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9:05 AM

@Bookworm Off topic. Non-literary question about non-literary work; not a matter of literary meaning or interpretation. Migrate to Psychology SE??

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Tsundoku

12:37 PM

@Bookworm This brute went HNQ.

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Rand al'Thor

3:09 PM

I now have the 80 answers required for a silver tag badge in meaning, but I'm still 28 short of the required total answer score.

Tsundoku

I'm familiar with that type of issue.

Rand al'Thor

Spagirl will probably get that badge before me, needing 9 more answers but just 9 more score as well.

Meanwhile, Gareth Rees is closing in on the site's first gold tag badge.

Which will be useful in this very rare event.

bobble

And I at least have the bronze...

Tsundoku

What comes after gold? Titanium?

Rand al'Thor

Diamond.

If you get gold badges in all the eligible tags, then you automatically become a moderator.

Tsundoku

3:20 PM

Hmm, we got lozenges. Those aren't diamonds in my book ;-)

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Spagirl

4:48 PM

@Randal'Thor I’ve never really tracked badges, but perhaps I’ll focus on unanswered ‘meaning’ questions for a bit.

bobble

Here's some Knight Qs of the sort: literature.stackexchange.com/…

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Rand al'Thor

7:51 PM

Q: Did Napoleon say: "Man will believe anything, as long as it’s not in the bible."?

The phrase "Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the Bible." is attributed to Napoleon in many sites (~ 1000 Google hits,) but there are no further details (date, context,etc.) available, nor a trace of primary sources. Some examples: AZ Quotes, Quote Fancy, Love Expands.

quotes

^ quote-source question on Skeptics

Tsundoku

8:09 PM

@Randal'Thor Can't we just ask him? Or is this someone else than Napoleon Wilson?

Bookworm

8:53 PM

Q: What does "nada y pues nada" mean in Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

I am not looking for a direct translation, but rather how this passage fits into the story as a whole. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art i...