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Feeds

2:05 AM

Q: Is there a word for, ‘the need to say something’?

Having the urge to say something (can’t help myself or have to say something about a comment another person has stated)

single-word-requests

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SmokeDetector

5:47 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Url in title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching product name in body, potentially bad ns for domain in body, +3 more: www.supplentforhealthylifestyle.org/purefit-keto/ by harsheyszomk on english.SE

SmokeDetector

6:35 AM

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RegDwigнt

8:45 AM

@Robusto That's loser talk. I can improve on 360° as the measurement of a circle.

Also, can I make Feeds hold his horses somehow.

Every time I come in here it looks like a barren desert someone's vomited all over.

And that someone is always Feeds.

I don't seem to be able to edit his preferences, I can only destroy him.

1 hour later…

Robusto

9:59 AM

@RegDwigнt Oh yeah? Well, whip it out.

I just woke up from this dream. I was sitting with some people in a cafeteria and this man dressed in black with a domino mask comes in with a sword and goes up to everyone demanding money. To frighten them, he carves an X in their clothes with the sword.
"Who are you? What are you doing?" people yell.
"I'm Zorro," the man claims, a touch of pride in his voice.
"Zorro? But he makes the sign of the Z?"
"No," he says, "You've got it wrong. It's Xorro with an X."
"No it isn't," I said.
"Yes it is," he insisted in this British twit voice of his. "It's Xorro with an X, you pronounce it like Xero…

And we argued like that for a while and I finally woke up.

I'll show him. Here:

WALT DISNEY'S "ZORRO" - EXTENDED MAIN TITLE ~ 1958

►

There: "This bold renegade / carves a Z with his blade."

Xorro with an X, my ass.

At least I woke up laughing.

Even if it was an hour and a half early.

Ah well.

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RegDwigнt

11:33 AM

@Robusto 2520°, duh. Divisible by all the same factors as 360 but also by 7.

Like, why the fuck would you be divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, but not by 7. What is this nonsense. Who came up with this.

Next up you'll tell me we should be using π and not τ. rolls eyes

BAYMAX

11:52 AM

Hi chat!!

I was thinking of an alternative/ weaker word to "confuison"

sorry - confusion

any suggestions?

Feeds

12:09 PM

Q: Looking for a word I can't think of

When there is a decision that needs to be made between you and another person. It would be good if it has connotations of a presumed expertise. For example, if you and another person were looking for an answer to a complex problem, either party could make the decision but you believe their decisi...

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Færd

2:11 PM

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Congratulations! I've had it in mind to ask you about it for a while now. Hope it turns out well enough. And خسته نباشی.

Aaron Hall

2:38 PM

Insensitive behavior is not entirely the dominion of men. I think this question would be improved by removing the assumption that denigrating terminology that indicates the male gender is not offensive. It is offensive, as it discriminates against men. — Aaron Hall 1 min ago

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SmokeDetector

5:54 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected, potentially bad keyword in answer, toxic answer detected: An alternative valediction to "godspeed" wishing someone success in a venture by Andy on english.SE

Feeds

6:31 PM

Q: Any word, when cattles grind their teeth

The verb gnash, as defined by English Oxford Living Dictionaries, means to grind (one's teeth) together as a sign of anger (often used hyperbolically). We [humans] gnash our teeth whenever we are in an anger mood, but cattle often gnash their teeth, and I don't think that cattles grind their tee...

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Feeds

6:47 PM

Q: I'm looking for a better word than "inspirer"

Julian takes up the idea of his ---- Iamblichus. I'm translating and drawing a blank. It feels like I'm missing something obvious. There's got to be a better word here than 'inspirer'. I don't think 'muse' quite works either. 'Hero' is probably too much.