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8:00 PM
@MrShinyandNew安宇 On a second thought, what is "English" doing in there? This site is all about English. So simply "Question" should do. And on a third thought, this site is all about questions. So put a blank in there and be done, geezis.
@Kitḫ Hey no stealing my attitude.
 
> I think the discussion regarding censorship should be discussed again because the sanitized title sounds too general, frankly boring, and will probably result in good answers being withheld because the question will be glossed over on the question list. – Brendon
@RegDwightѬſ道 Couldn't hear you over the complaints about not being able to rep-troll.
Let's just pepper all of our question titles with profanity so they are more interesting.
"What's the fucking difference between 'inessential' and 'nonessential'?"
"What the fuck does “Let me know if the problem persists” and shit like that exactly mean?"
@aediaλ i haz kweschun?
 
@Kitḫ "Who the F is reading this shite and why???"
Bestest question evar, mesupposes.
 
@RegDwightѬſ道 Yes. Yes! I love the additional question marks.
"If you were a fucker, would you be fucked, or be fucking?"
 
And then the answers would be just... EMPTY!!!! Cuz them would iz signed w/ ur name anyways lol so ur no need to answer roflmao.
 
omg rofl
 
8:06 PM
Like, if ur reading teh questino ur answerin empty u no and then it sez hoo iz read teh question and it is answerd then lol
Like Kit wus hear, and Reg wus to, u no, liek taht.
 
i no rite?
lolololol
 
moar markz lol one is liek ur poor or wat
 
an teh stoopid usrs rite liek ohai i iz readin it!
 
i wud liek if kosmo walk in this room rite now & c wut it luks liek
 
@Kitḫ i has asnwer no wait i doesnt
 
8:09 PM
omg omg zOMG!!!!1!!
i haz sum shakspeer. u wanna heer?
 
o i gotta run cuz ashten coocher is new chahly shien & its premier now in liek too minuets
 
obai!
 
bai hav funs!
 
k cu lol
 
Hier is sum shakspeer 4 ltr:
2B or not 2B iz kweshun!
shud i be sufferin
stoopid notty things
or tell usrs go 2 hell?
shud i b dyin? iz sleepin! just sleepin! lol
wen i iz sleepin makin gud purrs
visible z's!!1! evrybudy lieks sleepin!
sleepin and dreemin—oh noes!1!! dreemin is porblem!
 
8:11 PM
what up?
 
yo.
 
i aways wana heer shakkesper!!1!!
 
Also, what happened to Kos?
He was last seen in Aug, 27.
 
@aediaλ I hed onlee furst part.
@SonicTheHedgehog Kos wuz sad panda. Lef us.
then kittehs all sad pandas
 
@Kitḫ zOMG! rofl last too lines da mos awsum parts lolol
 
8:14 PM
funer if u no solilykwee.
 
Kosmonaut♦.
What happened to him?
 
yeh all sad panda noe bambu ur nufin to cheer up ethr
 
1 min ago, by Kitḫ
@SonicTheHedgehog Kos wuz sad panda. Lef us.
 
run way frum stoopds pplz i gess
 
Apr 13 '11 at 13:19, by RegDwight
Lots of echo in here.
 
8:15 PM
WHY???
 
we sed no no sad panda!
no cheezbugers.
 
Stop speaking like idiots!
 
@SonicTheHedgehog That's the miracle of acoustics.
@SonicTheHedgehog What do you mean: like?
 
@SonicTheHedgehog It is sad and painful.
We were lucky to keep Reg.
 
he hav funs an an eet cheezburgr wifout us mebbe
 
8:17 PM
yeah reg sez he happy.
 
Jul 13 '11 at 9:31, by RegDwight
I just got an email from Kosmonaut. He's out. It is thoroughly written, heartwarming and heartbreaking, and most importantly, spot on. I don't know what to reply or to think or how to go on from here. I just want to cry. TTYL.
Start catching up there.
 
waaaaaaaah
 
Oh, that still makes me feel teary.
 
BTW, Ashton Kutcher is still part of the plan, I'm only hanging out here for two more minutes to kick off the next war.
Apr 15 '11 at 14:14, by RegDwight
Hey, I'm only in for the gin. I'm only here for the beer.
 
@RegDwightѬſ道 Did they just substitute him? I mean, is he playing the same character that Charlie Sheen was?
Is it like the two Darrens?
 
