English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

tchrist

14:12

I see that JBJ has just outed himself as a non-Canadian, eh.

I sure hope he didn’t learn his English in Alabama.

I would bet anything that Rob and Kit also have Canadian Rising the way I do; dunno about anybody else.

KitFox

I do sometimes.

If you have something you want me to read to demonstrate my accent, I will.

skullpatrol

raising?

tchrist

I was only talking about the common /aɪ/ > [ʌɪ] version that happens before unvoiced consontants, not the one that affects /aʊ/.

@skullpatrol Yes.

I am always leaving ou a letter there.

You raise the /aɪ/ into [ʌɪ] in certain cases, as the article spells out.

Virtually no one untrained in phonology even notices this, but it is very present.

It does not happen in the Deep South, where that diphthong suffers monophthongization. That’s why I mentioned Alabama.

skullpatrol

you speak in deep riddles

tchrist

Eh?

No gnomic utterances have I today proclaimed.

At least, not intentionally.

terdon

14:26

Ha! So you admit you do it intentionally at times. I knew it!

tchrist

Jun 24 at 3:01, by tchrist

Jun 20 at 16:42, by tchrist

Aug 13 '12 at 1:59, by tchrist

I really do usually just say what I mean without a great deal of metaphor.

skullpatrol

They are becoming such purest in the math room, that they want to remove the density tag :-(

tchrist

Jun 24 at 3:02, by tchrist

Jun 20 at 16:42, by tchrist

@JohanLarsson Just because I say what I mean does not mean that others always know what I mean to say.

Matt Эллен

@skullpatrol someone at EL&U removed the dating-advice

KitFox

Wasn't that JSB?

Matt Эллен

14:29

I think it was Sim

KitFox

I met him when he tagged my question with it.

Matt Эллен

JSB added it, IIRC

KitFox

As a joke.

skullpatrol

@MattЭллен there is a relationship.SE, no?

Matt Эллен

[relationships.se]

no

KitFox

14:30

There was a Sexuality proposal or something.

Matt Эллен

I think one was proposed

terdon

@MattЭллен Ouch, talk about "Primarily opinion based".

KitFox

51

Sex and Intimacy

Proposed Q&A site for consenting adults who engage, or want to, in intimate and/or sexual activity.

Currently in definition.

8

Love

Proposed Q&A site for everybody with a question related to love (boys, girls, intimacy, relationships, sex, gay, dates, ...)

Currently in definition.

Johan Larsson

@terdon :)

KitFox

2

Relationship, Frendship and Familly

Proposed Q&A site for people that seek answers for questions involving family, friends and relationships. It includes long-term relationships. How to handle problems that may occur between friends and family members. Also for relationship advice and motivations.

Currently in definition.

JSBձոգչ

14:32

@KitFox hmmm

all three of these are interesting proposals but should probably be merged

the question is, if you allowed sex on the Relationship SE, would it come to be the sole topic?

skullpatrol

none will make it

KitFox

5

Indian Engineering college admissions

Proposed Q&A site for students aspiring to get admission into an Engineering College in India. Around 1.3 million students write the Indian Engineering entrance exam each year. This site aims to answer their queries regarding colleges and the admission process.

Currently in definition.

rofl

tchrist

@JSBձոգչ I should prefer that the third one have certain matters of orthography attended to first.

terdon

I don't see any of them working on the SE model. Bar certain extreme cases "My lover keeps beating me with a saucepan, is that normal?", all questions will have multiple correct answer and be subjective by definition.

tchrist

Still, those just seem impossible: you cannot get a “right” answer about matters of the heart.

jinx

KitFox

14:33

Yeah, but it sure is titillating.

Anyway, there is a parenting site, so there ought to be equal grounds for other stuff.

JSBձոգչ

@tchrist that hasn't stopped other SE sites from working

it would be a sticky topic, though

skullpatrol

1 min ago, by skullpatrol

none will make it

Mitch

@KitFox isn't that snapshat?

tchrist

Hot Topic

Hot Topic is an American retail chain specializing in music and pop culture-related clothing and accessories, as well as licensed music. The majority of the stores are located in regional shopping malls. The first Hot Topic store was opened in 1988 by Orv Madden, who retired as CEO in 2000 and was replaced by Betsy McLaughlin, who headed the company until 2011. Lisa Harper assumed the position of CEO in March 2011. The company went public and began trading on NASDAQ in 1996. In 2006, Hot Topic was placed 53rd on Fortune 500's Top Companies to Work For list. In 2013, Hot Topic announced ...

