# Occupy SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809 "2011-12-02T06:39:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/101 "2011-12-05T18:06:34Z")
Hi everybody! Did we lose anyone overnight? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/102 "2011-12-05T19:43:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Yes, that’s what I mean. I accept your demand of zorgat written as ( and move we forward it to the relevant authorities. > > Or is that written as “(.” ? I rather like the look of that. And now the official numbering system: 0 - Zero 1 - One 2 - Two 3 - Three 4 - Four 5 - Five 6 - Six (. - Zorgat 7 - Seven 8 - Eight 9 - Nine Next step is to convert everything to base 11. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/103 "2011-12-05T20:16:56Z")
I propose a new image for Zorgat. “(.” just looks incomplete to me. I say we change the image to “(.)”. Or for our plus sized members maybe even a “( . )”. Really I don’t care as long as it looks like a boobie. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/104 "2011-12-05T20:26:46Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I propose a new image for Zorgat. “(.” just looks incomplete to me. I say we change the image to “(.)”. Or for our plus sized members maybe even a “( . )”. Really I don’t care as long as it looks like a boobie. Sure will make math more fun ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/105 "2011-12-05T21:40:30Z")
> [@Tamex](#): > > I demand to be a '99er! It’s not my fault I found this place 7 months too late! I feel similarly. I vote against confusing zorgat with boobies. Zorgat is confusing enough as it is. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/106 "2011-12-05T23:21:55Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > math more fun I understand each of these words on its own… but I cannot parse the above construction in any meaningful way. Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/107 "2011-12-05T23:26:58Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I understand each of these words on its own… but I cannot parse the above construction in any meaningful way. Does not compute. funner? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/108 "2011-12-05T23:41:49Z")
Still doesn’t import meaning… kind of like saying you’re making the cyan orange more buttery and flaky. The words have meaning, but the phrase makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/109 "2011-12-05T23:51:10Z")
I demand buttery, flaky, cyan oranges! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/110 "2011-12-06T00:26:08Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Still doesn’t import meaning… kind of like saying you’re making the cyan orange more buttery and flaky. The words have meaning, but the phrase makes no sense. It will make math more difficult to have an integer between six and seven. Humor, it is a difficult concept. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/111 "2011-12-06T01:21:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It will make math more difficult to have an integer between six and seven. > Humor, it is a difficult concept. Reading comprehension, it is a difficult concept. I was having trouble with the words “math” and “fun” but thanks for playing. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/112 "2011-12-06T01:23:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It will make math more difficult to have an integer between six and seven. Oh, there’s more room in there. Actually there is twice as much room between 6 and 7. You could have a new number between 6 and (. or you could have a new number between (. and 7 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/113 "2011-12-06T01:38:04Z")
What would be the number for \*? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/114 "2011-12-06T01:53:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > What would be the number for \*? 4, same as always. Between 3 and 5. Although I’d like to know exactly who determined the order of the numbers, and why do we just take it like donkeys? Just another example of The Man keepin’ us down. I demand a total reordering of the numbering system. Something like: 3, 7, (., 6, 1, 9, 2, 4, 8, 5. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/115 "2011-12-06T02:40:46Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > 4, same as always. Between 3 and 5. > > Although I’d like to know exactly who determined the order of the numbers, and why do we just take it like donkeys? Just another example of The Man keepin’ us down. I demand a total reordering of the numbering system. Something like: 3, 7, (., 6, 1, 9, 2, 4, 8, 5. I kind of liked “0”, but if you don’t think we need it right now, that’s cool. Maybe it’ll be your gift to mankind on Christmas Day. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/116 "2011-12-06T02:56:35Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Reading comprehension, it is a difficult concept. I was having trouble with the words “math” and “fun” but thanks for playing. Good point. Well taken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/117 "2011-12-06T02:57:54Z")
1. I forgot 0. But do we really need it? It’s nothing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/118 "2011-12-06T03:02:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > 1. I forgot 0. But do we really need it? It’s nothing anyway. I think it should be a wild card - something you can throw in there to make your number look bigger, or balance correctly, whatever the reason. For example, if my salary were 1,764 - in social situations I might present it as “1,000,7,000,064” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/119 "2011-12-06T06:38:52Z")
Alright, who’s the wise guy that switched out all my pepper spray cans with silly string!? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809/120 "2011-12-06T07:04:15Z")
Tonight on Mythbusters: If you spray someone with Silly String, then tase them, will they go up in smoke? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809.md?page=7)