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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
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I assume that arsenic compounds aren't as poisonous to carbon-based lifeforms as pure arsenic is?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Depends upon the compound in question. I think that arsan (AsH3) is more toxic than raw arsenic, though.
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Why are the threads at the end of the forums blank?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
They were cleared out of the database some time ago when the site was running out of space, IIRC.
Ah.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
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Are you that blackface character from DBZ?
Yup.
I just realised Popo's pretty racist.
I'm assuming the same goes for Popo.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Isn't there a rule against using the phrase "and how!"?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Indeed, it's pointless Word Cruft and is almost always on a Zero Context Example
edited 7th Mar '14 8:25:59 PM by Sixthhokage1
I reeeaaaally hate that phrase.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Good for you that it's pretty much fair game to be nuked and the example commented out :P
What does "and how!" even mean? I've seen it a few times but don't use it because I don't really get what it means. Is it just emphasis?
Pretty much.
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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Is there a limit on how many rows a table in Microsoft Word should have? Because every time I make a long-ass table (think about 100-150 rows), every 54 rows or so results in a white space forming a break before the rest of the rows. It seems to also coincide with the wrap-the-text-around-the-table function not working, too.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
What trope is the "xxxxx" "yes" "really" "no!" under? i can't seem to find it.
Lost and found
would be a better place to ask something like this, but you're going to need to go into more detail because I have no idea what you're talking about.
You know, that one scene in Shrek and so many other places, where they do the whole guy 1 and 2 bantery sort of thing. guy 1*a a(probably dumb) question* guy 2"yes" guy 1"really?" guy 2"NO!"
I think they mean when two characters have a discussion, like:
Alice: Do you think that giant pandas are cute?
Bob [deadpan]: Yes.
Alice [surprised and happily]: REALLY?!
Bob [sardonically]: No.
edited 9th Mar '14 12:36:38 PM by INHopeLESSGuy
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What's the opposite of "the first among equals" in the context of a group's formal leader? I'm trying to come up with a good way to describe the contrast between:
- A high king's relationship to his vassal kings, who are more or less autonomous when it comes to ruling their own realms and even have considerable freedom in dictating their foreign affairs (so long as it doesn't go against the other kings' interests, like getting too chummy with a hostile foreign autocratic monarch).
- A monarch — whether a king/emperor or a high-ranking noble — who holds much more direct power and control over both his vassals and their realms and has zero tolerance for any of them persuming to claim an aristocratic/regnal title that is equal to or greater than his own (or, in the worst cases, implies that he has more measure of autonomy than he's comfortable with, e.g. an emperor refusing to allow any of his vassals to claim the title of "king").
Curable yes, so as long as it hasn't caused any permanent damage. They found it quite a while back - arsenic compounds, apparently.
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