Oh boy, ILX! That's where I'm a viking!..?

I have tried to read the last 100 posts on this, having not read from the outset, and tbh option A only seems possible to people who have no idea how language works.

I'm with Crump on this one.

Errr, I'm option A and I teach English. What a disaster for my students.

feel sorry for them ;_;

would like to point out there's only one group of people putting the B in SB itt

the sad thing is I'd like to take this debate out into the real world and see what people I know think, but I'm kind of scared of finding out that any friends or loved ones think it's A

I've been doing this and while I'm getting a 100% B response rate, I'm also getting a 100% "wtf are people seriously arguing about that?" response rate.

I've asked two friends irl who are die-hard simpsons fans, one said A and one said B (interestingly the one who said B went wtf at A)

however the one who said A is a witty comedic super star irl so I trust her opinion more tbh

tried this on fb and the only response i got was my little brother who guessed A. i figure our common upbringing has somehow shifted us towards this interpretation

According to facebook fan pages us A's are still in the minority. Life's lonely when you're right:
A vs. B

consensus is not gonna get us the right answer here, everyone agreeing that 'B' is correct is.

It's interesting how everyone I've shown this to has not only said B but also had this attitude of like "Wait how could it not be B? Viking at sleep? That is fucking stupid, and the people who are arguing that don't understand how language works"

Yeah, pretty interesting how Bs are judgmental and As are open-minded.

I've been doing this and while I'm getting a 100% B response rate, I'm also getting a 100% "wtf are people seriously arguing about that?" response rate.

^getting this also.

I wonder how often 'Open Minded' is just shorthand for 'A group I happen to belong to that is clearly wrong'

it's good to listen to different genres of music imo

no, the other genres are just wrong

Yeah, pretty interesting how Bs are judgmental and As are open-minded.

― Fetchboy, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:38 (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

Only 'cos they know they're wrong.

xpost, soz Darraghmac

xxxp: You should check out some prog-punk then!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B-PQwVCXEPs/SYqtofKlG0I/AAAAAAAAAG4/rSLhw1fxxzg/s400/nomeansno.jpg

ok that is clearly wrong

questioning the truth-value of 'no means no' right now tbh

XD

my real answer is that grammar rules were made to broken http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/smoke/toke.gif see all you B-truthers at the square party oh wait I won't be there http://www.united-gamers.eu/forum/images/smilies/smiley_tongue_fingersear.gif

starting this thread on every msg board I read btw brb w/results

you misinterpreted the joke in a ridiculous way, and are now insisting that since comedy is often intentionally ridiculous, the more ridiculous interpretation must be the correct one. that is your "logic."

If it's so ridiculous, how come so many people (35% of the answerers in the poll above) have interpreted it as "Viking of sleep"? Are 35% of all people ridiculous? Anyway, my point was not that interpreting Ralph's line as "Viking of sleep" is ridiculous, just that saying "it's ridiculous" is not a good argument against comedy.

It feels as though the "Viking in sleep" hardliners are kinda like those Victorian imperialists who thought White European Culture is the only correct form of culture, and all the other cultures were simply ridiculous and wrong.

Are 35% of all people ridiculous?

oh at least

well the thing about the internet is that you never know how many participants are from America and speak English as a first language, like the Simpsons writing staff and its primary audience, and how many people come from a different background like you do.

Are you arguing that 35% can't be ridiculous? xxp

If it's so ridiculous, how come so many people (35% of the answerers in the poll above) have interpreted it as "Viking of sleep"? Are 35% of all people ridiculous?

YES

does Finland hold elections based on the "the biggest minority opinion wins" system?

Anyway, my point was not that interpreting Ralph's line as "Viking of sleep" is ridiculous, just that saying "it's ridiculous" is not a good argument against comedy.

No, I think you're deliberately misinterpreting this, at this stage (it must be said, there are hints of previous here). It's a ridiculous interpretation of the line, the line is not 'ridiculous'

well the thing about the internet is that you never know how many participants are from America and speak English as a first language, like the Simpsons writing staff and its primary audience, and how many people come from a different background like you do.

― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, April 30, 2010 10:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

there are all sorts of problems w/ this

It feels as though the "Viking in sleep" hardliners are kinda like those Victorian imperialists who thought White European Culture is the only correct form of culture, and all the other cultures were simply ridiculous and wrong.

this is OTM though, B UEBER ALLES

well the thing about the internet is that you never know how many participants are from America and speak English as a first language, like the Simpsons writing staff and its primary audience, and how many people come from a different background like you do.

As far as I know, all the "Viking of sleep" supporters in this thread are native English speakers, except me and Dyao. One even teaches English, as noted above.

I love how after that post some dude made the other post, pretty good B+ imo

uhm I would consider my self a native english speaker xp

"b-voters = white supremacists"

- tuomas

dyao it makes so much more sense now that i know english isn't your first language ;)

uhm I would consider my self a native english speaker xp

no a-voter is a native english speaker imo

cld b eithr

u motherfukkers imma start postin like lamp from now on

"Imo"? That doesn't sound like English to me... And where's your punctuation?

if you are an a-voter and english is your only language, congrats, you speak zero languages fluently

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so just the 2 most vocal and frequent posters supporting that opinion aren't native English speakers. maybe you guys are giving your crew a bad name tbh.

all I gotta say is that as sum1 who is bilingual maybe Im more used to using context to figure things out ~shrug~

I don't know if a thread has been this awesome since the original DMB thread. MAYBE Madonna vs Janet Jackson.

man fuck that queen's english is the only english stance tbh have you guys never heard of world englishes I Think Ur a Ethnocentrist

all I gotta say is that as sum1 who is bilingual maybe Im more used to using context to figure things out ~shrug~

― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), 30 April 2010 14:28 (39 seconds ago) Bookmark

brazen, i like it.

isdgtt