English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Cerberus

12:33 AM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Hmm I suppose that was to be expected...

If we assume that they wouldn't refurbish.

Robusto

@Cerberus Bought my wife a G4 today. Seems pretty nice.

Cerberus

1:02 AM

@Robusto Great!

Haha, you have become just like Mr Shiny.

Robusto

How so?

Cerberus

Buy a phone for the wife so that you will be allowed to buy one for yourself.

Robusto

No. It was sheer altruism

Plus her 6-year-old Blackberry shit the bed yesterday.

But I could have given her my old phone and got the new one for myself. Except I didn't. Like I said, altruism.

Cerberus

Yeah, yeah...

Robusto

You're just reluctant to impute good intentions to anybody. :-P

Cerberus

1:07 AM

But this way it becomes easier to pacify her, exactly because it seems altruistic at first.

Yes.

That's what alcohol does to a body!

Robusto

I had nothing to drink!

Cerberus

Oh, noes!

I went to a party with only 60-plussers instead of the big party around the gay pride tonight.

I did walk by it on the way home; many streets were thronged with gay crowds.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

1:24 AM

Hi!

@Cerb, have you ever moved furniture this way? i.imgur.com/yLaspeg.gif

Cerberus

1:50 AM

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Hi!

I have not, but it is a common way of moving furniture. Isn't it?

Damkerng T.

5:35 AM

@Cerberus That's even better!

Jez

10:49 AM

hahaha

a whole flock of seagulls has descended on the field at the back of my house! i've never seen that before

Robusto

11:22 AM

You laugh, but it could be a sign of the End Times.

The Birds (film)

The Birds is a 1963 horror thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier. It depicts Bodega Bay, California, which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks over the course of a few days. The film features the screen debut of Tippi Hedren. It also starred Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright. The film was written by Evan Hunter. Hitchcock told him to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot, keeping du Maurier's title and concept...

crl

11:35 AM

funny, that's also what I commented here

Robusto

@crl Apparently Camille Paglia explains the film as a Freudian interpretation of female sexuality. Be afraid! Be very afraid!

crl

12:07 PM

> the birds attack as a manifestation of maternal oedipal energy

crl

12:28 PM

Just wondering, when someone shoots with a gun in the air, at a low angle (between 10 and 45°), is the ball still 'mortal' when it goes down?

Robusto

@crl One should assume that it is.

crl

Oh ok

Robusto

I remember reading about some Lebanese guy hearing fireworks on July 4th in Chicago, and to participate he took out his .357 magnum revolver and fired it out the window. The bullet struck and killed a 4-year-old child a mile away.

It sounds obvious, and almost stupid to say this, but most people don't really appreciate how incredibly dangerous firearms are.

crl

yes, totally, was just reading about the story of someone who fired at a drone above his house

Robusto

One of the first rules you get taught about firearms is: "Always keep the weapon pointed in a safe direction." Shooting wildly into the sky is not "a safe direction."

crl

12:33 PM

but vertically is not too dangerous though?

(if it kills the owner :D )

Robusto

I would not chance it.

Unlikely to kill the owner. If you shoot a gun straight up, the bullet will go > 1000 m into the air, and it would have to fall equally as far with a wind blowing it down range.

But still I would not chance it.

crl

yeah, not taking Coriolis force into account

Robusto

But apparently some in the Middle East see nothing wrong with firing a full magazine of AK-47 rounds into the sky to celebrate this or that.

crl

Yes, that's what's surprising, it's not rare to see that

skill patrol

I think a safe direction would be into the ground.

Robusto

12:37 PM

And so you hit a rock and get a dangerous ricochet?

skill patrol

ok, sand

crl

and trigger a wildfire

Robusto

Guns are dangerous. There, I said it.

skill patrol

on a beach :P

crl

you?

skill patrol

12:39 PM

a sandy beach

where?

near the ocean

which?

artic

:D

crl

there still might be some sand shutterstock.com/pic-78226621/…

Robusto

12:44 PM

Assuming your bullet doesn't hit anything (a pretty safe bet on the moon, but don't try this on Earth!)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: A word for having trouble distinguishing between friendship and romance by Portland Smythe on english.stackexchange.com

crl

I was thinking the bullet would do a full revolution around the Moon and hit you in the back

but the speed isn't high enough

reddit.com/comments/diwiu/…

Jez

2:32 PM

It just hit me - the Doge is like the canine version of the Mona Lisa.

that's why people are so fascinated with it

if the Mona Lisa were painted today it would be a meme

Robusto

Uh, it is a meme.

