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Post by Lone Locust of the Apocalypse on Jul 29, 2014 6:40:12 GMT -5
Montypark looks like an Aryan Ethan Hawke.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jul 29, 2014 7:12:11 GMT -5
This really is one of the best things to happen on the Old Country. Good show, Nudeviking. Good show. The more I do this, the more I find certain words and phrases of the Gilded Age creeping into real life. Yesterday I nearly sent a work related email that included the line, "The updated prices will become valid in a fortnight's time." I have a new found, hither unknown level of respect for noted gimmick poster Cookie Monster since his gimmick is more likely to attract looks of dismay if executed outside of the internet. Mine just gets "why did you use the word 'fastidious' instead of 'detail oriented' in this report?" This sort of thing really pisses me off. There's no reason for a term like "detail-oriented"to exist in our language--we have plenty of ground that cover not just detail-oriented, but various shades of detail-oriented. I feel like this sort of thing is especially bad in scientific writing, where you have a lot of non-native speakers writing in English (and a broad non-native audience) and there's a bit of suspicion if your writing's a bit too enthusiastic or fluent (like if you're writing well you're compensating for weak results). It can also be hilariously bad in Europe, where you have bureaucratic Euro-English that's entirely made by Euro-speakers and full weird stuff that stems from trying to bridge conceptual gaps between various European languages and English, with the occasional false friend thrown in. |
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Post by sarapen on Jul 29, 2014 10:18:13 GMT -5
I'm liking this new Victorian Spambot gimmick. The person behind it will almost definitely run out of steam but I'll enjoy the ride until then. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jul 29, 2014 14:34:57 GMT -5
I'm liking this new Victorian Spambot gimmick. The person behind it will almost definitely run out of steam but I'll enjoy the ride until then. I love it. Can't believe one of the n00bs actually had a go at it for some reason. |
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Post by Tellyfier on Jul 30, 2014 11:32:23 GMT -5
I'm liking this new Victorian Spambot gimmick. The person behind it will almost definitely run out of steam but I'll enjoy the ride until then. I love it. Can't believe one of the n00bs actually had a go at it for some reason. Hope she or he keeps it going. However, thanks to @victorian Spambot, I have found my signature. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 14:44:28 GMT -5
If at least SOME posts/gimmicks from this week's SL don't make it in, I'm giving up. Also, yeah, I'll think about breaking out "idiotking's penis" as a gimmick account closer to awards season.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 15:04:31 GMT -5
Montypark looks like an Aryan Ethan Hawke. I see Guy Pearce as Ed Exley, tho both totally do it for me. |
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Post by Nudeviking on Jul 31, 2014 4:01:12 GMT -5
If at least SOME posts/gimmicks from this week's SL don't make it in, I'm giving up. Also, yeah, I'll think about breaking out "idiotking's penis" as a gimmick account closer to awards season. I sat back at my desk and laughed aloud at the ludicrousness of the fact that a fake Gilded Age libertine (who is also probably a cat) was corresponding with a possibly fake sentient penis via letters. I heartily endorse a "idiotking's penis" account. |
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Post by ganews on Jul 31, 2014 12:49:44 GMT -5
The ongoing series of O'Neal newswires about the 50 Shades of Grey movie, including today's Christian-themed installment, have to fit some category because they are too excellent. Better than the Entourage series. Holy crap, as they say.
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Post by flowsthead on Aug 4, 2014 23:53:03 GMT -5
Nudeviking I just wanted to let you know that your excellent letters have inspired me to write similar, though of course not nearly as good, letters to my friends. I write them in the hopes they bring joy to others as you have brought joy to me.
