English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

KitFox

18:01

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Q: Apostrophe after Proper Noun ending with s

Today's Newyorker News Desk says Texas's insurgent establishment. Is Texas's correct usage? Doesn't seem elegant in any case.

apostrophe

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Q: What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in s?

What is the possessive of a noun ending in s? The boys' books. ? The boss' car.

punctuation possessive apostrophe

user19161

@KitFox You may save time by not pasting the second question here as it is clear when you close as duplicate.

KitFox

Oh I don't need much time, so I don't mind spending it.

user19161

That sounds very professional!

user19161

I see I missed Evan just now while taking a nap.

user19161

@EvanCarroll I like freedom too and I think there is too much injustice in this sick world, but I really don't think you are serious about the election. I might be wrong though, because maybe you are just highly eccentric like me.

user19161

18:12

@kit Your removing the sex part and putting back the mother part in your statement is a great election move in my opinion.

KitFox

I didn't remove any sex part.

Everyone knows sex sells.

user19161

Well, you removed the part about "sexual relations".

KitFox

Did I? Oh.

user19161

JLO never lies.

cornbread ninja

@Daniel δ (I tried to ask you this before but it probably failed without your... end character) I noticed that you are supporting the Art of Writing and Fine Writing Instruments proposal and it made me wonder whether you lettered your Gravatar.

user19161

18:19

@cornbreadninja I think the history of his avatar is buried too deeply in this chat, so you may have to ask again like you are now doing...

KitFox

giggles at setting a default value to 9001

user19161

So what happens when you do that?

KitFox

It's OVER 9000!!!

chortles

user19161

Geezis.

cornbread ninja

@JasperLoy if he answered the first time, it didn't alert me. The first time, though, I didn't have his special thing at the end.

So he prolly didn't get a notification.

user19161

18:25

@cornbreadninja I know, I was thinking he might have mentioned it 9000 years ago, before you came.

cornbread ninja

@JasperLoy OIC.

user19161

@cornbreadninja I kind of hate calligraphy.

cornbread ninja

@JasperLoy omg why?

cries

user19161

@cornbreadninja Well, I just mean that there is nothing special about it to me. That's all.

cornbread ninja

@JasperLoy fair enough.

MetaEd

18:29

How come nobody told me about ⁊?

That is so much cooler than &.

@Robusto Come see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

cornbread ninja

@MetaEd I really wish I could see that!

it's a '2048' box

MetaEd

Tironian notes

Tironian notes (') is a system of shorthand said to have been invented by Cicero's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro. Tiro's system consisted of about 4,000 signs, somewhat extended in classical times to 5,000 signs. In the European Medieval period, Tironian notes were taught in monasteries and the system was extended to about 13,000 signs (see scribal abbreviations). The use of Tironian notes declined after 1100 but some use can still be seen through the 17th century. Note on sign counts Notae can be themselves composites (ligatures) of simpler notae, the resulting compound still bei...

cornbread ninja

oh thank you

my sevens look roughly like that

RegDwight АΑA

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A: Apostrophe after Proper Noun ending with s

When I was in high school, my English teacher taught me to use an appostrophe after most verbs ending in 's'. The only exception was when indicating posession with ancient and important people. For example: Jesus's or Odysseus's. I do not know why this distinction was important, but thats what...

MetaEd

It's a symbol shaped like a numeral 7 which was used in a form of shorthand. It stood (stands, if you're Irish) for "and" or "et".

RegDwight АΑA

18:33

Appostrophe after most verbs. Right.

Sigh.

The word "noun" is right there in the title, for Jesus'aes sake.

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA That is a very naughty remark.

KitFox

Thank you for that.

I was extremely annoyed that two high rep users answered a very, very dupe question.

RegDwight АΑA

@JasperLoy it's a direct quote.

user19161

@KitFox Maybe they did not know. This possibility certainly exists.

RegDwight АΑA

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Q: Lept, Leapt, Leaped

Question What example sentences distinguish the meaning of the words lept, leapt, and leaped from each other? Related http://www.dailywritingtips.com/forum/showthread.php?98-Leapt-Lept-Leaped

meaning-in-context tense past-tense simple-past

QUESTION

KitFox

18:36

@JasperLoy It was after I voted to close it and the link was in the comments.

user19161

@KitFox I see. Well, it might be that they did not refresh the page after your automatic comment.

