According to facebook fan pages us A's are still in the minority. Life's lonely when you're right:A vs. B
― Fetchboy, Friday, 30 April 2010 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
consensus is not gonna get us the right answer here, everyone agreeing that 'B' is correct is.
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link
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"
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm Ann Reinking! (Stevie D), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, pretty interesting how Bs are judgmental and As are open-minded.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 30 April 2010 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 30 April 2010 13:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder how often 'Open Minded' is just shorthand for 'A group I happen to belong to that is clearly wrong'
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's good to listen to different genres of music imo
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
no, the other genres are just wrong
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
― Fetchboy, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:38 (32 seconds ago) Bookmark
Only 'cos they know they're wrong.
― tomofthenest, Friday, 30 April 2010 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost, soz Darraghmac
― tomofthenest, Friday, 30 April 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
xxxp: You should check out some prog-punk then!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B-PQwVCXEPs/SYqtofKlG0I/AAAAAAAAAG4/rSLhw1fxxzg/s400/nomeansno.jpg
― huh! tikuuta. (kingkongvsgodzilla), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
ok that is clearly wrong
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
questioning the truth-value of 'no means no' right now tbh
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
XD
― huh! tikuuta. (kingkongvsgodzilla), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link
starting this thread on every msg board I read btw brb w/results
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Are 35% of all people ridiculous?
oh at least
― vikings: name your reasons why they are so bad and hated (call all destroyer), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
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, 30 April 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Are you arguing that 35% can't be ridiculous? xxp
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Anything With Bagpipes (HI DERE), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
does Finland hold elections based on the "the biggest minority opinion wins" system?
― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
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'
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
― 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
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
this is OTM though, B UEBER ALLES
― Anything With Bagpipes (HI DERE), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I love how after that post some dude made the other post, pretty good B+ imo
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
uhm I would consider my self a native english speaker xp
"b-voters = white supremacists"
- tuomas
― iatee, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
dyao it makes so much more sense now that i know english isn't your first language ;)
― vikings: name your reasons why they are so bad and hated (call all destroyer), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
no a-voter is a native english speaker imo
― iatee, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
cld b eithr
― plax (ico), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
u motherfukkers imma start postin like lamp from now on
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
"Imo"? That doesn't sound like English to me... And where's your punctuation?
― Tuomas, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
if you are an a-voter and english is your only language, congrats, you speak zero languages fluently
― iatee, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
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― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know if a thread has been this awesome since the original DMB thread. MAYBE Madonna vs Janet Jackson.
― Anything With Bagpipes (HI DERE), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), 30 April 2010 14:28 (39 seconds ago) Bookmark
brazen, i like it.
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:29 (fourteen years ago) link
isdgtt
― the poster below this is an A-voter (cozen), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
some dude under your definition the music you like to listen to is made by non-native english speakers ~shrug~
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tuomas, Friday, April 30, 2010 10:17 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
it's more like if Victorian imperialist dared to think they could interpret Victorian art and entertainment more accurately than people from different cultures.
― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
stop ~shrug~ging, it merely underlines ur lack of confidence in ur basic verbalization skills imo
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
liking =/ correctly interpreting
― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
you might as well just throw all your doestesvksy and tolstoy translations in the trash then no use in studying them imo
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck flaubert it was nice to know you
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
What about the group A Victorians in this thread?
― Tuomas, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
later goethe I cant understand you like a native ger-man can man why even try