Password 🔑 (game)

[Snackersmom]

There are substances that exist naturally that have a "glassy" appearance or are "glass-like"; however, 'glass' itself (what we know as 'glass' - that is man-made) does not occur naturally in a gritty state.

True glass actually can occur naturally when lightning strikes sand. It's called fulgurite and can be polished to look very much like man-made glass but without polishing it's rather gritty.



That is why I said it basically always starts out gritty but does not typically remain so, I was thinking of fulgurite and trying to cover all my bases .

Recycled glass is also dicey because it starts out as actual glass.... hence I said it OFTEN starts out gritty. But many points can be picked if one truly wants to.

 

[Mem]

I was going to guess crystal next.

 

[Mem]

This snow, tho...

 

[Snackersmom]

Would it be shale or ceramic pottery?

Ceramic pottery is incredibly close!

Technically the password has already been guessed, but you are welcome to keep going at it until a new riddle is posted

 

[GaryA]

My start in life is often gritty

Sand is a major component of most glass but sand itself is not glass. That's why I said sand was close.... the origins of glass are "gritty" (sand), but the finished product generally isn't.

Most glass starts out its life as sand, which is gritty.

I am making this post strictly for the purpose of helping you to understand just how "finely defined" (detailed) I think.

( "for good, bad, or whatever" )

The idea of "start in life" and the idea of "origins of glass" are two totally different ideas.

To me - "My start in life" is referring directly to the 'password' itself - "my start in life" as glass. It does not speak to anything/something that 'glass' (the 'password') is made from. Before it is glass, it does not "have life" as glass. Therefore, since "my start in life" suggests that it is referring to [the 'password' (itself)] - 'glass' - the whole line suggests that 'glass' starts out as being [often] 'gritty'.

Unless you were to use a phrase like 'I am/was born/made from...' to indicate its "before life" state of existence, 'sand' cannot enter into the meaning of the statement if the 'password' is 'glass'.

In other words, the word 'life' directly implies (or, refers to) the life of 'glass' (the 'password') and not the life of 'sand' in the making of 'glass'.

Again, 'sand' is not part of the life of 'glass' - it is only a part of what is used to "birth"/make/produce 'glass' - at which point its "life" begins as glass.

Never in the life of 'glass' does it exist as 'sand'.

And, this is what threw me off - trying to come up with something similar to sand that was gritty - that an artist could "shape" into something 'pretty'.

I hope this makes some kind of sense to you.

 

[GaryA]

Surely you are not thinking of 'salt'...

Similarly, your red X on this post told me that you "disagreed" with this statement - [a way of] implying that 'salt' was the answer.

(So - why the 2 red Xs? Did you simply get annoyed that I had not posted what you expected/wanted me to? I really do not understand.)

 

[Snackersmom]

I am making this post strictly for the purpose of helping you to understand just how "finely defined" (detailed) I think.

( "for good, bad, or whatever" )

The idea of "start in life" and the idea of "origins of glass" are two totally different ideas.

To me - "My start in life" is referring directly to the 'password' itself - "my start in life" as glass. It does not speak to anything/something that 'glass' (the 'password') is made from. Before it is glass, it does not "have life" as glass. Therefore, since "my start in life" suggests that it is referring to [the 'password' (itself)] - 'glass' - the whole line suggests that 'glass' starts out as being [often] 'gritty'.

Unless you were to use a phrase like 'I am/was born/made from...' to indicate its "before life" state of existence, 'sand' cannot enter into the meaning of the statement if the 'password' is 'glass'.

In other words, the word 'life' directly implies (or, refers to) the life of 'glass' (the 'password') and not the life of 'sand' in the making of 'glass'.

Again, 'sand' is not part of the life of 'glass' - it is only a part of what is used to "birth"/make/produce 'glass' - at which point its "life" begins as glass.

Never in the life of 'glass' does it exist as 'sand'.

And, this is what threw me off - trying to come up with something similar to sand that was gritty - that an artist could "shape" into something 'pretty'.

I hope this makes some kind of sense to you.

OK. Everyone thinks differently and I was not trying to be misleading.

So - why the 2 red Xs? Did you simply get annoyed that I had not posted what you expected/wanted me to? I really do not understand.)

It was just another way of saying "not the password" without making a post. I did not have any hostile intent.

 

[GaryA]

But many points can be picked if one truly wants to.

Don't worry darlin' - I am not trying to pick it apart; rather, I just want to reach the point of being confident that I understand what you really mean when you give a clue...



I am just teasing. No real harm done. I just need to "loosen up" (broaden) my thinking (and guesses) for this game.

I hear it is impossible for any man to truly know what a woman is thinking - so - I will just try to do the best I can...

 

[GaryA]

No pressure, @PopClick



Take your time, dear - come up with a good one that will keep everyone guessing for a while...!

 

[PopClick]

Yeah I'd better post a new riddle before someone throws hands

Make no bones about it, I'm a pretty nifty guy.
My name's alarming,
but I'm often disarming.
I have a shape that looks built for the sky.

 

[GaryA]

I was not trying to be misleading.

I believe you.

It was just another way of saying "not the password" without making a post.

Since the site 'reaction' system really does actually put a negative mark on a member, I don't recommend it unless you actually mean to say that you 'disagree' with [all of] what was in another member's post. I am thinking - that is what it is for - that is its "official" purpose.

I suggest - make the effort - make a post - just all-around better that way. (And, one post can cover any number of wrong previous guesses.)

I did not have any hostile intent.

I believe you.

