I'm not giving up my seat

Really?

But I have to admit that was pretty funny. :smiley:

This comment from definition #2 of urban dictionary, (First link in goggle search.), has me giggling.

Its perfectly grammatical what?

I know it’s not a perfect analogy because what I was asking was more involved, but during mud season I got stuck in the parking lot and asked a co-worker if he could pull me out with his truck. He said no. I was slightly taken aback, blinked, and said OK and moved on. I wasn’t rude for asking and he wasn’t rude for saying no. I moved on and found someone else to help me. Yes, I could see the askers being a little taken aback by mademoiselle’s response, but they need to blink and move on, fulfilling your criterion of creating as little disturbance as possible.

Since you are proving to be (unsurprisingly) just as retarded as I now know to expect, I shall indulge you. Not by correcting the alleged grammar errors, since there aren’t any, but by explaining it, sloooowwwwly, and in small words, so you may understand.

Surprisingly enough” means “I’m rather surprised”. I thought you couldn’t possibly post as stupidly as you did in the MIT thread, but I’m surprised to see you can.

he’s exactly meeting the expectations his MIT thread set.” means “you really are sinking down to that standard”. I now know to expect a low standard from you. I shall no longer be surprised at your retardation level, no matter how low you sink.

I hope that covers it for you. If not, oh fucking well. It ain’t my job to wise up the world’s dummies.

Didn’t manage to read further in the thread? It was just a few posts after your original post.

So, what Bob Ducca said, then:

Hmm?

OK, maybe I do consider it my job to wise up some of the world’s dummies. When I can get some amusement out of it in the process, of course.

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ETA:

Also, this one:

I’m late to this thread and would like to respond to some posts on page 13. But I don’t want to post them here, which is waaaay far away from the post I’m responding to. Can a couple of you posters back on page 13 move your posts aside so I can fit mine in on that page?

Sure no problem, always glad to help out, and with a smile :slight_smile:

Ok, I am going to make up some more stats, with nothing to back them up, other than my opinion. Oh wait, that’s your job, Raftpeople. Sorry.

It’s about time we had a moderator check in.

So did you by any chance check out the reply that I posted this afternoon. It was actually an important reply because I put a lot of time and effort into it and I was hoping you would respond to it.

Oh, for fuck’s sake. The etiquette of moving over to accommodate a couple is irrelevant because the question should never have been asked in the first place. Because the people coming in late should have done what decent, civilized, Og-fearing people do in such a situation–stood in the side aisle against the wall surveying the options, conferred in whispers about whether they would take the open, available seats together or split up to get a more preferred spot, picked seats that minimized having to climb over other patrons, then sat the fuck down, shut the fuck up, and watched the goddamn movie. They did not, apparently, do any of those things. They climbed through a mostly-full row of people in order to stand there blocking other people’s view of the movie, arguing about whether or not more people were going to stand up and move around and block people’s view even further and make even more noise. And once all their climbing around and yapping was done, they texted through the whole movie.

Assholes. Disruptive, rude, unmitigated assholes. And that’s without even taking into account their response to the OP’s refusal.

That’s not to say that no one should ever ask that question. I’ve asked it myself many a time when A)there were no seats together somewhere and B) it wouldn’t be unduly disruptive. As other people have pointed out, I’ve never seen anyone refuse the request and people often make the offer if they notice the situation. But then again, I have NEVER seen anyone make the request when there were other options to sit together or there would be much in the way of disruption to other patrons. The general expectation everywhere I’ve ever been is that if you have an option to sit together without disrupting anyone else, you sit there. End of story.

And fyi, if “I want you to” is a valid reason for someone to request you do xyz, “I don’t want to” is an equally valid reason to refuse to do xyz.

Hey, that’s all of our jobs here!

(And a +1 to CrazyCatLady.)

AU, I think you are an ok kid, so I say this in a friendly way…that ship has sailed.:slight_smile:

Hmmm, now back to my republican fundraising. I will do it while saving orphans from a burning bus, which might make me late to that movie later tonight. It’s just that there are so many orphans, and so many burning busses! How do I find the time?

Sorry, no. There are a few rows free down on pages 15 through 18. Why don’t you go post them, there? It would be the polite thing.

No seriously. I was hoping you would post a descriptive reply to my post.

You are really boring, bob ducca, and very unfunny.

Stop it, you are making far too much sense! :wink: