…Like, did you know there’s an ARROW in the Fed Ex logo? A freaking arrow. It’s the perfect graphic for a delivery service: it signifies action, direction, motion, speed, accuracy. And it’s just sitting right there in “FedEX”, between the E and the X. I never saw it until it was casually mentioned here. It’s impossible for me to ignore now. And it’s totally obvious; how could you NOT put an arrow between the E and the X?
Or how about this: when you flush the toilet, and the seat is up, you eject a fine spray of dirty toilet water up into the air. I mean, of course, how could you not, it’s a lot of water splashing around inside a small confined space. (I hope you cover your toothbrushes and your contact lens solution bottles!)
So what did the Dope point out for you, that is blindingly obvious in hindsight?
I learned that Colombus was a big crackpot. He didn’t know where he was headed and he never did figure out where he had been despite going there 4 times. My big :dubious: was when people confirmed that he never visited what is now the U.S. and only possibly visited North America through a brief stay in Southern Mexico. He mainly just liked to take Carribean vacations like on the Love Boat except without women and much crappier food.
If diplomacy were carried out through message boards, we’d have had global thermonuclear war long ago. Deprived of vocal modulation and body language, people can’t communicate worth beans.
If you meet a transgendered person, say, “Hi there.” Use the pronoun corresponding to the gender she introduces herself as, think of her as that gender, move on with your life. There’s no need to get hysterical; it isn’t really that big a deal.
That using words like “most” and “many” and “significant” is a popular way to try to make your argument sound learned and weighty–but also a great way to get backed into a corner and revealed for the imprecise, blustering idiot you are.
I see this everywhere, but it was the SDMB where I see people (blessedly) get nailed for that kind of posturing. I’m certain that reading this board made me notice it more when people try it.
That, while I couldn’t give a flying fuck about germs and toilet spray and that sort of thing, there are apparently lots of people who find those sorts of things so abhorrent that they would never want to step foot inside my house, because i never sanitize anything, leave the seat up when I flush, and keep my toothbrush, comb, etc… all out in the open.
(Oh, and if I remember right, it really doesn’t matte how well covered up it is. People have done studies and shown that pretty much anything outside a sterile enviroment or just recently treated with antiseptic has fecal choloform bacteria on it. Even whatever it is you’re eating right now! Enjoy that thought.