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Post by Nudeviking on Aug 5, 2014 0:06:49 GMT -5
Nudeviking I just wanted to let you know that your excellent letters have inspired me to write similar, though of course not nearly as good, letters to my friends. I write them in the hopes they bring joy to others as you have brought joy to me. My favorite outcome of this entire sorted "randomly becoming a gimmick poster" affair is the fact that other people have taken to responding to me in kind (including at one point a foaming-mouth MRA lord of douchebaggery who suddenly became much more civil when having to work "fortnight" and "besmirch" into his response to me basically calling him a dick). I am of the mind that the more people who write as though it is still 1898, the better! |
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Post by Tellyfier on Aug 5, 2014 6:27:56 GMT -5
Nudeviking I just wanted to let you know that your excellent letters have inspired me to write similar, though of course not nearly as good, letters to my friends. I write them in the hopes they bring joy to others as you have brought joy to me. My favorite outcome of this entire sorted "randomly becoming a gimmick poster" affair is the fact that other people have taken to responding to me in kind (including at one point a foaming-mouth MRA lord of douchebaggery who suddenly became much more civil when having to work "fortnight" and "besmirch" into his response to me basically calling him a dick). I am of the mind that the more people who write as though it is still 1898, the better! Though my accumulative use of Thesaurus.com becomes increasingly burdensome to explain to my employer, I'm all in favor of this. But might I suggest that we adjust our speech patterns to one year further, so we can merrily carouse as if it were the year of the Lord 1899? |
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Post by nowimnothing on Aug 5, 2014 10:43:18 GMT -5
Curmudgahideen dissects the real meaning behind the Bryan Adams Robin Hood ballad: "Everything I Do"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 11:06:46 GMT -5
Can I just say how much I fucking love the commentariat coming to my defense in this week's Savage Love?
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Aug 6, 2014 12:16:21 GMT -5
Can I just say how much I fucking love the commentariat coming to my defense in this week's Savage Love? That's 'cause we love you! And I'll shut up, because I know you know it. |
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Post by Generic Poster on Aug 6, 2014 15:23:09 GMT -5
Can I just say how much I fucking love the commentariat coming to my defense in this week's Savage Love? I had no idea a collapse function existed until I read that thread! |
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Post by Generic Poster on Aug 6, 2014 15:23:44 GMT -5
Montypark looks like an Aryan Ethan Hawke. Doesn't Ethan Hawke also look like an Aryan Ethan Hawke? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 22:38:24 GMT -5
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Post by sarapen on Aug 11, 2014 20:30:31 GMT -5
On the announcement of Robin Williams' death and on his film, What Dreams May Come:
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Aug 15, 2014 12:49:40 GMT -5
MajorDada's college drinking story made me laugh so hard. Short, sweet, perfect. "One time in college, we had the brilliant idea of doing Robotussin because it was legal for us to buy. Two shots in, we all realized you can't do shots of that shit. And then the drowsiness factor set in."
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Aug 17, 2014 15:47:39 GMT -5
Okay I know nobody's going to think much of comments in reviews for this sort of thing, but this comment by beinggreen from a Farscape review is still making me laugh weeks later... and... like... maybe it's even funny out of context? |
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Post by HBO CEO of Tits on Aug 18, 2014 0:19:55 GMT -5
I choose to believe it was 4 brilliant posters. |
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Post by nowimnothing on Aug 18, 2014 9:21:29 GMT -5
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Post by sarapen on Aug 19, 2014 13:11:33 GMT -5
My0My0My: That essay was widely misunderstood in Swift's time. What you have to know is that the Irish consider potatoes to be their children.
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Post by Murray the Demonic Skull on Aug 22, 2014 3:26:56 GMT -5
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 22, 2014 3:52:35 GMT -5
The question that prompted Archmage’s defense prompted this response from me. Do we have eleven-year olds posting on the site? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 3:37:15 GMT -5
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Post by nowimnothing on Aug 29, 2014 8:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by Post-Lupin on Aug 29, 2014 12:08:34 GMT -5
Perfect place for such a pain in the arse... (Nah, not really: always a pleasure to see a good Tarky post.) |
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Post by Murray the Demonic Skull on Aug 29, 2014 12:15:09 GMT -5
Perfect place for such a pain in the arse... (Nah, not really: always a pleasure to see a good Tarky post.) It's a gimmick account right ?... right ? |
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