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The Flood / Re: Ask a guy who studies economics anything
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:44:13 PM »
what is your personal solution to the prisoner's dilemma

ie. if you were one of the prisoners, what would you do

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The Flood / Re: I'm going to see Jurassic world in TWO hours
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:39:37 PM »
Fury Road is a contemporary example of the two meshing well together.
If by "well", you mean "fucking brilliantly".

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The Flood / Re: Ask a guy who studies economics anything
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:35:43 PM »
i think it's kinda cool how we have the law guy, the psychology guy, the economics guy, and the language guy

we need a math guy

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The Flood / Re: Ask a guy who studies economics anything
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:27:50 PM »
do you have any peers offline with whom you discuss these matters with, or are you alone

perhaps your parents?

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The Flood / Re: Ask a guy who studies economics anything
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:16:01 PM »
precisely what do you hate about noam chomsky and why

from what i hear, even his detractors respect him as an intellectual adversary
and obviously, i've taken a liking to him in my readings

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The Flood / Re: Verb's Words of the Day (#3)
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:11:07 PM »
It's good to know I've been using penultimate in the correct manner all this time. I've had several people, in an almost vituperative manner,  tell me I was using it incorrectly. I am experiencing schadenfreude at the thought of them committing the gaucherie of using penultimate incorrectly.
A+

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The Flood / Re: Who fucks on the first date?
« on: June 12, 2015, 09:54:31 PM »
What if you fuck before the first date?

And then never have that date.
that's just called prostitution

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The Flood / Re: So, this is a British school
« on: June 12, 2015, 09:40:56 PM »
I think it is super strange to hear a black person with an English accent. Is it just me or does that sort of bother anyone else?
a black guy with a scottish accent is even worse

thanks tf2

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The Flood / Re: ...
« on: June 12, 2015, 09:22:49 PM »
HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?

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The Flood / Re: Come Look
« on: June 12, 2015, 08:57:38 PM »
if i could remove one movie from existence

it would be frozen

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The Flood / Re: Verb's Words of the day (#3)
« on: June 12, 2015, 08:54:41 PM »
So Septagon is Gaucherie
Some Sep7agon users are gauche. Remember--gaucheries are the things that gauche people do. Gauche is the adjective.

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The Flood / Verb's Words of the Day (#3)
« on: June 12, 2015, 08:31:53 PM »
Sort of late edition. Thinking about cutting this down and making it weekly instead (I would also have, like, twenty words, alphabetized and categorized for your convenience. Tell me what you think).

Let's just get right to it, then.




Antepenultimate - /AN - tee - pen - UHL - teh - met/
Derived from the Latin ante meaning "before", pen meaning "almost". "Ultimate" is derived from the Latin ultima, meaning "last".

"Penultimate" is a word that so many people misuse. No, it's not a more extreme form of "ultimate". Of course, whereas "ultimate" means "last" (as in, the last in a long series of things), "penultimate" means "second last". So, you can probably take a guess what what antepenultimate means. It's the third last in a series. For example: This term is, indeed, the antepenultimate word on this list! Aren't I fucking clever?



Vituperative - /vy - TOO - per - (uh) - tiv/
[vituperate] [vituperating] [vituperates] [vituperated] [vituperatively]
From the Latin vituperātiō, meaning "to censure".

Another favorite of mine. I have a thing for v-words. Anyway, it means to be like me--verbally abusive. And, that's about it. Simple definition, beautiful word. Vituperatively, I upbraided my sister for her misbehavior. Don't forget that it can be used as a verb, though: If you vituperate your authorities, you're going to get yourself in trouble.



Gaucherie - /GOH - sher - ee/
[gaucheries] [guache]
Derived from the French gauche, meaning "left".

Here's a French word that ties together nicely with the German fremdschämen. When you exhibit gauche behavior, you're awkward. You're high-fiving when they wanted a handshake. Gaucherie is essentially the noun form of that. When you drop your groceries, you're committing a gaucherie. Or, better yet, when you hug someone for just a little bit too long. Or when you laugh a little bit too hard at someone's bad pun, and now you look passive-aggressive. We all know what these are like. They're gaucheries. Another nice addition to anyone's vocabulary.



Bonus words:
The word for fourth last? Preantepenultimate.
Fifth? Propreantepenultimate.

...

I don't know any more beyond that. Scram.

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The Flood / Re: Your Post Count is Now Your Lifespan... In Years
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:46:30 PM »
will i still age?

i imagine that by the time i've turned 200, i'll have shriveled up into a pulp

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The Flood / Re: So, this is a British school
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:43:08 PM »
it's too dark

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The Flood / Re: So, this is a British school
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:42:16 PM »
i can't see anything

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The Flood / Re: I'm going to see Jurassic World in an hour
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:39:27 PM »
If you're going to see it for any reason other than "Dinosaurs tearing shit up", then you're a cUNT.
have you seen mad max yet

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The Flood / Re: Vacationing in Orleans
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:33:48 PM »
france is a nice place

not reading that though lol
just kidding i will

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Serious / Re: Rant on Thomas Piketty and Ha-Joon Chang
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:28:38 PM »
this is the meta equivalent of jacking off in public

STOP IT

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The Flood / Re: I'm going to see Jurassic world in TWO hours
« on: June 12, 2015, 07:13:26 PM »
i haven't seen any of the others, so should i do that first, or does it matter

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:52:25 PM »
- Does nicotine count as a recreational drug?
Of course. Just use the word "except", though--the intelligent folk will understand.

- Seen Up.
You should get on that.

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The Flood / Re: YFW gas was $0.03 a gallon in the 1600s
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:48:22 PM »
Really, we shouldn't even be using gas at all anymore, which is why I'm excited that we've been taking big steps towards alternatives.

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:39:29 PM »
you've never done drugs, but you have done them.
See, even if I said THAT, there's STILL nothing wrong with it, because you used the word "but". That's what it's for.

It sounds like it doesn't make sense, but it actually does. Welcome to English grammar.

It contradicts itself. You're saying you haven't, but then saying you have immediately after.
It would only be a contradiction if the word "except" wasn't present.


okay i'm done

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:37:16 PM »
They're the same exact sentence.

Except one was made a tiny bit more specific.

OH NO I SAID "EXACT" AND THEN "EXCEPT"
LOL THAT MAKES NO SENSE, BRAIN CANNOT COMPREHEND

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:35:30 PM »
This makes sense though.
Never > except doesn't.
Yes, it does.

Because it's the exact same fucking phrase. It's just made a little bit less vague.

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The Flood / Re: YFW gas was $0.03 a gallon in the 1600s
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:34:31 PM »
But I'm saying it's not cheap enough, and capitalism isn't doing jack fucking shit to make it any better than any other system could.

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:32:27 PM »
Here's a revision to appease the retarded shitheads who don't understand basic grammar:

Never have I ever used any drugs recreationally on more than one occasion.

#BTFO

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:30:42 PM »
Never have I ever shitposted on a forum, except that time I shitposted on a forum.
Makes sense.
"I've never used drugs"
"I've used drugs"

One of these is not like the other.
You know what they both have in common, though?
They both don't have the word "except".

Which changes everything.

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:28:56 PM »
You are.
Nope. Saying "except" doesn't negate the act. It's making an... exception. Do you know what that is?

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:26:29 PM »
I'm going to start making never->except phrases all the time now. I'll make sure to quote you ever single time.

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The Flood / Re: Never have I ever
« on: June 12, 2015, 05:25:49 PM »
Except you've done drugs.
Yes. And?

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