RegDwight АΑA

Let's just settle for we don't know for sure.

Oh damn Kit's tweened me.

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Q: Word that means to ascertain whether someone is alive or dead

Diagnose comes close to this meaning, but the result of a diagnosis is not usually a binary classification. I'd like a word that means to determine whether someone is alive or dead, or analogously, a word that means to determine whether a device is functioning or broken.

single-word-requests

KitFox

It's insane, this guy's taint.

RegDwight АΑA

Well according to the best joke in the world, the word he is looking for is "shoot".

KitFox

Haha.

Robusto

18:40

What if you ping someone to death?

KitFox

It's a variable naming request.

user19161

@Robusto I noticed the ping now works even if flash is not installed. It happened recently.

Robusto

Ahh, randomness. breathes in deeply

MetaEd

There's another "and" sign I'm familiar with, it's written a lot like a plus but has a loop. I wonder if it's just a "cursive plus" or maybe it has a different history

Robusto

@MetaEd Maybe it's a recursive plus.

cornbread ninja

18:43

@MetaEd I used that one at first, and then I made curvy E with vertical line like my mother. Now I make real ampersands.

RegDwight АΑA

cornbread ninja

hugs ampersands

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA I only recognize the last two.

MetaEd

"Writing the ampersand

In everyday handwriting, the ampersand is sometimes simplified as an ε superimposed by a vertical line.
Alternatively, it is sometimes written as a t or a + sign with an added loop, resembling the phonetic symbol for a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative [ɬ]. This type of ampersand may actually be a rendering of the + sign or of the Tironian "et"."

RegDwight АΑA

@JasperLoy no worries, the other four don't recognize you, either.

KitFox

18:44

@RegDwightАΑA I've had sexual relations with at least four of those.

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA I doubt the last two recognize me.

MetaEd

I make ampersands but mine are a little ... odd. I learned to make typographical ampersands like Reg's #6 above, but then I started writing them more like "et".

RegDwight АΑA

@JasperLoy I never said they did.

Robusto

@KitFox Not many who don't make the cut with you.

KitFox

It's true.

MetaEd

18:45

Because they are et, dammit.

RegDwight АΑA

@MetaEd well and A is a cow.

user19161

@KitFox I have had relations with the 6 numbers there.

MetaEd

@RegDwightАΑA Mu.

cornbread ninja

@MetaEd are supporting the Typography proposal?

RegDwight АΑA

Do you drcoww cow cow ecowch time?

MetaEd

18:45

@cornbreadninja If I ask "what Typography proposal" is the answer going to hurt?

cornbread ninja

@MetaEd this won't hurt a bit.

@MetaEd area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40151/typography

I'd like to propose to typography.

MetaEd

@RegDwightАΑA Of course not. I use the cow symbol.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja She will only break your heart.

MetaEd

I could use a real cow, of course.

user19161

@cornbreadninja Good luck. I hope it agrees.

MetaEd

18:47

If it'll m∀ke you h∀ppy I could use ∀ symbol which is more consistent with the origin∀l.

user19161

@MetaEd I once saw a cow ramming into a schoolmate of mine who was then in hospital for a month for a broken hip.

MetaEd

@cornbreadninja Interesting.

I don't see any sample questions there about Unicode.

Robusto

@MetaEd No universal quantification in chat.

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MetaEd

Wouldn't Unicode be a good topic for a typography SE?

user19161

@Robusto Also, no existential questions in chat.

Robusto

18:49

@JasperLoy That ship has sailed.

MetaEd

@Robusto So … sort of a MetaPlus?

I think I'm in love.

KitFox

+=

Robusto

@MetaEd You clearly haven't considered the minuses.

user19161

One only needs to consider the sinuses.

MetaEd

It's true, I hyphen't.

Robusto

18:53

And you thought a 7-way Venn diagram couldn't be done.

pinterest.com/pin/122934264799002426

user19161

@Robusto Geezis, where did that come from? Is it a picture of your neurons?

Robusto

@JasperLoy Close. It's a map of my neurosis.

user19161

This is really fascinating. I have never seen this stuff before.