That's from 40 years ago already. People have been playing with that image for ages.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Go ahead, gun. Kill someone.

Jez

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Cerberus I wish it were.

red neck couch moving

►

Robusto

@Jez I didn't know she was an actual fox.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

2:45 PM

@Robusto seventeenth century fox. Yeah she's a

Or whatever century.

I feel I've interrupted some serious discussion between you two.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I'm the only person in this chat who gets your references, you know.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 You have moving on the mind lately. Changing domiciles?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto it's done as of June 30. But we must move mom soon. My childhood home will be razed.

Robusto

Awwww.

Cerberus

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Haha, seriously?

Robusto

Yeah, how was that easier than carrying the couch downstairs?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

2:48 PM

@Cerberus At least they didn't make the run too steep.

Cerberus

I suppose, if you make the ropes really strong and ground them well...

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 15th, IIRC. But seventeeth scans better for the song, which is probably why you chose it.

Cerberus

But, if one rope should slack too much, the couch will fall off.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Indeed.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I would think a nice cabled steel would be best.

Steel cable.

Robusto

Actually the run is never steep. It's the rise that is steep in relation to the run.

A run could be short, though.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

2:51 PM

Right.

Robusto

Short run, steep rise: broken ankles aplenty.

That's why we go over this stuff.

amazon.com/Samsung-WQHD-LED-Monitor-S32D850T/dp/B00L3KNOF4/…

Somebody talk me out of this.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

It's too small. You deserve bigger.

Robusto

For my desk?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Just buy a TV.

user116848

Hi guys!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

2:53 PM

I've had a 32" Visio for a monitor for years.

Robusto

I have a 60" TV and a 46" TV already.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

----------------------------->

Robusto

But they're in the living room and bedroom, respectively.

user116848

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Hi ninja! :)

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

How much is a 32" LED TV?

Robusto

2:54 PM

Right now I'm conversing in chat on a pitifully inadequate 24.5" Dell.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I dunno. But I want DVI connectors and other crap like that.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Did the stars produce those question marks?

In the one-boxing.

Robusto

Dunno. Prolly.

0

Q: "That's a mercy!" - Is this some kind of repartee?

I came across the phrase "That's a mercy!" in a textbook dialogue. To put it in context I've reproduced the whole dialogue as below: Bobbie: You look like hell, dad. What's on? Sam: Nothing special. You snored a lot last night, and I thought it was a thunder so I closed the windows one by one. ...

american-english

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Mine has RGB. But I use HDMI for computing.

Robusto

Some kind of repartee?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Arrowfar How's it going?

Robusto

2:57 PM

I think I need some popcorn.

In fact, I'm sure I do.

user116848

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I am fine, thanks. And you?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Arrowfar It's my second favorite day of the week.

user116848

Yeah?

user116848

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Because it is Saturday?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Yes. I like Friday best. It's the anticipation of a day off that does it for me.

user116848

3:04 PM

Yeah I like weekends myself.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

If you have a bunch of time off saved up and nothing in particular to do with some of it, take off Wednesdays for a month. You get two Fridays a week. You never work more than two days in a row.

Provided you work M-F.

user116848

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Yeah, not working more than two days in a row sounds like a cool plan.

user116848

Here they even call us to work on Saturdays but not all companies are like that.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Are you doing anything fun this weekend?

user116848

No, right now just hanging around with you guys. And listening to some Russian song.

user116848

3:17 PM

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I sometimes go for a run, exercise, talk with with family/friends etc. It is quite fun.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Goldeneye Valentine Zukovsky

►

@Rob ^

What choice did I have but to ping you? You're the only one, after all.

@Arrowfar I get to play tennis pretty regularly in a few weeks. I'm pumped.

user116848

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Nice!

Ellie Kesselman

5:38 PM

@tchrist Why were you so mean to me? I don't want to use StackExchange any more. Was that really necessary to specifically belittle my inadequacy in comparison to you on Meta SE?

Cerberus

@EllieKesselman Hi! What did he do?

Tchrist can be grumpy, he often doesn't get what effect his words have on people. But I'm sure he rarely means it the way it comes across.

Robusto

7:49 PM

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I am one of a kind.

Robusto

11:02 PM

Maybe I am two of a kind, I dunno.

tchrist

11:14 PM

@EllieKesselman I said what I said because I thought it was condescendingly unsporting of you to offer up your ELU reputation as evidence that you must be right: argument from authority is a logical fallacy. I figured the most expedient way to show you how it made others feel was to put the shoe on the other foot. I already said I was sorry for making you feel bad. Please don't leave SE.

Transcript for

English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…