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WarriorEowyn from Victoria Since: Oct, 2010
#4351: Feb 5th 2012 at 9:42:50 AM

'Etiology' (the study of origins) makes sense. I was trying to think of the antonym for 'eschatology' (study of the End Times) and couldn't guess it.

And I would also read a book about the adventures of Etymology Man. He's so entertainingly useless!

edited 5th Feb '12 9:47:49 AM by WarriorEowyn

alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher from Ëa Since: Nov, 2009
Shadowed Philosopher
#4353: Feb 5th 2012 at 9:51:37 PM

[lol][awesome][awesome]

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nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#4354: Feb 5th 2012 at 10:31:21 PM

... What the crap? XDDDD

Is this supposed to be a Beetlejuice-style play on words?

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#4355: Feb 5th 2012 at 10:58:15 PM

Apparently, people who think they're smarter and more aware of how the world really works like to call others less enlightened than themselves sheeple. Personally, I haven't heard anyone use the word seriously in years. It's mostly just people mocking people like that.

The joke is that there are real sheeple and he has just doomed the world.

edited 5th Feb '12 10:58:45 PM by Arha

Gvzbgul from Middle Earth Since: Jul, 2010
#4356: Feb 6th 2012 at 1:42:23 AM

A simple joke but genuinely terrifying.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#4357: Feb 6th 2012 at 3:10:18 AM

What is the other meaning of "sheeple"?

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#4358: Feb 6th 2012 at 4:30:04 AM

[up]A derogatory term that implies that the masses just follow one another and don't question the establishment.

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Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#4359: Feb 6th 2012 at 5:12:59 AM

[up]No, I understood this one. But for puns to happen a word has to have two meanings, doesn't it? I'm confused.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#4360: Feb 6th 2012 at 5:16:46 AM

The other meaning is, well, those things. Sheep-human hybrids, like South Park's Crab People or similar.

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#4361: Feb 6th 2012 at 6:45:31 AM

The joke is taking the portmanteau slang term "sheeple" and employing a combination of Literal Genie and Exact Words to make it into a case of Speak of the Devil. Now I've gone and spoiled the joke for you.

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#4362: Feb 6th 2012 at 6:58:39 AM

Right. The idea is that these are sheep/human hybrids who have force and numbers to doom the world with their awakening. And this guy just did some awakening.

I thought it was pretty funny, though I haven't really seen the term "sheeple" in a good while...

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#4363: Feb 6th 2012 at 7:12:22 AM

I wouldn't call it a pun though.

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#4364: Feb 6th 2012 at 7:18:56 AM

I would.

"sheeple" generally refers to calling people metaphorical "sheep" for blindly following [X]

These Sheeple are literal sheep-people.

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#4365: Feb 6th 2012 at 7:41:41 AM

There's nothing about "sheep-people" that implies Eldritch Abomination though.

mrsaturn Youkai Serious Since: Jan, 2001
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#4366: Feb 6th 2012 at 7:52:44 AM

Don't underestimate sheep. They can be mean.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#4368: Feb 6th 2012 at 4:44:52 PM

Sleeping for thousands of years, rumbling voices, and cool staff implies elditch abomination though.

I'm just going to assume they're an entire race of the Elder Gruff from The Dresden Files. Now that would really make humanity screwed.

JethroQWalrustitty Since: Jan, 2001
#4370: Feb 7th 2012 at 6:37:53 AM

Also, this.

It's not a real screenshot, but it is a real photograph. Sheep can be scary.

edited 7th Feb '12 6:38:11 AM by JethroQWalrustitty

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#4371: Feb 7th 2012 at 12:19:02 PM

[up][up][up] I just realized how much the sheeple looks like Eldest Gruff. Yeah, humanity's boned.

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Gvzbgul from Middle Earth Since: Jul, 2010
#4372: Feb 7th 2012 at 12:55:11 PM

Actually, I'm pretty sure that pic is from Black Sheep The Movie, a New Zealand horror film about man eating sheep. It's a pretty cool film. Although I doubt that the picture has been edited at all.

edited 7th Feb '12 12:55:28 PM by Gvzbgul

ryzvonusef ryzvonusef from Pakistan Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
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#4373: Feb 7th 2012 at 10:47:10 PM

http://xkcd.com/1014/

Dyeing for Your Art taken to an extreme?

edited 7th Feb '12 10:47:56 PM by ryzvonusef

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SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#4374: Feb 8th 2012 at 2:05:07 AM

So I shouldn't go for the camera with the most megapixels?

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#4375: Feb 8th 2012 at 3:54:31 AM

[up]Not to the exclusion of anything else. There are other factors, such as maximum optical zoom, minimum macro distance, etc.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."

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