MetaEd

My ampersand is the "et ligature in Insular script" shown in the Wikipedia article except that I do the strokes differently. I do them in the order 2, 1, 3, 4, without lifting the pen. It makes a cute little cursive et.

@Robusto Eight. Now do eight.

Also do seven equal area.

user19161

@MetaEd I now wonder if there is a program to generate such pics for all n.

KitFox

18:57

@Robusto hawt

MetaEd

@JasperLoy It's probably a problem at Project Euler.

Hey, has anyone here developed their own font?

user19161

Nope, Ubuntu has its own font though.

MetaEd

Wondering what software I should be using.

I'd like to design a font based on my own idiosyncratic handwriting.

Maybe use it on my blog.

user19161

@MetaEd Don't call your font MetaFont though, because that already exists.

Jez

alors les gens, que se passe ici?

MetaEd

18:59

Knuth.

Sorry, knee jerk reaction.

@Jez Nous nourrissons un troll.

MetaEd

19:12

So really the term for a male homemaker could be housewere or housevir.

JSBձոգչ

@MetaEd no, silly, it's a werehouse

MetaEd

"Welcome to the best little werehouse in Texas."

Robusto

informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/…

MetaEd

Firewere. Werehole cover.

I like it.

KitFox

I'm trying to decide if I need more coffee before I head home.

MetaEd

19:23

@KitFox How can I help.

skullpatrol

Does anybody use a chrome browser?

MetaEd

How about this. You know there is a study which proves coffee makes you smarter.

@skullpatrol I use Google Chrome, if that's what you mean.

skullpatrol

@MetaEd Yes, that is what I mean.

MetaEd

Nice ounce, by the way.

skullpatrol

thanks :)

RegDwight АΑA

19:26

I'm in Chrome right now.

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Q: 2012 Community Moderator Town Hall Chat

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I will be working with can...

discussion election

skullpatrol

Oh, never mind I figured it out, pardon the interruption.

KitFox

frantically refreshes inbox

realizes she is checking the wrong email

RegDwight АΑA

Instantly disqualified as not Internet-savvy!

KitFox

logs in and rapidly clicks refresh continually

Damn it!

Well, there are other fine candidates.

MetaEd

@RegDwightАΑA Oh, hell.

RegDwight АΑA

19:30

@MetaEd a most very apt description. Concise, too.

waiwai933

Ugh, the scheduling interface has gotten worse. I think, since I can't actually remember.

RegDwight АΑA

I remember the last time around Rebecca joked that we'd be grilled, except she then went on to actually grill us.

Can't remember any details or anything at all, but I was a nervous wreck.

It was like three a.m. at my place, too.

KitFox

How many days ago is March?

RegDwight АΑA

Feb 24 '11 at 0:28, by Rebecca Chernoff

@RegDwight Yes. Prepare to be grilled. I expect 500 word essays written in about 2 minutes. This will continue for an hour.

waiwai933

@KitFox 4*30

RegDwight АΑA

19:31

That is exactly what actually happened.

KitFox

@waiwai933 17*7

skullpatrol

142 days @KitFox

Robusto

@RegDwightАΑA So how do we safeguard this event from the fighters against the establishment whom we wish to suppress?

MetaEd

@RegDwightАΑA Doesn't read like a joke.

waiwai933

@RegDwightАΑA Upside this time is that you get to be on the grilling end, rather than the grilled end.

MetaEd

19:35

@RegDwightАΑA Does this work like other town hall meetings: people come up with questions in advance? Or is it just a free for all at the time?

waiwai933

@MetaEd You can prepare questions, but it is free for all.

Robusto

How much rep does a person need to vote for a mod?

RegDwight АΑA

@MetaEd Rebecca, or I guess Grace this time, will have a set of standard questions ready in case nobody from inside the community has any questions at all.

@Robusto 300, methinks?

waiwai933

Mudslinging will be absolutely ~~prohibited~~ mandatory against trolls.

Robusto

I think we should raise the bar to 50K.

RegDwight АΑA

19:37

Roubles. You forgot the unit.

Robusto

You misspelled troubles.

RegDwight АΑA

That bar is in no need of raising.

@KitFox which end of March? Also, which year? NARQ!

KitFox

At least somebody is asking pertinent questions.

RegDwight АΑA

Yes, your questions are very prettynent. rolls eyes

skullpatrol

"How many days ago is March?" is not a real question?

