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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

RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#157651: Sep 12th 2013 at 2:15:45 PM

Do heterodoxists ever consider orthodox schools for their work, or are they all as bad as stereotyped?

"Did you expect somebody else?"
Brahian1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#157652: Sep 12th 2013 at 2:16:10 PM

So then I was like, "No way!" and then she was like "Yes way!" and then I was like "No way!" and then she was like "Yes way!" and then I was like, "No way!" and then she was like, "Yes way!" and then I was like...

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
INHOPELESSGUY Since: Apr, 2011
Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#157654: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:06:53 PM

interesting for you botanists and toxicologists

INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.
EgregiousOne Dark Master of Stairs from the Mancave of Despair Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Dark Master of Stairs
#157655: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:07:35 PM

There's nothing like a bustling, cheerful crowd to threaten a good mood. evil grin

"I'm not a nerd. I'm a specialist." ~Sousuke Sagara
ShaneBaneNeumann Shane Neumann, the Master of Failures from Gansbaai, South Africa, Earth Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Shane Neumann, the Master of Failures
#157656: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:20:29 PM

A large group of people tend to bring my mood skyrocketing all the way into the underworld.

That's how it feels for me, at least.
Being a shy person, I always feel like that around a crowd. Even if said crowd is family. sad

Dragon Riders is canceled and Team Dragon Rise is disbanded. I'm a failure as an administrator of two forums.
EgregiousOne Dark Master of Stairs from the Mancave of Despair Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Dark Master of Stairs
#157657: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:21:28 PM

Kindred spirit, eh? waii

"I'm not a nerd. I'm a specialist." ~Sousuke Sagara
nekoalexa from the same place I've always been Since: Oct, 2010
#157658: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:24:13 PM

@Who I just randomly found it in a google search for something completely unrelated, but here's the rest of it. I really didn't crop much off of it. I did brighten it up a bit, though, obviously... tongue

@Phoenix Well, that's good. I was hoping I wouldn't be the only person to think it looks cool... ^_^

AC:NL Dream Address: 5200-2582-5967
Whowho Since: May, 2012
#157659: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:28:25 PM

That is something beautiful.

I think something sad about the modern world is that we've lost the exotic side to the erotic. It's rare photography can show you something that is completely free of explanation. Fantasy on the other hand; I think that can give us something we've been missing.

nekoalexa from the same place I've always been Since: Oct, 2010
#157660: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:32:03 PM

Well, this is more a drawing than photography, though... tongue

But I find it kinda hard to find really cool and weird pictures like this one...Of course, that could just be me...

And something like this seems like it'd be fun to draw sometime...I wish I had a way to do digital art... >_<

AC:NL Dream Address: 5200-2582-5967
INHOPELESSGUY Since: Apr, 2011
#157661: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:35:47 PM

Indeed, Whoman. Indeed.

I am sad that nobody in Britain follows British writing style.

Numbers under one-hundred must be written out. Dashes are optional, but recommended. They must be needed when writing, unless to link two items; eg "singer-songwriter".

Full stops are not needed when writing also. So it is always "eg", never e.g., and always Mr or Govt, never Mr. or Govt.

Acronyms that are sounded out must be written in regular-case. eg it is "Nato", never "NATO", nor "N.A.T.O.". Other acronyms must be written in capital letters, with no full stops.

All dates are in AD, except when clarification is needed. eg it is always "2013", never "AD 2013". However, it is okay to write "from 50 BC to AD 100" as there may be confusion with the dates.

The thousand separator must be spaces; never commas. It is 10 000 000, never 10,000,000.

edited 12th Sep '13 3:36:28 PM by INHOPELESSGUY

Catfish42 Bloody Fossil from world´s favourite country. Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Bloody Fossil
#157662: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:38:31 PM

Acronyms must be written in regular-case.

But then how will you know it's an acronym?

A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the line
INHOPELESSGUY Since: Apr, 2011
#157663: Sep 12th 2013 at 3:43:05 PM

Because usually, acroyms are written in brackets next to the thing they're acronyms of, unless its a well-known institution, like Nato.

