English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Suppose that there's a rule about how to behave in a society (a school, a chatroom, whatever) that goes: Offensive behavior is better (1)avoided / (2)be avoided / (3)to be avoided here. I suppose #1 is grammatical (see this question for example), but I'm not sure about #2 and #3. There m...

Mitch

@Færd but you'll only get one opinion

Færd

6:24 PM

Yes, but you can discuss it.

Mitch

Somebody please reply 'no you won't'

Færd

Well, neither one is perfect. But this is still better than nothing.

@Mitch :D

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Mitch opinions are like assholes. Everyone has two or three.

question_asker

and mine is awesome

Kit Z. Fox

So you're saying I have well-groomed opinions?

Mitch

6:28 PM

Well pruned?

Færd

I appreciate them.

Mitch

A topiary of opinions

Færd

@KitZ.Fox Oh, I thought you were talking to me.

Well, anyway!

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@Mitch Pruned so well it may be overripe...

Mitch

Well plummed

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

6:33 PM

Just Peachy

Mitch

A dried peach should be called a 'prunch'

Færd

feels the need for a porn.SE

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

why

you monster

Færd

wonders if he's the only one with a perverted mind

Mitch

'Can anyone give examples of rule 31?' Closed as too broad

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

6:36 PM

[insert joke about the female gender][insert closed as too broad joke]

We need a meta meta.SE

Færd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver That's chat.SE, supposedly.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@Færd meta chat.SE

Mitch

insert joke about insertion

Færd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver Hash it out on meta first.

@Mitch inserted

^

It's too late at night for me to engage in this type of conversation.

Sleep well when the night comes to you.

o/

Matt E. Эллен

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver there's a chat.meta.se if that's any help

@KitZ.Fox I don't know what I want

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

6:45 PM

@MattE.Эллен I want a meta.chat.se

Matt E. Эллен

well you can't have it

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@MattE.Эллен but i wanttttttttttttt ittttttttttttttttttt

Matt E. Эллен

unless you do some kind of clever redirect with your local name resolution

question_asker

6:58 PM

it's in my face, but I can't grab it

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Work On Sunday

Thou Shalt Not Dance

Seriously though the Bible says anyone who works on Sunday should be put to death.

Mitch

The bible says a lot of things

But it brought us the one day weekend (followed by the two day weekend)

And corn flakes

Matt E. Эллен

The bible says there are seven days in a week. It's all made up clap trap

question_asker

the bible is weird, but fine

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Tempted to become a Christian so I can not work on Sundays because 'lol it's my religun so i dont have to conform to logik and workin'

Mitch

7:07 PM

May 6 at 13:23, by Mitch

@MετάEd days of the week, opiate of the masses

question_asker

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver That would almost definitely not get you out of working.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@question_asker Whatever amendment gives freedom of religion also allows you to escape work according to the beliefs of your religion

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver I used to work at a place where there were employees who didn't work one of saturday or sunday, even though the rest of us were working 12-16 hours/day, 7 days/week.

MετάEd

@MattE.Эллен Definitely. If you know what's good for you.

Mitch

leaves work early...as vicar

question_asker

7:10 PM

Well, insofar as you can get away with not working - that excuse won't go far with most businesses that expect people to work on Sundays. So if you're in an office, you're probably fine. If you work retail... not so much.

Matt E. Эллен

avoids Ed

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 umg ur ofindin my religun

it says i don hav 2 werk on sundays

bigotttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt‌t

MετάEd

@Færd The standard on the main site is verifiably correct answers. Here in the chat room that standard does not apply.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver um. you're trying to be funny, or something? But my point is that the thing you're joking about actually does happen.

question_asker

Then again, of all the Christians I've known, I've never known any who refuse to work on Sundays.

MετάEd

7:11 PM

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver No it doesn't.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

they got to take the day off because it was against their religion.

@question_asker I have. And some (7th day adventists) who refuse to work Saturdays.

MετάEd

The Bible says anyone who works on SATURDAY should be put to death. Get your Sabbath straight.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Ah dang

I just remembered Sunday was the day he rested

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@MετάEd well, they moved it.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

I associated Sunday with that, of course.

question_asker

7:12 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yeah, I don't think none exist, just that it's not very common.

MετάEd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver He rested on Saturday. Actually he rested from Friday evening to Saturday evening.

question_asker

and again, a lot of places would tell you to find another job if you tried to pull that

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Then why is Sunday special?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@question_asker I refuse to believe that you are adopting a reasonable, nuanced position on this topic!

MετάEd

"And the evening and the morning were a big nap for God. And God saw that it was good."