JSBձոգչ

@skullpatrol sex has been tried several times. eventually it'll get through.

skullpatrol

14:35

never

KitFox

Sexuality – sexuality.stackexchange.com

Q&A site for educators and professionals to discuss human sexuality.

Closed after 13 days in beta.

JSBձոգչ

KitFox

That's the one I was looking for.

Matt Эллен

A: "Yes. I beat mine with a saucepan all the time"
A: "No. Being beaten with a saucepan is not healthy"
A: "Yes. I like being beaten with a sauce pan"
A: "No. You've confused 50 shades of grey with BSDM"
A: "It depends on the type of suace pan"
A: "Maybe you should try a whip or crop"

tchrist

@KitFox You mean the titillation of beer goggles after midnight, or delayed-onset puberty?

KitFox

14:37

It had delightful questions like "Warming a Tenga Masturbator"

terdon

@MattЭллен lol. You forgot "No, they should use a pressure cooker instead".

Matt Эллен

:D

terdon

@KitFox Well, OK, that one can have perfectly non-subjective answers.

KitFox

Relationships and Dating – relationships.stackexchange.com

Q&A site for people seeking answers to questions about dating and long-term relationships.

Closed after 12 days in beta.

This one also failed.

terdon

And now I know what a Tenga Masturbator is. Thank you for that.

KitFox

14:38

Oh, I don't.

~~!!wiki Tenga masturbator~~ on second thought...

Johan Larsson

fap.se could work

Matt Эллен

a sex toy that collapses when you pull out?

oh, that's a T not a J

tchrist

@terdon I should rather think ten would be more appropriate than tenga is matters masturbatory. I don’t normally say sir or ma’am when discussing these things outside of brothren.

KitFox

Oh.

@MattЭллен hahaha

I found a YouTube video that will probably get me fired.

skullpatrol

link please

KitFox

14:40

50

Trolling

Proposed Q&A site for this site is for any part of Trolling. For those who want to prevent trolling, design systems that discourage trolling, or for people who want to successfully troll others.

Currently in definition.

skullpatrol

that^ is for me :D

terdon

@KitFox I found a wikipedia entry, much safer.

tchrist

amazon.com/Tenga-Easy-Beat-Egg-Masturbator/dp/B002DE6SWA

KitFox

Well.

You can download a data dump of the questions on the site, if you are interested.

tchrist

@KitFox Oh, I thought it was ours.

KitFox

14:43

No, from the Sexuality site.

skullpatrol

what about the youtube vid?

tchrist

JSN

KitFox

@skullpatrol You can go look yourself.

skullpatrol

no hints?

KitFox

go to youtube and search for Tenga masturbator.

It's not rocket science.

skullpatrol

14:45

oh that, nvm

i prefer rocket surgery :-)

KitFox

I wonder why those betas were closed so quickly. Neither one was open for more than two weeks.

terdon

@KitFox Just looks like one huh?

KitFox

Not much. More like a beer can.

makes note for new product

terdon

" different stokes from different yolks!" giggle

skullpatrol

I tried to get a World Cup site open, but they shot me down

Sports.SE had 20 of their best days in views

KitFox

14:52

> Please make it a priority to check your contact information and to attend one of the training sessions. Your life and those of your friends at work may depend on it.

"Not to alarm you or anything."

tchrist

@KitFox I’m glad they’re teaching about SQL injection attacks.

KitFox

Indeed.

terdon

@skullpatrol What would have been the point of that?

skullpatrol

@terdon attract attention to one site

Mitch

@KitFox training for what? how to open a door safely?

Matt Эллен

15:01

@Mitch bomb disposal

apparently "just throw it in the bin" isn't the right response

Mitch

Well, yeah, training, because if you drop that on your foot...excruciating.

Andrew Leach

@KitFox Friends at work?

skullpatrol

hi @cornbreadninja麵包忍者

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

RIP Johnny Winter.

skullpatrol

:-O

Mitch

15:03

@AndrewLeach just the friends. every one else at work can just suck it.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

It's dirty in here today.

