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On March 07 2013 09:47 Brett wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2013 09:23 Feartheguru wrote:
"Why can't I have my cake and eat it too? I don't get it." The irony in the thread is too great. Yeah, I'd say the majority of people who take issue with that phrase simply don't understand it...
Even once it's explained, it doesn't make sense to me linguistically. You CAN, in fact, have cake and eat it too. While you're eating the cake, you're still in possession of it. What you can't do is eat the cake and then expect to keep it preserved. Secondly, we nowadays often express dining in terms of 'having' i.e., "I'm having steak", which makes the phrase doubly confusing. I can understand it would have made sense four hundred years ago, but it doesn't today. Just say "You can't have it both ways" instead.
On March 06 2013 02:47 TheZanthex wrote:
"It is what it is."
Seriously, the most useless phrase of all time. It's not even profound or anything. It's just a declarative statement, for christ's sake!
I think this one has value. It's not really meant to be profound. It's the most succinct way of saying that something is unchangeable, so take it or leave it. "Well, we're stuck here at the airport for the next ten hours, but it is what it is."
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On March 06 2013 01:00 urSa wrote:
when someone you don't really know says "whats up"....do they really want to know or should you just say whats up back?????
ikr whats up with that. here people say "alright" and im like "yeah" then theres an awkward silence. but they asked. its like you have to try to beat them to it every time or you're left with responses like "yo", i dont always want to say yo okay?
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any sentence that starts with "basically".... that word doesnt even mean anything
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I guess it's not really a phrase but hashtagging really seems stupid to me.
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Wake up your ideas, terrible Singaporean phrase.
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On March 07 2013 13:41 farvacola wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2013 13:27 jrkirby wrote:
When people call themselves a nerd because they enjoy pop culture. "I like Dr. Who [or Harry Potter] [or Star Trek] [or Star Wars] [or Video Games], I'm such a nerd!" No, enjoying science fiction or fantasy doesn't make you a nerdy.
Seriously I saw one of my friends with an album of Team Fortress 2 screen shots with a title of "I'm so nerdy." C'mon, if you were playing Dwarf Fortress, I could see what you're talking about. But Team Fortress is a cartoony FPS. The only nerdy thing about it is that it's on a computer, and it's not the 80's anymore, computers aren't just for nerds.
Here, let me give a couple of examples of nerdy vs not nerdy:
Watching the Big Bang Theory - Not nerdy
Solving Calculus problems in your free time - Nerdy
Playing Legend of Zelda - Not nerdy
Installing Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi - Nerdy
Reading Comic books - Not nerdy
Writing Regular expressions - Nerdy
Playing a Tabletop RPG - Not nerdy
Looking up Latin and Greek roots of words - Nerdy
Things I listed in the "not nerdy" category may be things nerds also enjoy. But that's not what makes them nerdy. And you can certainly enjoy all those things without being nerdy at all. But the things I listed in the second category are different. A guy who isn't nerdy at all will just not do any of the things in the "nerdy" category if he doesn't have to. Nerd hipsterism at its finest. I get that there are a lot of popular trends in word use that are really annoying, "nerdy" being a good example, but your standard for what counts as nerdy is incredibly arbitrary and vain. This is one of those times where coming up with some formula is pretty silly; as any real nerd will you tell you, you'll know one when you see one 
I have to agree they are quite arbitrary, but at the same time you certainly see where he's coming from don't you?
How about people fucking stop trying to be what they aren't? Nvm they're a bunch of insecure attention whores who need their existence validated by being recognized as part of some random group.
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On March 05 2013 08:52 helvete wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 07:47 TheAnswerIsZero wrote:
Here's some:
"I died right then and there" - one my brother says often. Any variation of dying, when not meant literally, is stupid. What's worse is when people tack on "literally" somewhere in the phrase and don't mean it.
"Like"
"Retarded" - to describe things in a derogatory way that is also out of context.
"Plethora" - I catch casters and even my teachers misusing it. No, it does not mean "a lot" or "myriad." It means TOO much. Oh, so there's a plethora of viewers and you would like your stream to have less? Or maybe Starcraft 2 has a plethora of strategies available and you want the game reduced to one strategy per race? People have to stop misusing this word. I didn't know that about plethora. Learning from context has its disadvantages when people are wrong. Thanks! My pet peeve (one of many anyway) is "would of, could of, should of".. It's HAVE ffs! Would've = would have! Would of what? Of fucking what? You would of stupid be made? It's so obviously wrong and nonsensical yet almost a majority of people for whom English is the first language can't seem to grasp that nowadays. In fact it's so common a misconception that I'd be stunned if someone didn't call me out over this.
just incase you aren't aware, "would of" is actually the sound of "would've". ie "would've, could've, should've" is what you should be hearing in this instance, which is correct.
however you almost never see people spell it right in forums so it is a legit concern that no1 realises it. i usually spell it wrong myself
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"gglords."
