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The Grammatical Gauntlet has been thrown!

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  • iStevoiStevo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    We should just get rid of punctuation entirerly stop
    and bring back telegram formatting stop

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    ...I'm so hip, I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.
  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    I put quotations around it for that exact purpose

    but it's definitely a work ethic. it is a person's attitude regarding work
    "i dont want to work" is not a work ethic

    exactly it is that person's attitude towards doing work

    augh fuck it this is dumb and I was dragged into it

    I'm going to draw pictures of you all and they won't be flattering!
    but see "work ethic" doesn't mean "whether or not a person likes to do work"

    "work ethic" means "how a person approaches work and the value they place on doing good work"

    as soon as you do the work, you're no longer being lazy. being lazy means you're not doing the work

    t skull man - actually both of those things you just described are efficiency

    also thank you for spelling out the word in all caps and bolding it and putting dashes in there and still spelling it wrong

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    holy shit people put two spaces in between stuff

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
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    look what you made me do

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    holy shit people put two spaces in between stuff
    due to lack of punctuation i have no idea if this is a request or a realization

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  • iStevoiStevo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    i meant your comment about how motive is everything. laziness and effeciency aren't different because their motivation is different, they're different because they are different concepts and the end result is different

    E-F-F-I-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I hate looking for my keys that's laziness

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I want to grab them as I speed out the door that's efficiency

    But someone could easily put their keys in a bowl for both reasons. Than what are they?

    Edit: I've actually tacked a cleap plastic bowl to the wall by the door for exactly these reasons.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    iStevo wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    i meant your comment about how motive is everything. laziness and effeciency aren't different because their motivation is different, they're different because they are different concepts and the end result is different

    E-F-F-I-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I hate looking for my keys that's laziness

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I want to grab them as I speed out the door that's efficiency

    But someone could easily put their keys in a bowl for both reasons. Than what are they?

    schizophrenic

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    iStevo wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    i meant your comment about how motive is everything. laziness and effeciency aren't different because their motivation is different, they're different because they are different concepts and the end result is different

    E-F-F-I-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I hate looking for my keys that's laziness

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I want to grab them as I speed out the door that's efficiency

    But someone could easily put their keys in a bowl for both reasons. Than what are they?
    well putting a system in place so that you dont waste time and energy performing a needless task certainly isn't laziness, so im pretty sure you can toss that right out

    itt we discover that, much like the word 'random', lots of people dont know what 'laziness' actually means

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    heehee i made a little poop

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    heehee i made a little poop

    look at you

    bigger than a city

    that poop probably crushed a car

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    iStevo wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    i meant your comment about how motive is everything. laziness and effeciency aren't different because their motivation is different, they're different because they are different concepts and the end result is different

    E-F-F-I-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I hate looking for my keys that's laziness

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I want to grab them as I speed out the door that's efficiency

    But someone could easily put their keys in a bowl for both reasons. Than what are they?
    well putting a system in place so that you dont waste time and energy performing a needless task certainly isn't laziness, so im pretty sure you can toss that right out

    itt we discover that, much like the word 'random', lots of people dont know what 'laziness' actually means

    you're a pedantic idiot

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  • ubernekouberneko Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I was never taught to put two spaces after periods, only one.

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sheesh, I just wanted to use "for all intensive purposes", not actually equate laziness and efficiency ...

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    where did I get bat wings that is the coolest shit ever

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  • iStevoiStevo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Skull Man wrote: »
    iStevo wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    i meant your comment about how motive is everything. laziness and effeciency aren't different because their motivation is different, they're different because they are different concepts and the end result is different

    E-F-F-I-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I hate looking for my keys that's laziness

    if I put my keys in a bowl because I want to grab them as I speed out the door that's efficiency

    But someone could easily put their keys in a bowl for both reasons. Than what are they?

    schizophrenic

    Oh. Well than maybe its time I saw a shrink...

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    ...I'm so hip, I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.
  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    My mom says this all the time and it drives me crazy. And then I complain to my friends about it and they back her up.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Skull Man wrote: »
    you're a pedantic idiot
    and you're just an idiot

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    efficiency: adeptness, effectiveness
    not quite

    the very basic intro to business definitions are that efficiency is the input measure and effectiveness is the output measure

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    efficiency: adeptness, effectiveness
    not quite

    the very basic intro to business definitions are that efficiency is the input measure and effectiveness is the output measure

    i was quoting the thesaurus but ok, you must know better

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    efficiency: adeptness, effectiveness
    not quite

    the very basic intro to business definitions are that efficiency is the input measure and effectiveness is the output measure

    i was quoting the thesaurus but ok, you must know better
    as I said, this is in context of business. no need to throw books at me.

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  • iStevoiStevo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    You have terrible friends, Jim.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    you're a pedantic idiot
    and you're just an idiot

    oh man

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    efficiency: adeptness, effectiveness
    not quite

    the very basic intro to business definitions are that efficiency is the input measure and effectiveness is the output measure

    i was quoting the thesaurus but ok, you must know better
    as I said, this is in context of business. no need to throw books at me.

    yeah i regretted my wording after the fact but was too efficient to change it

    Quoth on
  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    So on a scale of 1 to Calling-People-Philistines, how pretentious has this thread become?

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    holy shit people put two spaces in between stuff
    due to lack of punctuation i have no idea if this is a request or a realization
    i challenge you to figure it out

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    Nothing is true; Everything is permitted
  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    efficiency: adeptness, effectiveness
    not quite

    the very basic intro to business definitions are that efficiency is the input measure and effectiveness is the output measure

    i was quoting the thesaurus but ok, you must know better
    as I said, this is in context of business. no need to throw books at me.

    yeah i regretted my wording after the fact but was too efficient to change it
    the end result suffered in effectiveness, however. :P

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    So on a scale of 1 to Calling-People-Philistines, how pretentious has this thread become?
    bacon

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  • iStevoiStevo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    So on a scale of 1 to Calling-People-Philistines, how pretentious has this thread become?

    Plebian.

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sir Francis Bacon?

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    So on a scale of 1 to Calling-People-Philistines, how pretentious has this thread become?
    top_hat.jpeg

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    Nothing is true; Everything is permitted
  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    So on a scale of 1 to Calling-People-Philistines, how pretentious has this thread become?

    like, this pretentious:

    karl_gloves122206.jpg

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    you're a pedantic idiot
    and you're just an idiot

    oh man
    i know right?

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    you're a pedantic idiot
    and you're just an idiot

    oh man
    i know right?
    danandjenna_intvw2005.jpg

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    Nothing is true; Everything is permitted
  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Why is Harry Potter on the set of White Chicks?

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    what the

    what's going on there

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Skull Man wrote: »
    what the

    what's going on there
    stsl02_harrypotter.jpg

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    Nothing is true; Everything is permitted
  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    you're a pedantic idiot
    and you're just an idiot

    oh man
    i know right?
    danandjenna_intvw2005.jpg
    damn, look how hard he's trying to lean away from her without falling over

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    want those pants.

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Koshian wrote: »
    I hate the word pretentious

    I feel like there is a certain amount of pretension in just using it
    yeah there usually is

    probably because half the time it, too, is being used wrongly

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