Mitch

@MattЭллен right. what do you do when the garbage can is already full of bombs? You don't just put the last one on top.

Matt Эллен

@Mitch oh. I guess I need that class too, then

KitFox

Training for how to make sure your contact info is up-to-date.

@AndrewLeach I guess they must be visiting?

Matt Эллен

you should all be chatting about the blog

EL&U Blog

Discussion for the EL&U Blog. For more info see meta.english.s...

in the blog chat room

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

15:14

adafruit.com/blog/2014/07/14/…

Johan Larsson

@MattЭллен I'm busy trying out a virtual suit and writing unit tests.

Matt Эллен

@JohanLarsson that sounds almost as important as chatting about he blog

Johan Larsson

The tests indicate that I was not writing bug free code earlier.

Matt Эллен

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 that guy has a serious chin

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Ha!

Robusto

15:20

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I would suspect that as volume goes up, quality goes down.

Mitch

@MattЭллен I learned my lesson. When the cat gets into that, what a mess.

Robusto

@MattЭллен I've been chatting about it to myself. Does that count?

Mitch

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 "... is proud of his work highlighting towns in the Philippines. "

Matt Эллен

@Robusto no. you should chat about it with the rest of us, in the chat room

Robusto

@JohanLarsson To me, this would be evidence that the tests are flawed.

@MattЭллен Will there be cupcakes?

Mitch

15:23

@MattЭллен why are you talking about it here? You're wasting valuable finger movement!

@Robusto The cake is lie.

Johan Larsson

@Robusto I know

Matt Эллен

@Robusto if you bring some there will be...

Robusto

@Mitch Not always true.

@MattЭллен If I bring some I could chat about the blog all by myself and still have cupcakes.

Mitch

Sometimes there's cake. Sometimes the truth is a lie.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto yes.

skullpatrol

15:29

hi @Zoe

Zoe

@skullpatrol Haha, hello skull!

Was just wondering what the cake is all about

skullpatrol

@Zoe how are you?

Zoe

And of course, gonna watch some GoT.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 True of everything but rock music, I suspect.

Zoe

@skullpatrol I'm good. My brain is tired from a long day's work.

skullpatrol

15:30

icic

Robusto

@Zoe Free cupcakes in ELU Blog chat (disclaimer: you have to provide the cupcakes).

Zoe

@Robusto Then, it really isn't free, is it.

Robusto

@Zoe Ask @MattЭллен. He's the one who made the condition.

skullpatrol

there is no such thing as a free lunch

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto what?

Zoe

15:31

@skullpatrol Well, if you count cupcakes as a valid lunch substitute.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 "As volume goes up . . ."

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto You'll have to speak up. I'm wearing a towel.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I can't see you. You're wearing a towel.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto Oh, my bad.

Robusto

@Zoe The cornerstone of any nutritious lunch.

Zoe

15:32

let's have a food p(o)u(r)n contest.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

That's bananas.

Zoe

Don't be shellfish.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Okay, it's also nuts.

JSBձոգչ

whoah. one of my good (female) friends in college is now having a baby. she was one of those people who swore up and down she would NEVER have kids.

Robusto

Bananas => b + ananas => B-list non-native speakers

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

15:34

@JSBձոգչ Oh dear.

JSBձոգչ

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 she obviously changed her mind.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@JSBձոգչ Sure. Or got pregnant.

Robusto

@JSBձոգչ You felt obliged to point out that your baby-having friend is female, did you?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

If only the will to never bear children were effective birth control.

Zoe

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Unknowingly.

JSBձոգչ

15:34

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 eh, she's married and happily talking about it on facebook. no reason to think it's an accident.

Zoe

@Robusto LOl

@JSBձոգչ Ah.

RECOMMEND ME A SHOW

KitFox

@Zoe Turn the volume down.

JSBձոգչ

@Robusto science does wonders these days

Robusto

@Zoe You've seen Breaking Bad, I presume.

Zoe

@Robusto No, but not interested in Breaking Bad.

Robusto

15:36

@JSBձոգչ That would be more of a monstrosity than a wonder.

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Oh, I didn't read your cards a second time.

JSBձոգչ

what are you interested in?

Robusto

@Zoe Then either I can't help you or you can't be helped.