 

[GaryA]

Since the site 'reaction' system really does actually put a negative mark on a member, I don't recommend it unless you actually mean to say that you 'disagree' with [all of] what was in another member's post. I am thinking - that is what it is for - that is its "official" purpose.

I am not saying that it [necessarily] really matters in the big picture of things; however, "for what it may mean at some point or in some way... (probably best to use it as it was intended)

 

[GaryA]

Make no bones about it, I'm a pretty nifty guy.
My name's alarming,
but I'm often disarming.
I have a shape that looks built for the sky.

Superman

Is this a real/natural 'thing' (kind of animal, skyscraper, etc. - that looks like an airplane, or whatever) or a comic/hollywood character/personality? Or, perhaps, something else?

 

[Snackersmom]

Since the site 'reaction' system really does actually put a negative mark on a member, I don't recommend it unless you actually mean to say that you 'disagree' with [all of] what was in another member's post. I am thinking - that is what it is for - that is its "official" purpose.

That is valid, @Sculpt mentioned that to me right before you did and I went back and "un-did" the Xs so they wouldn't show up on your account. I removed a few others I had placed for silly reasons like people posting negative things about pineapple on pizza. I've actually never used it in a serious context but will be more careful in the future .

 

[GaryA]

That is valid, @Sculpt mentioned that to me right before you did and I went back and "un-did" the Xs so they wouldn't show up on your account. I removed a few others I had placed for silly reasons like people posting negative things about pineapple on pizza. I've actually never used it in a serious context but will be more careful in the future .

I put that 'Winner' emoji/emoticon on your post - not because you removed red Xs (which, in the big picture of things, are not that critical and do not [necessarily] provide a true reflection of the character of a member) - but, because you have shown that you care enough about others to enforce the self-discipline to curtail personal "abuse" of the system as a matter of habit - meaning, that you intend to use it as it was intended...

 

[Sculpt]

I am making this post strictly for the purpose of helping you to understand just how "finely defined" (detailed) I think.

( "for good, bad, or whatever" )

The idea of "start in life" and the idea of "origins of glass" are two totally different ideas.

To me - "My start in life" is referring directly to the 'password' itself - "my start in life" as glass. It does not speak to anything/something that 'glass' (the 'password') is made from. Before it is glass, it does not "have life" as glass. Therefore, since "my start in life" suggests that it is referring to [the 'password' (itself)] - 'glass' - the whole line suggests that 'glass' starts out as being [often] 'gritty'.

Unless you were to use a phrase like 'I am/was born/made from...' to indicate its "before life" state of existence, 'sand' cannot enter into the meaning of the statement if the 'password' is 'glass'.

In other words, the word 'life' directly implies (or, refers to) the life of 'glass' (the 'password') and not the life of 'sand' in the making of 'glass'.

Again, 'sand' is not part of the life of 'glass' - it is only a part of what is used to "birth"/make/produce 'glass' - at which point its "life" begins as glass.

Never in the life of 'glass' does it exist as 'sand'.

And, this is what threw me off - trying to come up with something similar to sand that was gritty - that an artist could "shape" into something 'pretty'.

I hope this makes some kind of sense to you.

Ah, I see how you're thinking.

I understand what you mean about "My start in life is often gritty"; the way we do our Password thing it would mean glass's start in life would be gritty. Certainly a reasonable point.

I can't say what was in Snackermom's mind for that line. To be fair to that as well, someone might commonly write, in our poetry phrasing, steel's start in life is iron ore, even though it's not steel just yet.

In that line of thinking, technically speaking components required to be glass are silica, soda ash and quicklime. Regarding being gritty: if we accept silica from sand as one component of the start of glass being often gritty; we then have Soda (the Na₂O component in glass) is produced from industrial sodium carbonate (soda ash) derived from mined trona which, like sand was from rocky and then gritty start. Calcium oxide (CaO, “quicklime”) is produced by calcining limestone (CaCO₃), also like sand, from rocky to gritty start.

Just my thoughts on the Password lines interpretation process.

 

[PopClick]

Superman

Is this a real/natural 'thing' (kind of animal, skyscraper, etc. - that looks like an airplane, or whatever) or a comic/hollywood character/personality? Or, perhaps, something else?

This is not correct. It is a real thing.

 

[GaryA]

Ah, I see how you're thinking.

I understand what you mean about "My start in life is often gritty"; the way we do our Password thing it would mean glass's start in life would be gritty. Certainly a reasonable point.

I can't say what was in Snackermom's mind for that line. To be fair to that as well, someone might commonly write, in our poetry phrasing, steel's start in life is iron ore, even though it's not steel just yet.

In that line of thinking, technically speaking components required to be glass are silica, soda ash and quicklime. Regarding being gritty: if we accept silica from sand as one component of the start of glass being often gritty; we then have Soda (the Na₂O component in glass) is produced from industrial sodium carbonate (soda ash) derived from mined trona which, like sand was from rocky and then gritty start. Calcium oxide (CaO, “quicklime”) is produced by calcining limestone (CaCO₃), also like sand, from rocky to gritty start.

Just my thoughts on the Password lines interpretation process.

At the end of the day - it is just a game.

It's all good. Let's play the game.

 

[GaryA]

This is not correct. It is a real thing.

'Superman' was really just a silly guess - the answer to the question was what I was after - thank you.

 

[Sculpt]

Yeah I'd better post a new riddle before someone throws hands

Make no bones about it, I'm a pretty nifty guy.
My name's alarming,
but I'm often disarming.
I have a shape that looks built for the sky.

Killer Whale?