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Post by Powerthirteen on Feb 14, 2017 11:51:33 GMT -5
The "Grammys" (sp?)?
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Feb 14, 2017 18:01:50 GMT -5
Solar eclipses.
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Feb 15, 2017 7:22:36 GMT -5
The Young Pope. I guess I could click on one of the thousands of AVC links with a picture of Jude Law in a white dress smoking a cigarette but I just don't want to.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 16, 2017 9:26:19 GMT -5
I'm glad Pastafarian asked about pronunciation because it's vexed me also. And yeah, based on what I've read at TOC, I think Ben Grimm 's right. When I get frustrated with my students for not being able to do things like "take a screenshot" or "use google to figure out how to take a screenshot" and I'm like "you use this technology all fucking every day, how do you remain so bad at using your devices?" and it turns out they're doing things like "watching pewdiepie videos and dimly laughing like idiots." I don't know how to take a screenshot. However, in my defense, if I did have to take one, I would try google first. I do that all the time.
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Post by Not a real doctor on Feb 16, 2017 10:20:30 GMT -5
I'm glad Pastafarian asked about pronunciation because it's vexed me also. And yeah, based on what I've read at TOC, I think Ben Grimm 's right. When I get frustrated with my students for not being able to do things like "take a screenshot" or "use google to figure out how to take a screenshot" and I'm like "you use this technology all fucking every day, how do you remain so bad at using your devices?" and it turns out they're doing things like "watching pewdiepie videos and dimly laughing like idiots." I don't know how to take a screenshot. However, in my defense, if I did have to take one, I would try google first. I do that all the time. Starting with Windows 7, the "snipping" tool was added and it changed my damn life. I make lots of tutorials involving screenshots and prior to the snipping tool I had to use printscreen, then edit down to just what I wanted to show. With Macs it's always been easy.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Feb 16, 2017 14:20:54 GMT -5
Starting with Windows 7, the "snipping" tool was added and it changed my damn life. I make lots of tutorials involving screenshots and prior to the snipping tool I had to use printscreen, then edit down to just what I wanted to show. With Macs it's always been easy. Oh man, the snipping tool is the best. Or would be. If you were hypothetically someone who likes to snip photos from the interwebs of foxy athletes to run as slideshow screensaver on her home computer. Which I totally am not. ::shifty eyes:: I am constantly amazed at how few people seem to be able to google stuff. You don't even have to know how to do searching proper! I mean, I'm way better at google-fu than Hugs is, because her "professional research librarian" skills keep getting in her way. She laughs at me for how I will type in the full question of what I'm trying to figure out, but really -- the technology is designed for you to literally ask your computer, "How do I make a screenshot?" In those words! But somehow I've gained a reputation at work for being some kind of internet knowledge mad scientist or something, because I have the sorcery power to find restaurants near a specific hotel in Manhattan. YEESH.
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Post by Not a real doctor on Feb 16, 2017 14:55:28 GMT -5
Starting with Windows 7, the "snipping" tool was added and it changed my damn life. I make lots of tutorials involving screenshots and prior to the snipping tool I had to use printscreen, then edit down to just what I wanted to show. With Macs it's always been easy. Oh man, the snipping tool is the best. Or would be. If you were hypothetically someone who likes to snip photos from the interwebs of foxy athletes to run as slideshow screensaver on her home computer. Which I totally am not. ::shifty eyes:: I am constantly amazed at how few people seem to be able to google stuff. You don't even have to know how to do searching proper! I mean, I'm way better at google-fu than Hugs is, because her "professional research librarian" skills keep getting in her way. She laughs at me for how I will type in the full question of what I'm trying to figure out, but really -- the technology is designed for you to literally ask your computer, "How do I make a screenshot?" In those words! But somehow I've gained a reputation at work for being some kind of internet knowledge mad scientist or something, because I have the sorcery power to find restaurants near a specific hotel in Manhattan. YEESH. Just yesterday I googled, in full "Why do you square the differences when calculating standard deviation instead of using absolute values"
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Feb 16, 2017 16:20:00 GMT -5
I am constantly amazed at how few people seem to be able to google stuff. You don't even have to know how to do searching proper! I mean, I'm way better at google-fu than Hugs is, because her "professional research librarian" skills keep getting in her way. She laughs at me for how I will type in the full question of what I'm trying to figure out, but really -- the technology is designed for you to literally ask your computer, "How do I make a screenshot?" In those words! But somehow I've gained a reputation at work for being some kind of internet knowledge mad scientist or something, because I have the sorcery power to find restaurants near a specific hotel in Manhattan. YEESH. Yes, I'm deeply confused at how people don't understand that you can literally google shit like "those brown boots the boys wore in school 70s" and bang, It's not like there's coding or a a format to follow.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Feb 16, 2017 16:22:48 GMT -5
DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat and Not a real doctor, exactly! And the best part is that you start typing phrases like that, and it autofills, because you're not the only one who's looked that up! Like, you only have to type a BIT of your question in. That's how easy google is! How does everyone not realize this??