RegDwight АΑA

19:41

Ambiguous, vague.

skullpatrol

but real

waiwai933

Also off-topic, too localized, and general reference. Maybe we could even get in exact duplicate and not constructive.

RegDwight АΑA

@skullpatrol no, it might as well be asking for an imaginary number.

skullpatrol

@RegDwightАΑA I see no square roots of negative numbers being asked for.

RegDwight АΑA

You have to squint. A lot.

And that's precisely the point. You should be able to see everything clearly from the get-go.

When's the Grand Opening? Sixteen minutes?

skullpatrol

19:46

Count 142 days from midnight March 31 up till today and that is the answer to "How many days ago is March?"

RegDwight АΑA

But it's not midnight now.

Your watch must be awfully imprecise.

skullpatrol

Of course it does depend on the time zone :)

RegDwight АΑA

That, too.

13 minutes, actually.

God that logo is awful.

KitFox

@skullpatrol What? I don't think so.

RegDwight АΑA

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Q: London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network

London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network.London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network.London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network. click here to watch now click here to watch now The Security is tight enough the London authroties call the Army to contro...

history

Hahahaha.

I wish I hadn't asked.

skullpatrol

19:49

@KitFox You don't think 142 days is right?

KitFox

You're off by 17 or so days.

RegDwight АΑA

Well you haven't specified Gregorian or not.

Again. NARQ.

KitFox

Unless you are in a time warp somewhere.

RegDwight АΑA

With Riff-Raff and Meat Loaf.

Hot Patootie, I mean.

KitFox

It's just a jump to the left.

RegDwight АΑA

19:52

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Q: I have a question

Source "On June 2, Justice C. Ian McLachlan turned 70 and retired as required by law from the Connecticut Supreme Court. Justice Lubbie Harper Jr. and Senior Associate Justice Flemming L. Norcott Jr. will retire in the next 16 months. The last time so many vacancies happened in such short or...

meaning grammar

Title of the Day.

skullpatrol

@KitFox Oh, you're right. Pardon me.

KitFox

Certainly.

@RegDwightАΑA Ruined it for you.

RegDwight АΑA

Stop betweening me. I'll override you anyway.

skullpatrol

@KitFox I took your 17*7 and added 6 instead of subtracting 1.

simchona

@RegDwightАΑA That was amazing.

Here I was thinking he was too quiet

RegDwight АΑA

19:55

@simchona Don't look at me.

Anyway. Only five minutes left.

Ima watch me some Olympic's.

KitFox

@RegDwightАΑA I canna help it.

RegDwight АΑA

It'll probably be boring anyway. But wevs.

AFKish.

skullpatrol

Let the Games Begin!!!

KitFox

Oh FFS, I can't even read my own if statements.

Gigili

Haha, I'm incredibly silly. I asked an ED question.

I didn't even look at the list of similar questions while asking. Unbelievable.

KitFox

20:13

Ohai @Gigili. I hope you don't mind that I closevoted you.

I will blow you kisses blows kisses @Gigili but I am on my way home now.

Later!

Gigili

kisses @Kit back

Umm, still 10 candidates? So boring.

Mitch

@RegDwightАΑA and... did you give him a link? link to that link?

MetaEd

@KitFox don’t dream it … be it

Mitch

@KitFox stop ruining things. in other news, thank you for 17*7. one of the better prime-looking-non-primes.

Matt Эллен

@Robusto 150

@RegDwightАΑA 300 is to run.

user19161

20:28

@RegDwightАΑA I was wondering why it was deleted when I saw ... NS.

user19161

@skullpatrol Yay! The Opening Ceremony is on TV but I ain't watching.

Matt Эллен

nor me

user19161

You can just walk to it, no?

Matt Эллен

I'm sure they'll do just fine

@JasperLoy no, I'd have to have a ticket, and be in London

user19161

@MattЭллен Ah, I suppose one cannot walk from Oxford to London.

Matt Эллен

20:31

Well, it'd take a long time...

the ceremony would be long over by then!

skullpatrol

How long is the drive?

user19161

I once walked 5 hours home for fun.