8:19 PM
Charlie Sheen's character just died. Simple as that.
 
What?
 
Ashton Kutcher looks like Pokemon Trainer.
 
So his mom went looking for someone to rent his house to.
 
Oh.
Weird.
How did his character die?
 
Cue Ashton Kutcher.
 
8:20 PM
wait...
 
@Kitḫ I will never know unless I watch the reruns. Right now I am watching the clock tick down to 0.
 
Charlie Sheen was a real person, was he not?
 
Hence, "Charlie Sheen's character".
 
@SonicTheHedgehog He is, yes.
@RegDwightѬſ道 I'll wiki.
 
New war!
I'm spending my stam and going on regen for an hour or so. Laters honies.
 
8:22 PM
Bye.
Hmm, still don't get why he left...
 
Who? Kosmo?
 
He was a valued contributor and the head honcho shit on him, so he left.
Reg almost left too.
 
Jeff, eh?
 
That would be the one.
 
8:27 PM
What did the guy do that time?
 
Did you read the transcript? I don't really want to rehash it.
Here is the real beginning:
Jul 10 '11 at 11:11, by RegDwight
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A: Are questions about ununderstood English-language jokes on-topic?

Jeff AtwoodAnother (bad) example: Could anyone please explain this joke - I just don't get it... I do not feel that "explain this joke to me" should be on topic on a site ostensibly for linguists, etymologists, and (serious) English language enthusiasts In fact, I feel such questions degrade the...

 
man, this site is making me sad. The chrome hollandaise plate question was closed as off-topic over a year after it was answered.
whoops, under a year. but still.
 
@MrShinyandNew安宇 Say what?
 
It's Sonic's fault for asking.
 
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Q: What does the joke with the punchline about Chrome and Hollandaise mean, and why is it funny?

S RedA joke goes like this: A friend at work had an unusual dental related problem recently. About a month ago he had to have a small steel plate inserted in his mouth. A week later he noticed the plate was starting to rust. The dentist asked him if he had a change in his eating or drinking habits tha...

 
8:42 PM
Damn, every time I think I miss ELU and want to get back involved with it, I come to regret the impulse.
 
I mean, come on, if @nohat answers a question, it's worth not closing it.
I'm voting to re-open, who's with me?
 
I will. Fuck, nohat even answered it.
 
I will.
That question has been closed and reopened like twenty times, hasn't it?
 
user19161
@sonic Simple answer. Kosmo left after an argument with Jeff. QED.
 
3 reopens. Can we get two more?
 
8:45 PM
@aedia Come on, rainbow power!
@Cerb Bring the hell beasts and make some noise!
 
user19161
@Robusto Done. This neutralizes the invoice in my inbox just now.
 
@Matt How about you?
 
One more! Can we get an amen? I say, can we get an AMEN here on reopening this question?
 
That is a rather good pun/joke.
anyhow, getting back to the topic, this over a joke?
@Rob Amen. claps Amen.
 
@SonicTheHedgehog No, over Jeff's response and behaviour towards Kosmo
 
user19161
8:48 PM
@Kitḫ He's not here unless there is a terrible problem with my browser.
 
@Robusto raises hands Testify, my brother!
 
@MrShinyandNew True...
Is he always like this?
 
Is Jeff always an asshole?
Does the pope shit in the woods?
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Q: What does the phrase "Does the Pope sh** in the woods?" mean?

Elijah SaounkineI heard this phrase in the GTA San Andreas game. Sounds pretty offensive, nonetheless I don't really get what he meant to say. The context was something like: "Hey do you wanna make some money?" "Does the Pope shit in the woods?" Here's the video with CJ saying this phrase.

 
user19161
@sonic Guess who the MJ in your avatar looks like other than MJ himself.
 
8:50 PM
Just one more vote and it opens up. C'mon, peoples. Ask your friends. Canvass door to door. Do what it takes.
 
@Will You changed your name?
 
@Robusto I'm @-ing all my allies.
 
@Kitḫ — He may, but I can assure you that no bear is Catholic.
 
user19161
@SonicTheHedgehog Yup.
 
@Robusto Oh no. Dare I ask why?
 
8:52 PM
@Kitḫ — They're all C of E. I have it on good authority.
 
I see.
 
