If that is what you thought when you “misunderstood what the study was claiming”,
what is it that you think the study is claiming now?
We still have 18 posts to go
Well, of course, Diogenes is a racist. In my capacity as Queen of Romania, I grant a Royal Pardon.
To whom?
16.
elucidator is the Queen of Romania
Diogenes is a racist.
Stewball was a racehorse
If we’re to ensure the prophecy holds true, we’re really going to need to get this locked. Otherwise, it’s bound to eventually be pushed over the edge.
What is the answer to this question?
Do you have any two watt, four volt bulbs?
For what?
No, two watt.
Oh, two watt?
Yes.
No.
12
People are always saying the answer’s 42. What the hell!?
If we’re talking bulbs I need to know if it’s a bayonet base.
11
What?
10
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9755665#post9755665
See, the word “whine” has a auditory component to it’s meaning and while it’s often used on the internet as a way to sound superior and disdainful, it is a misuse, especially since there was nothing childish in my phrasing or attitude.
For further info, consult with your ESL instructor, you fucking moron.
oh yeah, “9”.
Yeah, posting to a thread that has fuck all to do with your complaint, that’ll really get his attention. You realize that a suggestion to comment in the Pit doesn’t mean just any random thread, right?
Ate.
Of course I realized that but so what? How are my comments in this thread any more random than the 9 posts before it? Besides, we both know he’s probably going to see it and I didn’t feel like starting a thread.
How? Your tack-on is cowardly.
[sub]And FWIW, you didn’t get my joke. In that, at least, you weren’t alone.[/sub]
Even agreeing that it is cowardly, that doesn’t make sense.
And I guess I didn’t get your joke in the way you meant it. I assumed it was a dumb joke about getting a free duck decoy or something like when you open an account at a bank or support PBS.
Four more posts! Four more posts!
4 (obviously).
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9757589&postcount=16
So? Do you disagree? Indistinguishable, do you mean to describe me in a “matter-of-fact” way when you said I was “whining”? Do you perhaps intend some level of insult? Be honest now.
I don’t really mean to do much anything but 1) playfully mock your disproportionate anger over the word choice, and 2) point out that this thread is an example of doing the sort of thing you complained about in the posts which caused SkipMagic to label you, rightly or wrongly, as whining; that is, we are filling up this thread with posts over a particular joke which has come to dominate it and drive out the substance of those actually addressing OP.
You get one (1) post in which to reply, after which the final post must be saved for a Moderator to close this thread. Choose your words wisely.
What disproportionate anger? I didn’t even start a Pit thread, just hijacked this, as you noted, perfect example. I said quite plainly and simply that “whine” is pretty much always meant as an insult, “playfully mocking” notwithstanding. SkipMagic and Colibri just seem to like tut-tutting me too much to admit it they were wrong.
Excuse me, does the train stop here?