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Post by Baron von Costume on Feb 16, 2017 17:16:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 17:29:32 GMT -5
This blue dove thing on the Internet that is some kind of...meme? Or just an irritant? I have no idea what's going on.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Feb 16, 2017 21:22:53 GMT -5
This blue dove thing on the Internet that is some kind of...meme? Or just an irritant? I have no idea what's going on. It's called Trash Dove and it's been taken over by trolls and alt-righters/Neo-Nazis as a trolling mechanism.
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Post by Lord Lucan on Feb 16, 2017 21:27:03 GMT -5
Beyonce does make a convincing fertility goddess.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Feb 16, 2017 21:56:09 GMT -5
Beyonce does make a convincing fertility goddess. Millennia from now Beyoncé is our cultural entity most likely to be misinterpreted as a deity figure by archaeologists.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 21:59:54 GMT -5
This blue dove thing on the Internet that is some kind of...meme? Or just an irritant? I have no idea what's going on. It's called Trash Dove and it's been taken over by trolls and alt-righters/Neo-Nazis as a trolling mechanism. That's...not what I expected.
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Post by dLᵒ on Feb 16, 2017 22:29:26 GMT -5
This blue dove thing on the Internet that is some kind of...meme? Or just an irritant? I have no idea what's going on.
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 12, 2017 12:04:19 GMT -5
Edgar Wright. I know he's a director, and right now I know he did The World's End (though that's just because I just watched the Baby Driver trailer) I'm sure in a few days I'll forget that again. Everytime I see his name in a headline I go "Edgar Wright movie....wait, the guy who wrote Tarzan?" Who is actually Edgar Rice Burroughs I constantly have to remind myself, but really, how many Edgars do you know who have a last name that sounds kinda like rice? Anyway, easy fix, I could just use Google or IMDB, but I mostly don't care enough / am too lazy to do so.
Though I do think Baby Driver looks pretty fun and may actually enjoy it enough to become a fan of Mr. Wright's. Assuming I'm not one already and don't even realize it.
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Post by Celebith on Mar 15, 2017 17:17:20 GMT -5
Edgar Wright. I know he's a director, and right now I know he did The World's End (though that's just because I just watched the Baby Driver trailer) I'm sure in a few days I'll forget that again. Everytime I see his name in a headline I go "Edgar Wright movie....wait, the guy who wrote Tarzan?" Who is actually Edgar Rice Burroughs I constantly have to remind myself, but really, how many Edgars do you know who have a last name that sounds kinda like rice? Anyway, easy fix, I could just use Google or IMDB, but I mostly don't care enough / am too lazy to do so. Though I do think Baby Driver looks pretty fun and may actually enjoy it enough to become a fan of Mr. Wright's. Assuming I'm not one already and don't even realize it. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the better parts of Ant Man, Shawn of the Dead, Spaced. Granted, that last one is a TV show and not a US one, but still.
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 15, 2017 20:14:55 GMT -5
Edgar Wright. I know he's a director, and right now I know he did The World's End (though that's just because I just watched the Baby Driver trailer) I'm sure in a few days I'll forget that again. Everytime I see his name in a headline I go "Edgar Wright movie....wait, the guy who wrote Tarzan?" Who is actually Edgar Rice Burroughs I constantly have to remind myself, but really, how many Edgars do you know who have a last name that sounds kinda like rice? Anyway, easy fix, I could just use Google or IMDB, but I mostly don't care enough / am too lazy to do so. Though I do think Baby Driver looks pretty fun and may actually enjoy it enough to become a fan of Mr. Wright's. Assuming I'm not one already and don't even realize it. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the better parts of Ant Man, Shawn of the Dead, Spaced. Granted, that last one is a TV show and not a US one, but still. I saw Shawn of the Dead and liked it, the others I am unfamiliar with. (well, familiar with the titles, but haven't seen)
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Post by Trurl on Mar 16, 2017 13:34:33 GMT -5
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the better parts of Ant Man, Shawn of the Dead, Spaced. Granted, that last one is a TV show and not a US one, but still. I saw Shawn of the Dead and liked it, the others I am unfamiliar with. (well, familiar with the titles, but haven't seen) You forgot Hot Fuzz bith, an absolutely great film
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Mar 16, 2017 14:12:04 GMT -5
Guy Fieri
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Mar 16, 2017 14:54:08 GMT -5
"Bye, Felicia"
It's a thing people say. I assume it's a reference to something. But I'm annoyed by it and I refuse to learn its origins.