@Will Back to your question, Who?
 
user19161
is a 2008 Japanese film that is a spin-off to the Death Note film series. Although the film is inspired by the manga Death Note that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, it follows an original storyline. The film is set before the ending of Death Note II: The Last Name, which features the film version of L's death. The film is directed by Hideo Nakata, and it stars actor Kenichi Matsuyama as the character "L". Furthermore, child actor Narushi Fukuda stars as Near, while child actress Mayuko Fukuda plays the role of Maki Nikaido, a character who does not appear i...
 
user19161
Looks like L in Death Note series.
 
8:55 PM
WE NEED ONE MORE REOPEN VOTE! Who will step up? Look, we're giving you an opportunity to be somebody. Sure, it's not like being one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, but — oh, wait, it kind of is like that.
 
I'll change it sooner or later... But I like this picture of MJ.
@Rob ROFL.
 
user19161
Robusto is high.
 
High like a fox.
And I'm always like this.
 
Just to be an asshole, I am not going to give the open vote.
 
user19161
@SonicTheHedgehog You can't even if you want to.
 
8:57 PM
@SonicTheHedgehog — What a strange reason to tip the balance over toward assholery.
 
@SonicTheHedgehog You are too young to be an asshole.
 
@Will shh!
 
@Robusto ironically, closers get immortal recognition in the list of "closed by ..." but re-openers are invisible.
 
@MrShinyandNew安宇 — Is that a fact? Well, I'll be damned.
 
@SonicTheHedgehog it's not like it's a secret. I bet Rob, like myself, checked the stats of everyone in this room to see if we had a quorum.
 
user19161
8:58 PM
@SonicTheHedgehog Too late!
 
@Robusto well... I think so. I mean, I've never seen "This question has been closed by..." ... "This question has been re-opened by..."
 
@MrShinyandNew安宇 I did do that. How geeky is it, really?
 
@Kitḫ it's not geeky... it's politics!
Politics is what drove human intelligence to evolve!
 
Is that why we're so stupid?
 
:( sadly yes
 
9:00 PM
@MrShinyandNew安宇 I commented in order to mark my territory for posterity.
 
So you get famous for being a destroyer, but not a redeemer, huh? Sounds like someone hasn't been doing their homework on Manichaeism.
 
but: we're smarter than some insects!
 
I'm sure if they see my name on it, people will think twice before voting to close it.
I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.
Oh wait. No.
 
here's a fun fact for you non-biologists out there: The nerves in your nose are directly connected to (i.e. are an extension of) your brain. That means when you smell poop, poop molecules are actually rubbing against your brain.
 
Mr. Shiny!
You know I'm a reformed neuroscientist, don't you?
 
9:01 PM
@Kitḫ yes
 
And a biologist by training?
 
giggles
slaps @MrShiny
 
@MrShinyandNew安宇 — Thanks for sharing. My wife and I have cats, btw.
 
Yay!
 
9:03 PM
Anyway, this gives a whole new meaning to "shit for brains."
 
It's reopened!
 
@Kitḫ wait, what was that for? because I made you think of uncomfortable truths?
 
I wonder who our fifth was?
@MrShinyandNew安宇 For your potty mouth!
 
How about this: in the uterus, a baby starts peeing. It also drinks the uterine fluid. That means before you were born you spent months drinking your own urine.
 
Don't forget about the shit.
 
9:04 PM
@Kitḫ it's potty nose, weren't you paying attention?
 
W00t! I love the smell of reopened questions in the afternoon. It smells like ... victory.
 
So it is true that the poop particle rubs on your brain?
 
My former advisor used to nag me with that one.
 
@Kitḫ well, that may not happen. But the urine thing does for sure.
 
I almost sued him over it.
He was really annoying about it.
It's also not really true.
 
9:05 PM
which one? the poop molecules? or the baby pee?
 
@Kit So what happened to him?
 
The baby pee.
 
I don't know what is so special about this whole baby-drinking-pee-and-eating-feces issue. We all have to bite down on the shit sandwich from time to time — if we want to stay employed, that is.
 
@SonicTheHedgehog Nothing.
 
@Rob Now for once I am glad I am in school.
 
9:06 PM
@Kitḫ in what way isn't it true? I read it somewhere, it must be true!
 
Fetal waste exchange is not remotely like what ex utero humans do.
 
@SonicTheHedgehog — That doesn't last.
 
It's kind of like saying that shit particles are rubbing on your brain.
It's just silliness.
Intended to provoke.
 