Matt Эллен

@skullpatrol with good traffic about 1hour 30

user19161

@MattЭллен Oh, I guess that means it might take a few days to walk.

user19161

@skullpatrol Are you watching it now?

skullpatrol

20:33

@JasperLoy No, I prefer professional sports.

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy probably, depending on how far you walk each day. it would probably be possible to do in 1 day, but that would be quite exhausting

user19161

@MattЭллен Then the traffic must be really bad in your previous statement.

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy the M25 is notorious

Robusto

@MattЭллен I didn't know you were a Balliol College man. How come you didn't go into politics?

Matt Эллен

but walking 60 miles in one day is not impossible

user19161

20:35

@Robusto Politics is unworthy for a great man.

Robusto

@JasperLoy Not according to Aristotle.

Matt Эллен

@Robusto oh, well, secretly I'm Cameron's puppet master

user19161

@Robusto That is when the world still could be salvaged. It's too messed up today.

Matt Эллен

which technically means Reg runs the UK

user19161

@skullpatrol I only like to watch table tennis and tennis.

Robusto

20:37

@JasperLoy Wah, wah, wah, the world is dying. Suck it up and suffer.

skullpatrol

@JasperLoy Do you play?

Gigili

@skullpatrol I play.

Robusto

@MattЭллен Good. Tell him to make Big Ben ring seven times at six o'clock tomorrow evening and then we can take it from there.

Gigili

I play chicken invaders everyday.

user19161

@skullpatrol No, I used to play a bit of the former for fun, but not anymore.

user19161

20:39

@Gigili What is that?

Robusto

Ennyhow, gotta motor. Bai.

user19161

@Robusto Bye.

Matt Эллен

CU

skullpatrol

user19161

@skullpatrol It's a computer game I guess.

skullpatrol

20:41

@JasperLoy Good guess :)

Gigili

CU

user19161

@skullpatrol Thanks. Have a cookie.

user19161

I have been thinking hard about who to vote for. I have changed my choice again, shh...

skullpatrol

@JasperLoy Why thank you don't mind if I do.

MetaEd

21:08

Ech. Need something to wash the SQL out of my mouth.

Gigili

Something? A, umm, glass of, umm, water?

MetaEd

And the ODBC. And the CSV.

@Gigili Maybe something stronger.

Mitch

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A: What is an 'Iron Ring Event'

It probably refers to the collapse of the Quebec Bridge: In 1922, Canadian Herbert Haultain created a ceremony for new engineers. New engineers are asked to recite an Obligation to their profession. They also are given an iron ring to wear on their little finger. The ring is a symbol to...

> The Quebec Bridge collapsed in 1907, killing 75 workers. The cause was an engineering error. In 1917, the rebuilt bridge collapsed. This time, 11 people were killed.

MetaEd

I think I have some uisce beatha at home.

Mitch

Progress

@MetaEd please, sir, may I have galore?

MetaEd

21:14

@Mitch With a good will.

Gigili

@Mitch Nice edit.

MetaEd

I have posted a bad answer.

skullpatrol

21:37

Was it a bad question?

Robusto

"To err is human, but if you really want to f*** things up, use a computer." — Robusto 10 secs ago

user19161

@Robusto Computers err too. Sometimes I on it and it just hangs.

Robusto

Well, don't on it then.

Mitch

@MetaEd en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Borenstein

> Borenstein received a B.A. in Mathematics and Religious Studies from Grinnell College in 1980

@Robusto 10 secs ago? Magic

MetaEd

@Mitch Yes. I knew Nate from my time at Grinnell.

Robusto

21:40

@Mitch Ah, Grinnell College ... one of the many Harvards of the Midwest.

Mitch

@Robusto Duke is the Princeton of the South

@Robusto what? there are others?

Robusto

Walking down Mass. Ave. in Cambridge one day I saw a Harvard student wearing a sweatshirt that read "Harvard: Michigan State of the East"

Mitch

Harvey Mudd is the Bard college of California?

Robusto

@Mitch Hey, my niece went to Mudd.

Mitch

@Robusto hmm.. the M-bomb

@Robusto it's a great school.

A good friend of mine went to Bard.

(I know nothing about Grinnell)

skullpatrol

21:43

Pop Quiz: How many schools in the ivy league? (no google please)

Robusto

@Mitch Many style themselves that way. Doesn't mean they're accurate.

