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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

Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#55577: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:15:04 AM

What does it take to make somebody mute? In terms of physical trauma, I mean.

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vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#55578: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:16:20 AM

Damaged the vocal chords?

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#55579: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:18:12 AM

Well yeah... I'm wondering if a really severe burn could do it, or failing that a blade to the neck.

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Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#55580: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:31:37 AM

Burns severe enough to render someone mute would probably kill the inflicted. I'd go for a blade to the throat, or strangulation.

Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#55581: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:32:29 AM

Thus, in the time of Newton, people compared everything including living beings to a clockwork ... In each age people use the latest technological developments as models for the mind ... This whole approach seems to be affected with irreducible contingency. There is really no necessity for it at all.
I want to see Hydraulic models of the mind, now.

edited 19th Feb '11 11:32:38 AM by Myrmidon

Kill all math nerds
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#55584: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:35:16 AM

Clearly.

I should get a Kindle, 'cause it's the only way I'm going to be able to read 120 Days In Sodom in public.

Kill all math nerds
AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#55585: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:36:13 AM

Or you could hide it inside a copy of Time...?

Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#55586: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:37:18 AM

Use a hardcover and then switch the cover?

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
vigilantly taxonomish
#55587: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:37:56 AM

There's a car out the back. At least, I think it's a car.

Whoever or whatever it is, they keep honking. :/

For, like, the past five minutes or so, at regular intervals.

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Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#55588: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:38:11 AM

The whole time I was reading Naked Lunch I was afraid someone would look over my shoulder, and see, well, any of it.

Kill all math nerds
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#55589: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:39:21 AM

Clearly they're waiting for someone. Use your psychic powers to fetch them.

People look over stranger's shoulders at what they're reading?

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#55590: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:39:25 AM

^^^Gamzee 's coming for you >:D

^^For some reason I now entertain the idea of reading weird books in public, for laughs.

edited 19th Feb '11 11:39:53 AM by AnonymousUser

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#55591: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:40:25 AM

Even people I know don't look over my shoulder when I'm reading.

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melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#55592: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:41:34 AM

Nice does wear glasses and an eyepatch at the same time. This might be workable.

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
vigilantly taxonomish
#55593: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:43:47 AM

^^^ IT KEEPS HAPENING And no sooner have I typed that than they seem to have stopped.

I greatly dislike other people reading things over my shoulder.

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Idler20 Rabbit Season Since: Oct, 2010
Rabbit Season
#55594: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:44:11 AM

It'd be interesting to read one of these in public and see what reactions you get.

You're an ad hominem attack!
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#55595: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:46:24 AM

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way

?_?

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BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
vigilantly taxonomish
#55596: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:47:02 AM

Some of those look like they'd take some nerve to be seen reading them in public.

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Idler20 Rabbit Season Since: Oct, 2010
Rabbit Season
#55597: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:47:28 AM

[up][up] Presumably that means you kill anyone who stands in your way.

edited 19th Feb '11 11:47:44 AM by Idler20

You're an ad hominem attack!
SunshineWerewolf Since: Jan, 2011
#55598: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:47:46 AM

Just read it. I read Crash on the train and got away with it. Even reading it aloud to some of my friends in the college canteen...

melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#55599: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:48:45 AM

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way
I vote for this one.

SunshineWerewolf Since: Jan, 2011
#55600: Feb 19th 2011 at 11:51:13 AM

[up] It's either that or the riveting-sounding 8th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium Proceedings.


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