Zoe

I've watched House, NCIS, Supernatural, Game of Thrones, Nurse Jackie, etc

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@JSBձոգչ GoT.

Zoe

15:36

@Robusto AHHH

KitFox

@Zoe Wilfred.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox You gonna?

JSBձոգչ

@Zoe Chuck

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I can't right now. Remind me later.

I have a hot date with my husband.

Zoe

Do ya'll think The Tomorrow People is worth watching? I like a good Mark Pellegrino.

JSBձոգչ

15:37

@KitFox oooh

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 That doesn't work for men, either, btw.

Zoe

@KitFox Let me check that out.

@KitFox Urgh comedy, it's a pass.

KitFox

Supernatural isn't comedy?

How about Law & Order? Classic.

JSBձոգչ

@Zoe then you won't like Chuck either

KitFox

The Mentalist. Oh, Bones.

JSBձոգչ

15:39

@Zoe my wife and I like Bones and are currently working through Numb3rs

KitFox

Taken

JSBձոգչ

@Zoe oh, White Collar. that's a great one

KitFox

That was a good series.

Robusto

@JSBձոգչ Wait, Chuck is a comedy? I thought it was a riveting spy drama.

JSBձոգչ

@Robusto you've seen it, right?

Zoe

15:39

@JSBձոգչ OH! I've watched White Collar and have the new season on my phone.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox it's Thursday morning.

Zoe

@JSBձոգչ Yep

Robusto

@JSBձոգչ Of course. Hence my joke.

Zoe

@JSBձոգչ I'll check em out too

Robusto

sigh

JSBձոգչ

15:40

@Robusto humor detector must be broken, sorry

Mitch

@Zoe There's no cake; it's all gone. It was realy good.

Zoe

@JSBձոգչ Well, if cokeandpopcorn.ch/tvsection.php doesn't have Numb3rs though

Robusto

It's funny only because my roommate at Stanford was named Bryce Larkin.

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Lunch.

Zoe

@Mitch Well, it don't matter. It wasn't really free anyways.

JSBձոգչ

15:41

@Robusto that is funny

@Zoe 24 if you like action and a little torture

Mitch

@Zoe That cake was totally free. Made it taste that much better.

I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast but I like hot butter on my breakfast toast.

JSBձոգչ

@Zoe Downton Abbey if you like drama and beautiful costumes

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox You're sharing lasagna?

Zoe

@JSBձոգչ I don't trust Police Procedurals. I liked NCIS because it was character-centric and had really good backstory for Gibbs. I will check out 24.

Robusto

Let's see, what's for lunch: ribs, chili, burgers, fries, cupcakes, ice cream? No. Vegetables.

KitFox

15:42

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Going to the Thai place.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox Yums.

JSBձոգչ

@Zoe 24 isn't a procedural, it's more of a thriller

Zoe

I am real picky with my shows I see.

Robusto

@JSBձոգչ Soap. Don't forget the soap.

KitFox

@Mitch Yeah, toast!

Mitch

15:43

@KitFox naw man, turn that baby up.

KitFox

Off to lunch. Bye!

Mitch

to eleven! ... aw snap, I missed elevenses.

Robusto

@JSBձոգչ Am I the only one who wanted to give Bates a gigantic wedgie?

Zoe

@JSBձոգչ Are you kidding me, 24 episodes of ONE DAY. And 9 seasons of 9 days..... uh pass lol, is that show even possible?!

JSBձոգչ

@Robusto yes. no.

@Zoe they are very exciting days. They generally involve lots of killing and blowing up.

Zoe

15:45

@JSBձոգչ :O Does it have good story line?

JSBձոգչ

@Zoe yes? honestly i didn't love 24, but it seems like it fits in with the rest of the things you mentioned.

Mitch

@JSBձոգչ I expect realism... I expect bathroom breaks... I expect lots of sleep deprived perspiration sheen delirium

JSBձոգչ

@Mitch there are multiple characters, so when one goes to the loo they cut away to somebody else who is busy rapelling down an exploding skyscraper or something

Mitch

@KitFox another: you can try... to understand... the New York Times affect on man.

Zoe

@JSBձոգչ Well, the shows that I mentioned does have the blood and gore but they have like one or two themed storyline and heavy character backstory and emotional. I like that kinda shows. It's like emotional drug.