Mitch

ooh .. ooh..I know...

no I don't.

Gigili

Seven.

Matt Эллен

maybe eight

Mitch

that's how many sisters there are.

skullpatrol

21:44

@MattЭллен BINGO

Matt Эллен

lol

Reg wins again

Mitch

'maybe' is part of the answer?

RegDwight АΑA

Olympic overflow.

user19161

@skullpatrol My answer is ... 9000. But I think they are over-rated.

RegDwight АΑA

london2012.com

Mitch

21:44

I thought it just started.

ooohhh...it's negative?

RegDwight АΑA

It's minus one days, obviously.

Mitch

oh...-1 day plus 22 hrs

RegDwight АΑA

Well yes and no.

It's still counting backwards.

Mitch

or - 1:33 hrs

RegDwight АΑA

It will be at 00-1 21 17 in an hour.

@Mitch Yes, that.

Actually that screenshot is missing another crucial thing.

Robusto

21:47

Well, at least it's GMT. We don't have to add or subtract.

Mitch

they never taught clock math like -that- in school

RegDwight АΑA

TIMING SERVICES BY OMEGA

Robusto

Omega: The final word in time.

Mitch

@RegDwightАΑA daylight savings time?

oh...the ad.

RegDwight АΑA

So now you know what to make of all the records to come.

Robusto

21:48

The Omega Greenwich Meridian™.

Matt Эллен

I cannot find teh clock

RegDwight АΑA

Usain Bolt isn't really that fast, they just count his times backwards.

user19161

@Robusto You should tell them to use that for their ads.

skullpatrol

The games have been going on for 5 days

user19161

@skullpatrol The preliminary rounds I guess.

RegDwight АΑA

21:49

Yeah they already set some records.

Because again, OMEGA.

skullpatrol

competition none the less

user19161

I thought of an interesting equation.

Mitch

@skullpatrol It's not who wins it's how...hold on, it is all about who wins.

user19161

God = OMG = Omega = Alpha and Omega = God. QED.

Robusto

@RegDwightАΑA See, all this emphasis on doing things faster leads to shoddy workmanship. It takes me 15 or 20 seconds to run 100 meters, but I do a careful, craftsmanlike job. No slip-ups, no shortcuts. Just pure, honest coverage of distance.

user19161

21:52

@Robusto Same goes for answers here. Some shit answers are posted seconds after the question is asked.

skullpatrol

@Mitch It's all about $$$

Robusto

As the saying goes, "Measure twice, run once." What's true in carpentry is true in Olympic running competitions.

user19161

@skullpatrol Well, maybe not to all the sportsmen.

Mitch

I can walk a 100 yds no problem. well, with shoes tied. no distractions. by myself. calm day. oh forget it. naptime.

user19161

@Mitch Even a baby can do that.

RegDwight АΑA

21:54

►

Mitch

@JasperLoy exactly. Usain Bolt is just a big baby.

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA WTF!

skullpatrol

@RegDwightАΑA That guy in the middle lane made a great "come" back :)

RegDwight АΑA

It's a good movie. Give it a try.

Robusto

@RegDwightАΑA Excellent. Yoko-no kangaeta CM. I guess CM means "commercial message"?

Mitch

21:59

What are they selling?

RegDwight АΑA

@Robusto yes. You don't know that film?

imdb.com/title/tt0430651

Wow, 7.7 even.

Robusto

Interesting. I'll have to check it out.

RegDwight АΑA

So yes. I think she works as a freelance, um, advertising inventor.

There are more CMs in the movie, too. But that's not the point.

Robusto

@RegDwightАΑA Libido-for-hire?

RegDwight АΑA

I liked the first scene the most, IIRC. There is not a single word spoken for the first twenty minutes or so.

And the visual style is stunning.

HD is a must.

skullpatrol

22:06

@Mitch Ignorance is what they are selling, and we all just bought 1:59 worth of it.

Robusto

HD is all I watch these days. Even with up-sampling, much of the early part of my DVD library is unwatchable on the new equipment.

RegDwight АΑA

Everyone else who doesn't care for HD or watching entire movies, just search YouTube for "Survive Style 5+!!!!COOLEST EPISODE 1!". Someone seems to share my excitement.

Actually it doesn't spoil anything in terms of plot. In fact it only raises questions.

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