Is your whole world coming down around you because I knew a word you didn't?Calm down dude.
The tears are flowing.
It was friendly banter? You weren't being condescending, from what I read you were saying "learned this cool new term" and since you normally know more words than me (and pretty much everybody else here) I was joking around with you.
Quote from: HrfulTurkie on June 24, 2016, 04:06:58 PMThe tears are flowing.It's almost like young people are the only one's who can hold genuine beliefs, are always correct about the best way to maximise their own utility and everybody who disagrees with them is a selfish jerkoff. . . That, or young people are just petty, like everybody else.
I know it's late but I heard the term "Hollow Victory" before, just didn't know the other name for it.
Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 24, 2016, 02:20:09 PMQuote from: Luciana on June 24, 2016, 02:17:51 PMQuote from: Verbatim on June 24, 2016, 02:06:03 PMin light of all this, i have learned myself a neat little term: "pyrrhic victory"look that upI'm surprised you've never heard of that before.Same. Although I should mean I say that in a way which is complementary too his control of language.To be honest, I heard it a long while back, but then Total War reminded me of it again. If you get it in that, it's basically the game telling you "lol u suck".
Quote from: Luciana on June 24, 2016, 02:17:51 PMQuote from: Verbatim on June 24, 2016, 02:06:03 PMin light of all this, i have learned myself a neat little term: "pyrrhic victory"look that upI'm surprised you've never heard of that before.Same. Although I should mean I say that in a way which is complementary too his control of language.
Quote from: Verbatim on June 24, 2016, 02:06:03 PMin light of all this, i have learned myself a neat little term: "pyrrhic victory"look that upI'm surprised you've never heard of that before.
in light of all this, i have learned myself a neat little term: "pyrrhic victory"look that up
Quote from: Luciana on June 24, 2016, 02:23:02 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on June 24, 2016, 02:20:09 PMQuote from: Luciana on June 24, 2016, 02:17:51 PMQuote from: Verbatim on June 24, 2016, 02:06:03 PMin light of all this, i have learned myself a neat little term: "pyrrhic victory"look that upI'm surprised you've never heard of that before.Same. Although I should mean I say that in a way which is complementary too his control of language.To be honest, I heard it a long while back, but then Total War reminded me of it again. If you get it in that, it's basically the game telling you "lol u suck".Hey now, when you pull off a pyrrhic against two full stacks with a simple town garrison and a half stack navy you've done something right.
As a bitter Iranian I'm laughing my ass off.