The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Ryujin]

The fact the timing of that overlapped so closely with the arrival of the printing press is why English spelling is such a mess. Well, that and the fact English steals words.

Edited for language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse wh***. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
--James D. Nicoll

 

[prabe]

Edited for language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse wh***. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
--James D. Nicoll

I'm wearing a T-shirt with an uncredited paraphrase of the second sentence on it.

 

[Ryujin]

I'm wearing a T-shirt with an uncredited paraphrase of the second sentence on it.

I was introduced to the expression on your shirt by the writer, Matt Vancil, and immediately went looking for the source. He's a wordie guy.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I'm wearing a T-shirt with an uncredited paraphrase of the second sentence on it.

Huh.

You also have a T-Shirt that says, "I'm going to pursue you down an alleyway and beat you unconscious."

Guess the mugger's union had another successful membership drive!

 

[Parmandur]

What a tool! He doesn't even believe in car key gnomes.

Or the eternal abstrsct Idea of Chair, or Pizza! The nerve!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Today's daily affirmation:

The old hotness is watching the world burn.

The new hotness is writing demented reviews of TV episodes.

#FREEHEMMER

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

"The game being internally consistent is more important that it being playable" is certainly an opinion. A really bad one. But it's still an opinion.

 

[prabe]

IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE BAD OPINIONS WE WILL HAVE NOTHING

 

[Parmandur]

IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE BAD OPINIONS WE WILL HAVE NOTHING

How about we keep the pineapple and anchovies on the pizza, and you just pick it off if you want to be that way??????

 

[prabe]

How about we keep the pineapple and anchovies on the pizza, and you just pick it off if you want to be that way??????

Pineapples are fine on pizza. Anchovies are a war crime.