I mean, Game Of Thrones is hard to keep up with, very heavy on the blood and gore and sex but the characters and storyline is rich in flavour.

Mitch

15:51

@JSBձոգչ the other way around is what life is about. The fireworks are just about to go off and then some two year old says "I gotta go. I really gotta go" and so July fourth is spent inside a not totally horrific porta potty trying to touch as little of the inside as possible while explosions a going on about outside.

@Zoe All I heard of that was "... and blood and gore and sex and .... rich ... flavor"

Zoe

Though, I've never found good homosexual characterisations except for in Game of Thrones.

@Mitch That's basically Game of Thrones. Every storyline is backed with sex. Or chopping of heads. Or swearing.

Mitch

@Zoe and the rich flavor?

Zoe

@Mitch Blood is rich in flavour, isn't it?

Or the stews and 77 course feasts they have. You'll find it. it's there. The way they drink beer from a cup is mouth watering

Maybe I should just continue with White Collar. I love a Mark Shepard.

or Hannibal

Johan Larsson

I wrote a hack, used Stacktrace to get nested caller, not sure how dumb/bad it is.

c c

16:19

oh crap, I just wrote a mail with "qu'en" instead of "quand" (in French), like a "wain" instead of "when", which makes me think my brain is really damaged (not too formal email fortunately)

tchrist

@cc Not that homophobia is unwarranted here, but unconscious swapping of homophones is common in all forms of casual writing in which it can occur.

c c

yes, that's weird though, it wouldn't have happened before, nevermind :) (I have some reasons to doubt about my brain state now, seen a medic yesterday)

tchrist

I keep writing someone when I mean somewhat. I hate it.

@Rob He’s indefatigable.

@cc If you were actually crazy, you would not worry about these things.

@FumbleFingers If you had your way, we’d be stuck with the Grand Canon instead of the Grand Canyon for that particular cañón, which I’m sure even you will see as infinitely superior for a canonical transliteration. — tchrist 33 secs ago

A Grand Canon is like a Great Fugue, but less interesting.

Too much Churchill in that one.

skullpatrol

16:37

we will never surrender...

tchrist

Exactly.

But he’s messed up his ngram, the poor boy.

This is not a valid Google N-Gram: the one for right-most is actually using a binary minus to subtract incidences of most from those of right. See here. — tchrist 32 secs ago

@MattЭллен Would you recognize an accent from the Fenlands if you heard it, or even just a general Norfolk one?

Matt Эллен

hmmmm

I don't know. I'd probably notice an accent, but I'm not sure if I'd be able to place it

My ex-boss is from that way, but he doesn't have a discernible accent.

tchrist

Perhaps it got edumacated out of him in some public/private school.

Robusto

@tchrist I forget, is he retired? Because the only people who have time for that kind of shit are either retired or in prison.

Matt Эллен

possibly (although he went to state school)

Robusto

16:49

@MattЭллен What do you call a state school in metric?

skullpatrol

math.stackexchange.com/users/164934/jasper-loy?tab=summary

tchrist

@MattЭллен The Wikipedia article on (so-called) Canadian Raising says that it occurs in the Fens.

Matt Эллен

I see

tchrist

@Robusto A county college?

Wait, no that’s English not French.

@Robusto I bet he’s off ngram-fiddling. But I don’t believe he’s quite retired yet.

Robusto

So here's my thinking: Russia has a motherland and Germany has a fatherland. I wonder if they ever got together and bred, what the result would be. (@RegDw?)

tchrist

16:51

Poland.

Matt Эллен

@tchrist I don't think he raised like that

tchrist

Kalingrad.

Königsberg.

Prussia.

Robusto

My momma didn't raise no Canadians.

tchrist

Betcher wrong.

Try tight versus dyed.

Or tide even.

Robusto

I've never even had any Canuckie.

tchrist

16:56

For me, bite and bide have dipherent diphthongs.

Very slightly, and not phonemically so. Just different allophones.

Robusto

I think mine do too.

tchrist

That’s what I thought.

Robusto

Never thought about it, but prolly true.

tchrist

Because bite starts out like butt, while bide starts out like bah.

Robusto

Yep.

