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If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.

Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM

DaftPunch hiya, the name's scout. from lesbian Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
hiya, the name's scout.
#231001: Aug 21st 2016 at 5:05:16 PM

I like using the same for singular and plural. Just think of it like deer and deer, or trout and trout, and so on. That works for me.

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whizzerd Transcender of Gender from Scotland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Transcender of Gender
#231002: Aug 21st 2016 at 5:13:40 PM

Pokémon as plural never seemed particularly weird to me. Probably because it's used as a plural just as often, or perhaps even more so, than its used as a singular.

edited 21st Aug '16 5:15:00 PM by whizzerd

they/them || "Forgive me, regent of queer amphibians" - Lt.BGob
Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#231003: Aug 21st 2016 at 5:33:21 PM

There's also "mons" for casual conversation.

hamza678 Red Like Santa from Christmas Beacon. Since: May, 2015
Red Like Santa
#231004: Aug 21st 2016 at 6:38:51 PM

But it makes you sound Jamaican tongue.

Now known as Cyber Controller
Demetrios Do a barrel roll! from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
whizzerd Transcender of Gender from Scotland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Transcender of Gender
#231006: Aug 21st 2016 at 7:35:10 PM

What does seem weird to me is when it's not capitalised.

Pokémon
pokémon
Absol is best pokémon
How do you get Wailord into a bus? You pok-é-mon and watch its framework fucking explode.

they/them || "Forgive me, regent of queer amphibians" - Lt.BGob
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#231007: Aug 21st 2016 at 7:59:04 PM

Today i learned that one of Canada's gold medalists is actually YOUNGER than my be all of 5 days. I'm impressed.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#231008: Aug 21st 2016 at 8:59:53 PM

@Link To The Future: I know that feeling. At college I met a doctorate student who is 18 and a few months younger than me :< He also is/was teaching a class there. Makes me wonder what I'm doing with my life.

I mean, I know I don't need to compare myself to him, but I'm still impressed.

SantosLHalper The filidh that cam frae Skye from The Canterlot of the North Since: Aug, 2009
The filidh that cam frae Skye
#231009: Aug 21st 2016 at 10:44:02 PM

One of these days, I want to make a Youtube Poop of a Magical Girl series just so I can have them literally say By the Power of Grayskull! and have the He-Man theme playing over the Transformation Sequence.

Halper's Law: as the length of an online discussion of minority groups increases, the probability of "SJW" or variations being used = 1.
ShaneBaneNeumann Shane Neumann, the Master of Failures from Gansbaai, South Africa, Earth Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Shane Neumann, the Master of Failures
#231010: Aug 22nd 2016 at 9:21:04 AM

… which makes me wonder how Touhou has a half-human, half-ghost haunting around.
That's nothing?
Didn't someone have a character that's partially everything (ghost, whale, skeleton, giant, potato, sorcerer, golem, vampire, orc, elf, dwarf, gnome, hobbit, pizza, cat, cyborg, heart, soul, chocolate, dog, ice cream, cannon, rainbow, castle, dark elf, frying pan, etc.)?

I was wondering what a half ghost/half vampire would be like.
Undead, of course.

Tip: 99% of Touhou characters are female. I think there's one or two guys around, but I'm not really sure.
Assuming Rinnosuke is a canon character, that's one guy. (Though, since the only Touhou game I've played is that Wandering Souls fan-game…)

I can't see how half-ghosts would work.
Perhaps someone who is half-dead would be half-ghost?

One Glaice, many Glaice. One Simbelle, many Simbelle.
(Okay, those last two are obviously fanon. And permanently gone… just like most of the things I've worked on.)

Dragon Riders is canceled and Team Dragon Rise is disbanded. I'm a failure as an administrator of two forums.
Daydre That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth from the trash Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
#231011: Aug 22nd 2016 at 10:25:43 AM

danny phantom is a half ghost

off the shits
electronic-tragedy PAINKILLER from Wherever I need to be Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
PAINKILLER
#231012: Aug 22nd 2016 at 10:29:08 AM

[up]IIRC, It's not because he's dead, he just got infused with the ghost energy/power of the other world.