So, I would write

"The European Space Agency (Esa) announced today that they would fly a cake into the moon. An Esa spokesperson said that they would make it a three-tiered cake-structure."

EgregiousOne Dark Master of Stairs from the Mancave of Despair Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Dark Master of Stairs
#157664: Sep 12th 2013 at 5:02:49 PM

That feeling when someone you very much like, respect, and admire turns out to be a royal    PAIN    to work with. [lol]

Him: "I'd like to talk to you about how our subsystems will talk to each other; what we're currently planning will mean a lot of unnecessary work for me."

Me: "I see; let me think about it." -thinks at length- "Here's a solution that lightens your workload significantly at my expense. It even happens to mesh nicely with what everyone else is doing."

Him: "That's a terrible idea; what we're already doing should work perfectly, why would we change that?"

...

Him: "By the way, I would also like to talk about changing the standard signal format that we spent two and a half hours agreeing on last week."

Nice guy; great engineer. But I've been sorely tempted to tear his throat out more than once now. evil grin[lol]

edited 12th Sep '13 5:03:24 PM by EgregiousOne

"I'm not a nerd. I'm a specialist." ~Sousuke Sagara
NoNameGiven from Nowhere Since: Jul, 2013
#157665: Sep 12th 2013 at 6:16:22 PM

Once upon a time I used to like comic books. Yes, I really did.

Specially The Marvel and DC ones.

However, nowadays there are so many comics sequels, spin-offs, Alternate Universes, Crossovers and so many new characters that it became very difficult to follow. It is much easier to read manga since at least I know it will not suddenly crossover with something else...

Still, wish I could go back to read comics...

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death itself may die."
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#157666: Sep 12th 2013 at 6:17:21 PM

That's why Linkara and I prefer the animated series version of X Men. cool[tup]

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Whowho Since: May, 2012
#157667: Sep 12th 2013 at 6:32:27 PM

I would like comics to be more standalone stories... but I must admit Marvel has gotten very good at a continuing story; Uncanny Avengers was a brilliant natural look at the things that came before and what future may lie before us.

ShaneBaneNeumann Shane Neumann, the Master of Failures from Gansbaai, South Africa, Earth Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Shane Neumann, the Master of Failures
#157668: Sep 13th 2013 at 3:23:06 AM

That feeling when someone you very much like, respect, and admire turns out to be a royal PAIN to work with.
For some reason it reminds me of 2008, when I had to do a task for school regarding role models. (Which, unfortunately, I had none, so I had to improvise.)
And when I was finally finished with said task, the teacher didn't accept it, instead choosing one for me.
Making it worse, the enforced role model was a sportsman... and I hate sports. And to make things worse, I couldn't even find much information about that guy. >:/
...

I guess that's... a random thought... surprised

Dragon Riders is canceled and Team Dragon Rise is disbanded. I'm a failure as an administrator of two forums.
RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#157669: Sep 13th 2013 at 3:28:37 AM

Hope - I don't do so because of how few of my peers do so, thus I don't want to cause confusion among them. Typically I will use commas only as to not confuse others, and acronyms are all as done typically to them.

That's what happens when your peers are American, others Europeans, and some from the Middle East - we just use one standard way to do so to prevent confusion.

(I feel the need to point out I was educated as such, but my lecturers for my degree were either American or Japanese - and both wrote the same way.)

"Did you expect somebody else?"
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#157670: Sep 13th 2013 at 7:19:01 AM

Is there a name for the hairstyle where someone with long hair kind of folds it up behind their head and fastens it with a clip?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#157671: Sep 13th 2013 at 9:50:34 AM

At first I didn't think so, but Skandar Keynes is cute. ;p

And older than me. That's just weird.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
Sixthhokage1 Since: Feb, 2013
#157672: Sep 13th 2013 at 9:52:12 AM

-clicks link, looks at picture- Damn, he's real cute

EgregiousOne Dark Master of Stairs from the Mancave of Despair Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Dark Master of Stairs
#157673: Sep 13th 2013 at 10:28:04 AM

I third this assessment. grin

"I'm not a nerd. I'm a specialist." ~Sousuke Sagara
Whowho Since: May, 2012

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