Zoe

16:58

@skullpatrol OH

Robusto

OK, is there a simple Unix command for removing for the contents of a directory using only the address of the directory without removing the directory itself? I'm looking at the man page for rm and drawing no conclusions.

tchrist

Yes, of course.

Robusto

And by "address" I mean path.

tchrist

I knew that.

Robusto

so . . . rm [what?]

tchrist

17:00

By command, I presume you want shell-talk not C-talk.

Robusto

Yeah.

rm flags.

skullpatrol

@Zoe He will be back :D

tchrist

rm -r /path/to/dir/*

Zoe

@skullpatrol That's great!

skullpatrol

Yep

Matt Эллен

17:01

and by path you mean lane
and by lane you mean avenue
and by avenue you mean promenade

Robusto

-R Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument. The -R option implies the -d option. If the -i option is specified, the user is prompted for confirmation before each direc-
tory's contents are processed (as well as before the attempt is made to remove the directory). If the user does not respond affirmatively, the file hierarchy rooted in that directory is
skipped.

-r Equivalent to -R.

-d Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files.

Matt Эллен

walk like a unix tool

Robusto

@MattЭллен By promenade I mean sashay.

skullpatrol

@MattЭллен all men are mortal?

Matt Эллен

sashays away

@skullpatrol only the mortal ones

Robusto

17:02

See, the -d option says attempts to remove directories as well as other types of files. So I worried that it would remove the directory itself.

Jasper Loy

Hello.

Robusto

Look who's back.

Jasper Loy

I managed to do some edits to get 20 rep to chat.

Zoe

@JasperLoy Welcome back!

Robusto

@JasperLoy There are other games you could play. Don't you have an XBox?

Jasper Loy

17:05

@Zoe Oh, I don't necessarily reply to messages that need no reply.

@Robusto No, I don't do computer games.

Robusto

@JasperLoy The world makes sense now.

Zoe

@JasperLoy Haha, that's okay.

Robusto

17:19

Newer, cheaper Tesla on the way.

And I'm out.

Matt Эллен

17:41

hi @JasperLoy!

Jasper Loy

@MattЭллен Hi! The mod election results were unexpected.

Mitch

So much has changed!

Jasper Loy

I did not expect Yoichi to be elected.

Matt Эллен

Indeed. a surprise for all involved, I guess :D

Mitch

I was surprised too. For Yoichi, it was a popularity vote more than based on expected mod skills

Jasper Loy

17:48

What happend to simchona? She has not logged in for over two months.

skullpatrol

in Mathematics, 8 mins ago, by Pedro Tamaroff

So it begins, again.

Jasper Loy

What will you do if what you want to do to improve society is against the law?

Mitch

@JasperLoy I have no idea. Ya know it's the internet, people find other things.

Jasper Loy

@Mitch Hmm, in this case, I have a speculation which I shall not mention...

Mitch

@JasperLoy You must be talking about peeing in public, right?

Jasper Loy

17:52

@Mitch No.

Mitch

Huh. I coulda swore that's what we were both thinking about.

OK so what is it that's against the law that you think would improve society?

Free cotton-candy to all children under 10?

That should be against the law if it's not already.

Jasper Loy

Well, I rather not mention it here.

skullpatrol

!!youtube never again is what you swore the time before

Mitch

OK, so you want us to answer abstractly?

Jarvis the Bot

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Jasper Loy

17:55

@Mitch I am just wondering if you have ever come across something like that yourself.

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy come up with an intricate plan and find a fall guy

Jasper Loy

My answer is that if I really care, I should do it and then be jailed for it.

Mitch

There's the theory of civil disobedience, eg, to improve society we should go to war less, and one way to help prevent that is to have fewer funds for the government so break the law by not paying taxes. Is that the kind of thing you're thinking of (but not exactly since you don't want to say)

Jasper Loy

However, I have suffered too much to really care about anything now.

Mitch

@JasperLoy Jaywalking. I do that all the time.

It'd be much better for society if they allowed me to jaywalk more.

!!afk

Jarvis the Bot

17:58

@Mitch Can you pick up some milk on your way back?

Matt Эллен

move to a country where jaywalking isn't illegal

skullpatrol

Now you're standing there tongue tied
You'd better learn your lesson well
Hide what you have to hide
And tell what you have to tell
You'll see your problems multiplied
If you continually decide
To faithfully pursue
The policy of truth

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