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7:19 PM

@tchrist I wanted to vote Tom

@JohanLarsson For the Filipino post?

for mod

Oh.

or are you already a mod?

The blue is usually a sign of that. :)

7:21 PM

yes

so that is how you solved your avatar issue :)

I'm an appointed mod on the new Portuguese language site, because I was nominated to the position by the community.

@JohanLarsson Yep, I changed my color. :)

I am interested in the ELL election, though.

I would like there to be a lot of voters.

Elections with few voters sometimes do not turn out well.

i did not recognize any of them

Oh, I do. But you are not really an active ELU or ELL member, so this is not so surprising.

yes

no point in me voting

I see what you mean. Well, the short story is that there are some very strong candidates on that ballot. But even apart from that, the ELL community has a fair core of vibrant and determined members with a lot of energy.

I’m continually scared about getting in trouble for like always upvoting Sven’s posts instead of ever downvoting them. But what can I do? He does such a good job.

I don't seek them out or anything naughty like that. I just come across them normally, and go wow.

7:38 PM

link one?

1

A: What dialect or accent is Woishington?

According to a map based on the Atlas of North American English, central Illinois is unevenly apportioned into areas dominated by two major American dialects: Inland North, which accounts for the northern third of the state plus a long finger of territory called the St. Louis Corridor that extend...

english.stackexchange.com/users/36232/…

Don't go through those and upvote them, of course.

8:00 PM

I don't vote much on elu

Matt E. Эллен

8:19 PM

I don't upvote much on EL&U

Has the World Cup hype started in the UK?

@MattE.Эллен heh

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer: when to use younger than and younger to? by dddd on english.stackexchange.com

Matt E. Эллен

@Rigor Not that I've noticed.

serious question: has every thing a reason?

has a 'thing' itself a reason?

8:26 PM

serious answer: no

What's your counterexample?

Define reason.

@MattE.Эллен :)

Sturgeon’s Law predicts that 90% of ELU postings are crap.

Matt E. Эллен

indeed :D and we like to obey the law

8:29 PM

@Rigor a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.

The bikeshedding questions are the ones where I’m apt to lose the most rep.

@crl That’s awfully complicated.

I really wish people wouldn’t give one-liner answers that anybody could look up.

I mean, is that really an answer?

@crl that sir is circular :)

a reason is a reason

this is circular ^

Everything happens for a reason and there's a reason for everything

So is this^

:P

I rather see it as the same expression turned differently

8:37 PM

So your original question can only have a circular answer.

you are misologist

For some questions, yes.

I attribute it to one too many trips down the rabbit hole :-)

3 hours later…

11:40 PM

What's the IPA of Mos Eisley, assuming it's pronounced [Moss Eyes Lee]? scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/102000/…

@Mazura Let's make the question "What's the IPA of Mos Eisley as pronounced in this video?" More canonical that way! :-)

@randal'thor I'd prefer the scene where a trooper says it: "Its markings match those of a ship that blasted its way out of Mos Eisley." I was unable to find an isolated sound bite for that one.

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