# I'm not giving up my seat **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431 "2013-01-16T22:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1261 "2013-01-22T18:39:12Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > So it was definitely The Hobbit, then? Haha. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1262 "2013-01-22T18:42:05Z")
> [@l1I235](#): > > I did not realize you were a learning disabilities professional. And an expert at diagnosing dyslexia, no less. Wouldn’t you feel sheepish if I were? Yes or no question… were 3D glasses involved in the viewing of this movie? Whether or not there were, would you feel that would be a mitigating factor with this kind of situation? I can tell you that I’ve sat in the front 5 rows for a 3D movie (Avatar, 3rd row, I believe) and it sucked balls. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1263 "2013-01-22T18:42:10Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Over/under on how many times she’s going to play this card, as if it’s her trump. Setting it at one bajillion. What, no name calling? I am disappointed in you mean old lady. Everyone knows that the height of etiquette is calling people dickeads and assholes. Hmm. Perhaps others were right, and you did get a well-deserved mod warning. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1264 "2013-01-22T18:43:11Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Wouldn’t you feel sheepish if I were? Dont worry, it’s obvious that you aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1265 "2013-01-22T18:44:57Z")
I’m taking the over, btw. I’d also like a cite for the mod warning. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1266 "2013-01-22T18:47:57Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’m taking the over, btw. I’d also like a cite for the mod warning. It was me wondering, not a declaration. Several people thought you may get one. Why don’t you call them dickeads or something? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1267 "2013-01-22T18:48:42Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’m taking the over, btw. I’d also like a cite for the mod warning. Fun fact… the word “warning” has only been used 3 (now 4) times in this entire thread. Once by Idle Thoughts warning people to dial things back while it was still in IMHO, and then the two posts by the PO and LOM that precede this one. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1268 "2013-01-22T18:52:01Z")
Odd. Dickhead over there told me that I “did get a well-deserved mod warning.” (5 times.) If she keeps saying things that are provably untrue, she might lose some credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1269 "2013-01-22T18:53:48Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > 1. Coming late and fumbling through a full row rather than taking bad seats – Somewhat Rude > 2. Refusing to move, causing yet more fumbling – Ruder. > 3. Refusee “throwing profanity” – Rudest. > > Can we all agree on this, but with slightly different values of “X on a rudeness scale of 1 to 10.” ? To me, this thread looks more like: step 1) _x_ level rude step 2) _y_ level rude step 3) _z_ level rude Total rudeness = _x_ + _y_ + _z_ = 1 Assign your values for _x, y, z_ Then, people have decided that anyone who assigns different values should be called names because they are evil, no _evil_, no _Eviler_, no Darth Vader level evil, until the butthurt meter explodes. I’d post my ratings, but then _somebody’s_ bound to go all “You’re worse than _Hitler_” on my ass. [sub]Awwww fuck. I went and Godwinized this shit again.[/sub] ETA: > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > If she keeps saying things that are provably untrue, she might lose some credibility. Too late! I think that was lost about page… ummm… one. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1270 "2013-01-22T18:55:00Z")
1. Ducca used it twice but only counted it once. Now that we know that mademoiselle writes her hypotheticals as declarative statements, we can go back and read her OP for what she thought it was - an elaborate bit of wondering. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1271 "2013-01-22T18:55:10Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > If she keeps saying things that are provably untrue, she might lose some credibility. I first read “provably” as probably (damned dyslexia of mine) and it still made just as much sense. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1272 "2013-01-22T19:00:02Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > 1. Ducca used it twice but only counted it once. He’s such a DuccaHead. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1273 "2013-01-22T19:02:05Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Odd. Dickhead over there told me that I “did get a well-deserved mod warning.” (5 times.) If she keeps saying things that are provably untrue, she might lose some credibility. [QUOTE=mademoiselle] Hmm. Perhaps others were right, and you did get a well-deserved mod warning. [/QUOTE] Look up the meaning of perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1274 "2013-01-22T19:06:02Z")
Yeah, that’s not how english works. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1275 "2013-01-22T19:10:53Z")
Here you go, MOL. I got this from those dickheads over at Oxford. > [@](#): > > perhaps ADVERB > pəˈhæps præps pərˈhæps > > 1. possibly > > SYNONYM maybe > > _‘Are you going to come?’ ‘Perhaps. I’ll see how I feel.’ > Perhaps he’s forgotten._ > > 1. used when you want to make a statement or opinion less definite. > > _This is perhaps his best novel to date._ ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1276 "2013-01-22T19:12:38Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > He’s such a DuccaHead. Bet he has brown eyes, too! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1277 "2013-01-22T19:12:58Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Yeah, that’s not how english works. IKR? “Well the word ‘perhaps’ appeared in the sentence, so…” ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1278 "2013-01-22T19:16:45Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > IKR? “Well the word ‘perhaps’ appeared in the sentence, so…” You’re one to criticize. What, not going to admit that you read it wrong? I am shocked. With your superior social graces, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1279 "2013-01-22T19:20:11Z")
We know what perhaps means. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1280 "2013-01-22T19:21:10Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > We know what perhaps means. Apparently it equals a definitive statement in MOL’s world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431.md?page=65)