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Cidolfas Since: Jan, 2001
#23701: Aug 30th 2022 at 6:04:53 AM

"And we walked off / To look for Saskaaaaaatchewan"

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#23702: Aug 30th 2022 at 8:49:11 AM

I don't understand what "scan" means there.

[down]Thanks.

Edited by Medinoc on Aug 30th 2022 at 6:16:06 PM

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#23703: Aug 30th 2022 at 8:53:41 AM

It means they have the same number of syllables and rhythm, so you can substitute them in a lyric without changing the cadence of the song. Note how "America", "Andromeda" and "Antarctica" all sound the same, but also "Morovia" and "the metaverse" have the same cadence.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy Casual
#23704: Aug 30th 2022 at 8:58:19 AM

Subnautica The Beautiful certainly works. That game's gorgeous.

(Annoyed grunt)
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#23705: Aug 30th 2022 at 12:00:45 PM

O beautiful, for spacious seas,
For azure waves of bliss
For turquoise kelp and violet reefs
Above the black abyss!

Subnautica! Subnautica! I sing your wild praise,
And yet I'd rather look at you from safely out in space.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy Casual
#23706: Aug 30th 2022 at 12:22:01 PM

[up] I love that.[awesome]

(Annoyed grunt)
Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#23707: Aug 30th 2022 at 2:03:49 PM

I agree, that’s fantastic! [awesome]

Edited by Galadriel on Aug 30th 2022 at 2:04:12 AM

Daremo Misanthrope Supreme from Parts Unknown Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: If it's you, it's okay
#23708: Aug 30th 2022 at 2:11:59 PM

Scan in this case is short/derives from Scansion.

Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#23709: Aug 30th 2022 at 4:35:24 PM

And yet I'd rather look at you from safely out in space.

Aw, come on, how dangerous can the ocean be when it gave us this? ;P

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#23710: Aug 31st 2022 at 3:08:24 PM

Universe price tiers

Why's our diety gotta be a cheapskate?tongue

[down][down]*Ahem*

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Aug 31st 2022 at 6:39:41 AM

My musician page
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#23711: Aug 31st 2022 at 3:11:47 PM

In Universe Lite, bad things only happen to good people. That is a mood.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#23712: Aug 31st 2022 at 3:12:49 PM

Universe Price Tiers

Most of these seem to indicate that we are in a standard edition universe, though that does imply that if a tree falls in the forest and no one around to hear it, it makes a simple beep noise.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Florien The They who said it from statistically, slightly right behind you. Since: Aug, 2019
The They who said it
#23714: Aug 31st 2022 at 9:55:10 PM

[up] That's the answer to the question of life the universe and everything. What the question of life the universe and everything actually IS remains unknown, so it's not the meaning of life.

I think it was established in the books that no one can know both the question and that the answer to it is 42 at the same time.

I mean assuming I remember correctly, it has been years since I've read the books.

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#23715: Sep 1st 2022 at 12:06:21 AM

Yup, both the question and the answer cannot be simultaneously known in the same iteration of the universe. One character theorized that it would cause the universe to reset. Arthur at one point was almost able to figure out what it was via subconscious Scrabble tile throwing, but it came out to "what is the product of six and nine", which is not quite right.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
TwinBird Dunkies addict from Eastern Mass Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Dunkies addict
#23717: Sep 2nd 2022 at 7:03:43 PM

I feel like when we consider the historicity of atmospheric motion, if trees didn't make the expected sound when they fell without an audience, we'd know it, or at least know something was wrong, and more wrong the more heavily forested and sparsely populated an area were.

My posts make considerably more sense read in the voice of John Ratzenberger.
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#23718: Sep 2nd 2022 at 7:47:57 PM

The original question "when a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound" is about the difference between phenomena and qualia. Is "a sound" the vibration in the air (and ground) caused by the tree falling? Or is it the resonance in your eardrums (or a microphone) which becomes an electrical signal sent to your brain (or a recording device)? Both, because language is contextual.

The idea that it just goes "beep" instead is a joke.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#23719: Sep 3rd 2022 at 1:00:23 AM

Yeah, I've had a few "how could you not have seen/heard/read X?" moments directed at me too, though not on the internet. Fan Myopia is a real thing.

Also, I always have had trouble recognizing artists by voice, or connecting names to numbers, so all too often I would know the songs but not the bands.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#23720: Sep 3rd 2022 at 4:12:19 PM

That's the first time I've seen the words "Green Day" together.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#23721: Sep 3rd 2022 at 5:43:31 PM

Green Day

(I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes, but it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street, on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps, and I'm the only one and I walk alone
)

Edited by Noaqiyeum on Sep 3rd 2022 at 1:43:46 PM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#23722: Sep 4th 2022 at 12:49:05 AM

This is Green Day:

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Cidolfas Since: Jan, 2001
#23723: Sep 5th 2022 at 6:41:18 AM

I've pretty much stopped chatting to strangers online (I think this and The Daily WTF are the only places that I still leave comments). I'm almost exclusively a lurker. Not sure when it stopped (I used to do nothing *but* talking to strangers online) but my colleagues and family are enough connection for me.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#23724: Sep 5th 2022 at 9:44:46 AM

Yeah, I had a very similar transition. It's like I don't really feel like spending the time and energy on these things any more.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
TwinBird Dunkies addict from Eastern Mass Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Dunkies addict
#23725: Sep 5th 2022 at 9:45:18 AM

According to Billie Joe Armstrong, it means "free day." Of course, it's also a Japanese holiday.

My posts make considerably more sense read in the voice of John Ratzenberger.

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