"Winfestors."
Seriously. It's like...the ultimate in stupidity. It's whining, it achieves nothing, and it's not even an original thought. It's not even funny. It wasn't even funny ONCE. "A gg of brood lords" was funny. Once.
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definitive, can you define that?
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"What were those things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington
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On March 07 2013 14:43 igay wrote:
definitive, can you define that?
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These may have been mentioned but:
"Irregardless..."
"For all intensive purposes"
"Cool Beans" (sorry guys, I think it's awful)
Verbally stating "lol" (in a way not resembling Jeremy from Pure Pwnage)
And finally "he overdosed on marihuana cigarettes"
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People who end everything they say in "sir", fucking irritates the shit out of me.
"Would you like to be invited to the game good sir?"
"That was some sick micro sir"
Morons.
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On March 07 2013 14:37 synapse wrote:
I guess it's not really a phrase but hashtagging really seems stupid to me.
lol y u hate
#YOLO420SMOKEITCOMMENDS
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On March 07 2013 14:49 slytown wrote:
"What were those things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington
lolol
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I never got why specific words or phrases have an added meaning for some people. As long as you know what they mean, who cares. Idk why it would bother you that they chose to word something slightly differently.
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On March 07 2013 15:20 Immaterial wrote:
These may have been mentioned but:
"Irregardless..."
"For all intensive purposes"
"Cool Beans" (sorry guys, I think it's awful)
Verbally stating "lol" (in a way not resembling Jeremy from Pure Pwnage)
And finally "he overdosed on marihuana cigarettes"
1) Irregardless is a word
http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0037-irregardless.htm
2) and it's "For all intents and purposes"
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I guess the best one would be :
"Shut your mouth when talking to me !"
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On March 07 2013 17:32 bjwithbraces wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2013 15:20 Immaterial wrote:
These may have been mentioned but:
"Irregardless..."
"For all intensive purposes"
"Cool Beans" (sorry guys, I think it's awful)
Verbally stating "lol" (in a way not resembling Jeremy from Pure Pwnage)
And finally "he overdosed on marihuana cigarettes" 1) Irregardless is a word http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0037-irregardless.htm2) and it's "For all intents and purposes"
Nothing in SC or life really makes me rage except phrases missheard.
Someone at work refered to duct tape as 'duck tape' the other day.
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On March 07 2013 14:38 MasterOfPuppets wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2013 13:41 farvacola wrote:On March 07 2013 13:27 jrkirby wrote:
When people call themselves a nerd because they enjoy pop culture. "I like Dr. Who [or Harry Potter] [or Star Trek] [or Star Wars] [or Video Games], I'm such a nerd!" No, enjoying science fiction or fantasy doesn't make you a nerdy.
Seriously I saw one of my friends with an album of Team Fortress 2 screen shots with a title of "I'm so nerdy." C'mon, if you were playing Dwarf Fortress, I could see what you're talking about. But Team Fortress is a cartoony FPS. The only nerdy thing about it is that it's on a computer, and it's not the 80's anymore, computers aren't just for nerds.
Here, let me give a couple of examples of nerdy vs not nerdy:
Watching the Big Bang Theory - Not nerdy
Solving Calculus problems in your free time - Nerdy
Playing Legend of Zelda - Not nerdy
Installing Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi - Nerdy
Reading Comic books - Not nerdy
Writing Regular expressions - Nerdy
Playing a Tabletop RPG - Not nerdy
Looking up Latin and Greek roots of words - Nerdy
Things I listed in the "not nerdy" category may be things nerds also enjoy. But that's not what makes them nerdy. And you can certainly enjoy all those things without being nerdy at all. But the things I listed in the second category are different. A guy who isn't nerdy at all will just not do any of the things in the "nerdy" category if he doesn't have to. Nerd hipsterism at its finest. I get that there are a lot of popular trends in word use that are really annoying, "nerdy" being a good example, but your standard for what counts as nerdy is incredibly arbitrary and vain. This is one of those times where coming up with some formula is pretty silly; as any real nerd will you tell you, you'll know one when you see one I have to agree they are quite arbitrary, but at the same time you certainly see where he's coming from don't you? How about people fucking stop trying to be what they aren't? Nvm they're a bunch of insecure attention whores who need their existence validated by being recognized as part of some random group.
too me, a Nerd is somebody whos very into ONE thing, e.g: If I only play/watch/breathe/Talk World of Warcraft, Im a World of warcraft nerd.
Also, I dont like that word at all, its a derogatory stereotypical term, imo its to hardcore, passionated and loving as faggot is to homosexual.
No real "nerd" would ever want to refer to themselves as a nerd. Id much rather refer to me as a man with passion for something, a love for something I do instead of a "neeeeeerd"
It has nothing to do with what youre doing but how youre doing it.
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