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

Now at:
"I dream I'm a viking" (183) 65.59%
"I'm a champion sleeper" (96) 34.41%

so 13-3 to the Bs since Cozen posted the link.

I actually found that poll before the link was posted in this thread, and I voted B.

okay srsly can we drop the native/non-native thing now

xp: m bison kinda OTM

i'm not saying that's the reason you guys are wrong. i'm saying it's interesting enough to be worth mentioning that the 2 biggest vikings of option A have that in common. i said it, there's not much more to say imo, but you can continue to dwell on it and pontificate on what kind of person that makes me if you like.

― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, April 30, 2010 10:04 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm a solid option A person as indicated several times above and English was my first language.

However, I grew up overseas and was fluent in French at age 5, so my theory is that multilingual people (i.e. smarter people) are more likely to follow the option A interpretation.

i look forward in 7 hours or so to discovering that this is like all the ILM polls where fifty lurkers who never posted send "Everybody Hurts" to the top of the charts, and the Excellers begin their long reign of triumph

As opposed to linguistically rigid monolingual people, who seem to be fixated on a literal interpretations?

okay srsly can we drop the native/non-native thing now

i'm trying to kill it with puns, it works on every other thread, but srsly-yes pls.

my theory is that multilingual people (i.e. smarter people)

or people whose countries have been occupied historically?

i look forward in 7 hours or so to discovering that this is like all the ILM polls where fifty lurkers who never posted send "Everybody Hurts" to the top of the charts, and the Excellers begin their long reign of triumph

hahaha yes that was awesome

although in this case I won't be happy unless C wins

Actually I was living overseas because my father was a diplomatic representative of the GREAT COUNTRY OF THE U.S. of A. to lesser nations, but nice try.

or people whose countries have been occupied historically?

wait, are we back to the "vikings were militarily weak historical losers, therefore ralph would not associate them with excelling" thing?

yeah guys i apologize, to dyao for causing offense and to everyone else for the ensuing shitstorm

i really wish C wasn't an option itt

hahaha but it's perfect because it is exactly what everyone is doing

ya c is gonna take away more b votes than a votes

apology accepted some dude. keep on bloggin imo

http://www.pollpub.com/when-ralph-wiggum-said-oh-boy-sleep-thats-where-im-a-viking-what-did-he-mean-by-it.aspx

"I dream I'm a viking" (186) 65.72%
"I'm a champion sleeper" (97) 34.28%

lol @ at least 20 ILXors (including me) taking this poll outside

wow thread was bringing many lols overnight and then a buncha guys decided that what this thread was missing was SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS

love that "an open mind" is what people who get a joke are missing - you A people, let me know if you're ever teaching a formal reasoning class so I can cruise along to an improved GPA by blowing your minds about how a lotta stuff if just your opinion, man

in all seriousness though would somebody who is viking at internet please get on a script that'll allow us to add a "hide all posts by people who voted 'A' in the 'where I'm a viking' poll" option to our settings? will improve user experience for 65% of the board

but how will u see my zings?

if they are good, a wise B voter will quote them in his withering response

lol aerosmith I have just finished a book on informal logic and that is basically the conclusion

lol

in all seriousness though would somebody who is viking at internet please get on a script that'll allow us to add a "hide all posts by people who voted 'A' in the 'where I'm a viking' poll" option to our settings? will improve user experience for 65% of the board

― brad whitford's impotent rage (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, April 30, 2010 11:33 AM Bookmark

;_; almost everything i post is tl;dr though so maybe it wouldn't really impede the reading experience

brb creating 51 socks to stuff the b@llots

imo the mods should create a special subboard only A people can post on, and let the rest of us study how they interact in isolation.

that place already exists and it is called 77

do not malign good 77 posters by accusing them of voting A

ive never been, whats it like

http://www.carenvy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/homersimpson-in-chocolate-land.png

just wanted to talk about the word emphasis after watching it on youtube

ralph says "SLEEP! Thats where I'M a VIking" - I used to hear this pattern all the time with my kids, it indicates that they think they are, or at least are pretending to be something ( I'M a RObot, I'M a COOL girl, I'M a MONster ): equal emphasis on I'm and Viking, implying equivalence.

compare that to the metaphorical use, which would usually be "i'm a MONSTER", "i'm a VIKING", ie all the emphasis on the metaphor.

― tomofthenest, Friday, April 30, 2010 4:47 AM

But Ralph's voice isn't done by a real kid rather than an adult.

― Tuomas, Friday, April 30, 2010 4:58 AM

in all honesty, this is one of the greatest exchanges I've ever read

yeah Tuomas has really brought his "A" game to this thread

^^^ SB'd myself for that

Actually I was living overseas because my father was a diplomatic representative of the GREAT COUNTRY OF THE U.S. of A. to lesser nations, but nice try.

― congratulations (n/a), 30 April 2010 15:19 (23 minutes ago)

:) just tryin to widen this debate about a cartoon boy dreaming of being a viking tbh.

ftr I feed myself by trying to decipher what english-as-a-second-language kids are saying and writing, so ~shrug~

Explaining why you are right when you are wrong is NAGL.

Oh boy, a movie! That's where this guy is supposed to be a Viking god!

lmfao at the first comment

au contraire mon frere, sorry to break it to you but NAGL has been misused by generations of ILXORs, in fact it is used to describe a situation in basketball where a player forces a shot without getting a good look at the basket, hence it is 'not a [good look]', sorry to break it to you but you've been committing malapropisms for your entire ILX life

ftr I feed myself by trying to decipher what english-as-a-second-language kids are saying and writing, so ~shrug~

so you are hoping with this post that the next 100 posts will be people cracking wise about you not being good at your job and you getting even angrier instead of just joining in the lols - do I read you right?

I am a glutton for punishment ;_;

ralph says "SLEEP! Thats where I'M a VIking" - I used to hear this pattern all the time with my kids, it indicates that they think they are, or at least are pretending to be something ( I'M a RObot, I'M a COOL girl, I'M a MONster ): equal emphasis on I'm and Viking, implying equivalence.

This is a great point.

lol dyao you're a good sport

just feel that when you draw a pair of aces you go all in w/o hesitation that's all

good luck with that hand at the chess board

imma good sport....BASKETBALL!!!

looooooool

even if the B-truthers holding their 2-7 offsuit flop a full house you can't doubt yourself ~no regrets take it to the limit, one more time~

~winning is all I do, all I do is win~

I was using NAGL in its postralph form, ie 'to mean anything i wish, as long as ~35% of any given group agree.'