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Post by Trurl on Mar 16, 2017 15:02:47 GMT -5
"Guy Fieri" sounds like the name a Japanese developer in the 80s came up with for an arcade game villain.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 16, 2017 15:06:00 GMT -5
"Guy Fieri" sounds like the name a Japanese developer in the 80s came up with for an arcade game villain. GUY FIERI uses DONKEY SAUCE! It's super-effective!
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Post by Trurl on Mar 16, 2017 15:08:30 GMT -5
"Guy Fieri" sounds like the name a Japanese developer in the 80s came up with for an arcade game villain. GUY FIERI uses DONKEY SAUCE! It's super-effective! BAD DUDES vs. GUY FIERI
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Mar 16, 2017 19:24:14 GMT -5
Edgar Wright. I know he's a director, and right now I know he did The World's End (though that's just because I just watched the Baby Driver trailer) I'm sure in a few days I'll forget that again. Everytime I see his name in a headline I go "Edgar Wright movie....wait, the guy who wrote Tarzan?" Who is actually Edgar Rice Burroughs I constantly have to remind myself, but really, how many Edgars do you know who have a last name that sounds kinda like rice? Anyway, easy fix, I could just use Google or IMDB, but I mostly don't care enough / am too lazy to do so. Though I do think Baby Driver looks pretty fun and may actually enjoy it enough to become a fan of Mr. Wright's. Assuming I'm not one already and don't even realize it. I always see his name and mistakenly read it as Edgar Winter. In fact, I think I'll continue to visualize him as being an oddball white boy blues albino.
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Post by ganews on Mar 16, 2017 21:00:27 GMT -5
"Bye, Felicia" It's a thing people say. I assume it's a reference to something. But I'm annoyed by it and I refuse to learn its origins. In "Friday", the 90s comedy starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, they say this to a grasping character named Felicia to get her to go away. In the recent movie "Straight Outta Compton" which portrays a young Ice Cube and the rest of NWA, the phrase is uttered similarly but more misogynistically as a call-back.
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Mar 17, 2017 13:11:41 GMT -5
"Bye, Felicia" It's a thing people say. I assume it's a reference to something. But I'm annoyed by it and I refuse to learn its origins. In "Friday", the 90s comedy starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, they say this to a grasping character named Felicia to get her to go away. In the recent movie "Straight Outta Compton" which portrays a young Ice Cube and the rest of NWA, the phrase is uttered similarly but more misogynistically as a call-back. Ah, I've never seen Friday. Or Straight Out of Compton. Maybe that's why I feel like I've been seeing it lately. Well, at least it's not some meme from a youtube star or some nonsense.
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 17, 2017 13:24:41 GMT -5
In "Friday", the 90s comedy starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, they say this to a grasping character named Felicia to get her to go away. In the recent movie "Straight Outta Compton" which portrays a young Ice Cube and the rest of NWA, the phrase is uttered similarly but more misogynistically as a call-back. Ah, I've never seen Friday. Or Straight Out of Compton. Maybe that's why I feel like I've been seeing it lately. Well, at least it's not some meme from a youtube star or some nonsense. It has become massively overused though (I hadn't seen Friday either when I first ran into it). Slate actually did a piece on the history of it with a video supercut of it being used in a bunch of memes and reality shows. I know you said you don't want to know any more about it, but in case you have time to waste: www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/04/24/friday_movie_20th_anniversary_how_bye_felicia_took_over_pop_culture_video.html
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Post by Celebith on Mar 22, 2017 1:23:21 GMT -5
In "Friday", the 90s comedy starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, they say this to a grasping character named Felicia to get her to go away. In the recent movie "Straight Outta Compton" which portrays a young Ice Cube and the rest of NWA, the phrase is uttered similarly but more misogynistically as a call-back. Ah, I've never seen Friday. Or Straight Out of Compton. Maybe that's why I feel like I've been seeing it lately. Well, at least it's not some meme from a youtube star or some nonsense. Straight Outta Compton is meh, but Friday is a classic.
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