@Kitḫ oh, you mean, the fetal urine isn't like infant urine, so, chill out? yeah, that's true.
 
@MrShinyandNew安宇 I'm not even sure you can call it urine.
 
9:09 PM
 
@Kitḫ According to the Straight Dope it is. that's all the confirmation I need :) straightdope.com/columns/read/2667/…
 
user19161
A woman who was trapped on a boat in the ocean after a ship wreck had to drink her own urine to survive before rescuers came.
 
user19161
So urine can save your life.
 
@WillHunting that doesn't mean it isn't gross.
 
user19161
But shit cannot.
 
9:10 PM
Urine is quite sterile.
Safe for drinking in most cases.
 
user19161
Therefore urine is better than shit. QED.
 
@MrShinyandNew安宇 Well, granted. But neither of my boys shit in utero.
@aediaλ Yay!
And on that happy note, I'm off for home.
Laterz, yo!
 
@Kitḫ have fun!
 
Bai!
 
9:12 PM
Well, enough of this high-toned conversation. I need to commute. Laterz all.
 
Looks like I missed the meeting. :-)
 
Yeah it's time for me to leave too. bye everyone.
 
Safe commutes y'all!
 
user19161
9:25 PM
@MetaEd There are always meetings here. Also, in case you did not know, you can click on the arrow to the right of the message to reply, and on the one on the left to link backwards.
 
thanks!
I had no idea I needed to hang out here ... as much as I've been involved with english.se I think I'd better start.
 
10:11 PM
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Q: What is a word for an officious person who tells the ending of movie and mystery story, and spoils your interest?

Yoichi OishiOxford Advanced English Learners’ Dictionary gives ‘wet blanket’ as a noun meaning; “A person who is 'not enthusiastic' about anything and who stops other people from enjoying themselves.” Are there a short word for a person who is 'too enthusiastic' to spare his or her fun in something (e.g. m...

"My daughter."
 
@MetaEd — You mean you didn't know the ending to Mulan or The Little Mermaid already?
 
@Robusto I was thinking of spoilers when she's sitting with her mom and me watching a Doctor Who episode she's already seen.
 
Ah.
 
She just gets so ... excited ... and starts spilling the beans about this and that.
 
Haha.
How old is she?
 
10:25 PM
Fourteen, which is to say sometimes seven and sometimes twenty-seven. She's a delight, don't get me wrong.
 
Hehe.
I see.
 
@Kitḫ looks like I didn't have to!
Also, you can see who reopened the question in the edit history
 
Everybody here has children.
 
I do not!
 
Except Matt and I.
 
10:26 PM
:D
 
And Aedia.
 
and Jasper
 
Yes.
 
and Simchona (I assume)
 
I have the one daughter. Her mom has three more, all grown.
 
10:26 PM
And Mahnax, probably.
 
and Sonic
 
Heh.
 
but everyone else, definitely
 
It would be cool to get children aged 12 or so, when you can really have intelligent conversations with them, and skip the earlier years.
@MattЭллен Oh, and except Reg.
 
@MattЭллен — Yes. The Reopeners will henceforth be referred to as "The Good Guys" and the others will — well, you get the idea.
 
10:27 PM
:D
@Robusto Post Reopened by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇, Kitḫ, Robusto 初夢, Will Hunting, aedia λ
 
A/K/A "The Good Guys"
 
Her mom would tell you she misses the 1 or 2 year olds terribly. There are delights at any age, I think.
 
Actually, we might become a squad of superheroes called ... The Reopeners.
 
you could have a van
and drive around the country helping questions in oppressive situations
 
Which question?
 
10:29 PM
How about the terrible twos?
 
@MattЭллен Hmm ... page not found
 
let me try that again
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Q: What does the joke with the punchline about Chrome and Hollandaise mean, and why is it funny?

S RedA joke goes like this: A friend at work had an unusual dental related problem recently. About a month ago he had to have a small steel plate inserted in his mouth. A week later he noticed the plate was starting to rust. The dentist asked him if he had a change in his eating or drinking habits tha...

 
We need a Hit Girl for the super squad.
 
it would make intimidation more effective
 
10:38 PM
ZOMG, or maybe ... a Kit Girl! Can it be only a coincidence?
 
OYFG! It's the perfect match
 
The purple hair, the leather body suit, the plaid, pleated skirt, the combination of bloodthirst and innocence — it all fits.
 
