biggrin:
 

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