Life is hard, that's why no one survives.
Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#231013: Aug 22nd 2016 at 11:19:25 AM

I had the horrible realization I don't have any plans for fifty, sixty or whatever-y years into the future :o

TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#231014: Aug 22nd 2016 at 11:57:43 AM

[up]Neither do I, but I'm not that worried. I just try to take life one day at a time.

Blog link
Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#231015: Aug 22nd 2016 at 12:25:06 PM

That's what I do too, but seeing the situation of my grandparents made me realize life could turn out not so good that far into the future :S

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#231016: Aug 22nd 2016 at 1:00:39 PM

Just came across this at Urbandictionary.com

Douchebag:

The term "douchebag" generally refers to a male with a certain combination of obnoxious characteristics related to attitude, social ineptitude, public behavior, or outward presentation.

Though the common douchebag thinks he is accepted by the people around him, most of his peers dislike him. He has an inflated sense of self-worth, compounded by a lack of social grace and self-awareness. He behaves inappropriately in public, yet is completely ignorant to how pathetic he appears to others.

He often talks about how cool, successful, and popular he is, yet never catches on to the fact that he comes across as a total loser. Nevertheless, he firmly believes that he is the smartest, most desirable, and most charming person in the room... and will try to bad-rep anyone who would threaten to expose this facade.

He fancies himself a ladies' man, yet tends to be a joke to all but the most naive of women. He tries to portray himself as part of the in-crowd (a fashionista, an upwardly mobile professional, the life of the party, etc.) but only succeeds in his own mind.

To everyone else, he is an annoying and arrogant phony who comes across as a wannabe overcompensating for his insecurities. He tries to appear like the center of whatever group will tolerate him, but in reality, he is just a tag-along who mooches drinks, women, contacts, social standing, and other benefits from the group... while contributing nothing.

A-list ego; D-list status.

Remind you of anyone? (*cough*Trump*cough*)

This Space Intentionally Left Blank.
Daydre That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth from the trash Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
#231017: Aug 22nd 2016 at 1:33:16 PM

he's still a half ghost

off the shits
Ultimatum Disasturbator from Second Star to the left (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Disasturbator
#231018: Aug 22nd 2016 at 1:39:49 PM

Half energy being

ghosts would imply death,could scare kids

edited 22nd Aug '16 1:39:58 PM by Ultimatum

New theme music also a box
Daydre That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth from the trash Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
#231019: Aug 22nd 2016 at 1:43:42 PM

he's still a half ghost

off the shits
Ultimatum Disasturbator from Second Star to the left (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
EllenVanZylle No longer in use from Non-Existence Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
No longer in use
#231021: Aug 22nd 2016 at 1:51:40 PM

I had the horrible realization I don't have any plans for fifty, sixty or whatever-y years into the future :o
Right now… Shane Bane Neumann has no plans for the future, either.

Neither do I, now that I think about it. surprised

(Aside from living life as best as I can, atoning for the mistakes I've made.)

Now known as Cibryll.
TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#231022: Aug 22nd 2016 at 3:24:32 PM

@Victin: I get where you are coming from. I thought you meant "I have no idea what I'll do at retirement age" instead of "How will I provide for my retirement?"

My best advice is to start saving for retirement now or as soon as you can. The longer you save, the more interest you get in the long run, even if you start out small. It's also a good idea to start some healthy habits now that will help keep you healthier as you age.

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DaftPunch hiya, the name's scout. from lesbian Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
hiya, the name's scout.
#231023: Aug 22nd 2016 at 3:55:59 PM

I'm going to give my next pet a gem name.

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Ecrivan Amused Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Amused
#231024: Aug 22nd 2016 at 5:09:38 PM

Yes Danny Phantom is half ghost due to some sort DNA infusion of ghost ectoplasm. Some people go with the interpretation that he did actually die (or half die as people jokingly call it)but something the portal did kept him alive in a sense.

Formerly known as Bleddyn And I am feeling like a ghost Resident Perky Goth
Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#231025: Aug 22nd 2016 at 5:39:11 PM

@Tolkien Otaku: That too, although one additional problem with retirement is that I don't know if I can trust my country's retirement system, and even if it'll change in the meantime. I also don't know if I'll be living here forever. I actually would like not to.


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