It's like when you realise that clark kent is batman
It's so obvious in hindsight
 
@MattЭллен What??
I thought he was just a clerk.
My world is shaken.
 
@MattЭллен Bruce Wayne replies, "What am I, chopped liver?"
 
10:42 PM
@Cerberus oh, sorry, I should have announced SPOILER
 
@MetaEd he's spiderman, silly!
 
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Q: First person or third person — which should I use in CV/Resume?

karla Possible Duplicate: Is it normal in English to talk about oneself in the third person in these cases? I'm currently preparing my CV in English. I'm not native English speaker and I rarely wrote any common documents in language other than my mother's. That's why I'm worried about some...

 
@MattЭллен I'm afraid to ask.
 
@MattЭллен Next thing you're going to tell me Aedia is a painted horse with a plastic horn from the toy store!
 
10:43 PM
Just so you know, I have closed it as a dupe.
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Q: Is it normal in English to talk about oneself in the third person in these cases?

language hackerA Japanese person said that it is often normal to talk about oneself in the third person in English. This is what he wrote: For example, when you write a CV or an introduction of yourself, the formal way is to refer to yourself in third person. The same is in academic paper. Do you thin...

It's up to you to close the original as well, or let it live.
 
@Cerberus Ha! never. She sometimes dresses as a horse to walk amoung the normal folk
 
By the way, I think "we" is ridiculous if there is only one author.
 
@Reg, I think we scared this person away
 
@MattЭллен Ahhh so the other way around, phew.
Then how does she hide her horn?
 
@Cerberus magic?
 
10:45 PM
Does she wear a party hat when she goes out incognita?
 
@simchona You want my honest reaction? Good riddance.
 
@MattЭллен Or that.
 
@MetaEd fear is the mind killer
 
@RegDwightѬſ道 I was surprised he took it so badly
 
Aww.
 
10:45 PM
Again, his loss, not ours.
We are not here to babysit every person on this planet who can get all pansy over nothing.
 
@RegDwightѬſ道 — No, that is the moderator's job.
 
To get all pansy over nothing?
 
I for one don't feel very happy when someone else is miserable. There is a human being behind that user name. It may be inevitable, but it is sad.
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I'll take it.
 
@RegDwightѬſ道 — Well, if the shoe fits.
 
10:47 PM
I'm on the fence. He was nice in chat, but in that question he just couldn't see why it didn't fit
 
@Cerberus — You are obviously not moderator material.
 
Hey I actually posted a comment. It might have been snarky, but that's what you should be prepared to get for not thinking.
@Robusto Cerberus is already moderating the hell out of, well, the Hell.
 
Just don't fuck with The Reopeners. We will waste you.
 
@Robusto I know how to moderate, and I didn't say Reg did anything wrong. I just hate making other people feel bad unless they're trying to do the same to others.
 
Jan 5 at 16:33, by RegDwight Ѭſ道
May I just yawn and shrug?
 
10:50 PM
I hate it even when it's necessary.
 
@Cerberus possibly. I would be easier than an invisibility spell
 
@MattЭллен And more of a party!
 
@Cerberus Well if it helps you, people who post basic questions with zero research make me feel bad.
 
Right.
 
Feb 9 '11 at 13:51, by Robusto
What about a little quid pro quo?
 
10:52 PM
@RegDwightѬſ道 — Permission granted.
 
Those people don't realize what they're doing. They're not doing it on purpose.
Well, I sometimes gloat over correcting or punishing others too.
 
Of course they are not doing it on purpose. But that doesn't change the fact that their question doesn't belong. In fact, it only makes the matters worse.
 
But The Reopeners will still waste you.
 
Because now you have to explain why to the people who don't care about the why by definition.
@Robusto If they actually try and fix the question rather than just clicking reopen and be done, they are welcome to waste me as much as they wish.
 
@RegDwightѬſ道 Yeah, because you're being nice to them by explaining it.
 
10:57 PM
@RegDwightѬſ道 — Oh, puh-leez. Fix a question? When there are no clear lines drawn and everything is open to interpretation?
 
@Robusto Point taken.
3 hours ago, by RegDwight Ѭſ道
Now let's change it to "Etymology of a word", throw away the key and go home.
 
@Kitḫ you would be fucking. -ers do the thing, -ees have the thing done to them, so if you were being fucked, you'd be the fuckee.
 

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