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

7:13 PM

"And God hugged his teddy bear Sqeakums tightly"

question_asker

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'm only a idiot jerk most of the time

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver The Church moved the sabbath to Sunday

Mitch

@MετάEd you mean everything been lying all this time?

MετάEd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver Because a Saturday Night Special is a whole other thing.

Kit Z. Fox

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver Anyone who works on the sabbath.

MετάEd

7:13 PM

@Mitch s/lying/ignorant/ftfy

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

sab·bath
ˈsabəTH/Submit
noun
1.
a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.

I meant Christianity.

question_asker

also for the record I support any grift that gets you out of having to work

ArtOfCode

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What's the origin of "lit"? by KING on english.stackexchange.com …

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@question_asker Be a member of every religion

An excuse for every day

@ArtOfCode Hey look Smoke was wrong for once

Kit Z. Fox

Well, for Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

7:16 PM

None for Tuesday?

Make a religion up

question_asker

Wow, that's a great answer

(the "lit" one)

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

LIFEHACK

Kit Z. Fox

That's weird. Why did Smokey pick that up right now?

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@question_asker yeh bruh that answer wuz lit af

Mitch

@question_asker that's grift for the mill

ArtOfCode

7:17 PM

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver it often is, actually

Forgot to tell you lot that it's running under my account until we get the real Smokey back online

Mitch

To make corrupt bread

ArtOfCode

'cos Undo went away and (we think) knocked the Pi it was running on out

MετάEd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver SmokeDetector is often wrong, but even when it is literally wrong it is often bringing a low quality post to our attention.

In this case there was a comment posted as an answer.

@KitZ.Fox New answer posted.

ArtOfCode

@KitZ.Fox takes stuff off the realtime active tab on SE, so any activity gets picked up

answers, questions, edits

MετάEd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver It's Tiu's Day.

Kit Z. Fox

7:19 PM

@MετάEd I thought it was Tyr's Day.

question_asker

@MετάEd That doesn't seem to be the case here ("comment posted as answer")

Mitch

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver maybe it is a bigot and 'young intelligent black male offended it'

MετάEd

Tuesday

Tuesday is a day of the week occurring after Monday and before Wednesday. According to some commonly used calendars (esp. in the US), it is the third day of the week. According to international standard ISO 8601, however, it is the second day of the week. The English name is derived from Old English Tiwesdæg and Middle English Tewesday, meaning "Tīw's Day", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with Mars in the interpretatio germanica, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin dies Martis. == Etymology == The ...

Mitch

You're both right!!!

MετάEd

@question_asker Lost you there.

Kit Z. Fox

7:20 PM

@Mitch I was trying to start a war. sighs

MετάEd

@KitZ.Fox Will it be fun?

Kit Z. Fox

I guess not.

Mitch

While 'Wokday' is Wicca's day

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@MετάEd Become a follower of the Norse religion

There's Thursday

question_asker

@MετάEd Oh, the way I read what you said was: "This time, it was correct in calling a post out, because the post in question was a comment posted as an answer" but it was not

MετάEd

7:22 PM

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver I'm more of a Friggan.

Mitch

@KitZ.Fox haha. Aggression sadly averted.

MετάEd

@question_asker It was not correct about its diagnosis, but did point to a questionable post. Which is often how it goes.

question_asker

@MετάEd I'm confused, then: which post was questionable? The linked post was fine.

Kit Z. Fox

bbl bai!

Mitch

Frigga yeah

MετάEd

7:24 PM

@question_asker The one which was posted only minutes ago.

question_asker

Hm, OK

Anonymous

@Mitch Wokday is when you make Chinese food.

Mitch

Today is Spagheday

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Tomorrow is Taco Tuesday

mmm

MετάEd

There's Lackaday ... it's the opposite of a Leap Day

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

7:34 PM

And then there's Monnight

And tuesnight

Wednesnight

MετάEd

Doomsday ... but only in the Marvel universe.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

It's like regular days but only 12 hours long.

MετάEd

And there's Faraday. That's the day to clean your faucets.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

And Deadday

That's when, ironically, you celebrate only the living

MετάEd

Washday. Every year we celebrate Birthington's Washday.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

7:36 PM

And Piday

Where we celebrate crusted baked goods

MετάEd

And then there's Today. Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam Today. Which is the origin of our word Tojam.

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver I'm in.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

@MετάEd I saw this awesome Pi pie.

It's pretty cool

MετάEd

@Demisemihemidemisemiquaver Was it frosted? If so can you identify the Pi pie piper?

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

MετάEd

Nice pi pan.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

7:42 PM

I want one.

question_asker

I didn't know this was a thing. I saw a restaurant called this, and thought "you didn't think this name through very well, did you" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza-ghetti

MετάEd

I want a marzipan. Or a brain pan. Or maybe a peter pan.

Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Best cake