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Corporal Forsythe · 2012-10-12 23:26:05

Kexruct said:
I mean, I'm all for using less-common words if it helps clarify a message. But if you're just being sesquipedalian, then it hampers the reader's ability to understand what is being said for no reason, which is never a good thing.

Yep. One of the wisest things I ever heard was this from my uncle. If you're not imparting your message in a vernacular or language that isn't common to your audience, they're not the fools for it, you are.

Hexartes · 2012-10-12 23:27:02

Corporal Forsythe said:

Kexruct said:
I mean, I'm all for using less-common words if it helps clarify a message. But if you're just being sesquipedalian, then it hampers the reader's ability to understand what is being said for no reason, which is never a good thing.
Yep. One of the wisest things I ever heard was this from my uncle. If you're not imparting your message in a vernacular or language that isn't common to your audience, they're not the fools for it, you are.

That is one of the best things I've ever heard. Thank you for that.

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-10-12 23:31:56

you're welcome!

I'm glad I had an uncle like him growing up. Total no-bullshit type on the same level as Penn and Teller. He set me in my place many times and I'm thankful for that

Aliroz · 2012-10-12 23:37:07

Kexruct: I didn't realize that it was a picture taken shortly before the Kennedy assassination. I saw it and thought it was a cute picture of Hobbes the tiger about to glomp JFK.

I'll take that picture down. I never intended to make a joke about a tragedy.

Hexartes · 2012-10-12 23:43:19

Don't worry about it.

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 00:02:57

Corporal Forsythe said:

Kexruct said:
I mean, I'm all for using less-common words if it helps clarify a message. But if you're just being sesquipedalian, then it hampers the reader's ability to understand what is being said for no reason, which is never a good thing.
Yep. One of the wisest things I ever heard was this from my uncle. If you're not imparting your message in a vernacular or language that isn't common to your audience, they're not the fools for it, you are.

I think that you put one too many "not"s there, but the sentiment is a good one.

I love words, but there is a line between using your vocabulary to its fullest potential for description and using it to obfuscate your point.

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-10-13 00:14:00

I enjoy having a pretty good sized vocabulary myself, but there's a huge difference between using the right word for the right occasion and sounding like a pretentious twat.

General Patton was a good example of that saying of my uncle's up there. This guy could sit down at a state dinner with royalty and carry in a manner fit for someone of his station and theirs. When he went to go talk to the troops, though, he let the profanity-laden invective and orders out to such a degree that would even offend a sailor. He always got his point across, and succinctly at that.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:18:44

The dubstep drum pattern here is just so...

odd.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:21:35

Also, dat fucking huge build that leads to a seriously wimpy drop.

'Cmon Justin, you can drop the bass harder than that.

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 00:23:27

Corporal Forsythe said:
I enjoy having a pretty good sized vocabulary myself, but there's a huge difference between using the right word for the right occasion and sounding like a pretentious twat.

General Patton was a good example of that saying of my uncle's up there. This guy could sit down at a state dinner with royalty and carry in a manner fit for someone of his station and theirs. When he went to go talk to the troops, though, he let the profanity-laden invective and orders out to such a degree that would even offend a sailor. He always got his point across, and succinctly at that.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Hexartes · 2012-10-13 00:25:11

Mr. Truant said:

The dubstep drum pattern here is just so...

odd.

I was honestly unaware that was a male singing this song until now.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:26:19

really?

I mean despite what people say I don't think he sounds like a girl.

(*Shrug*)

lee4hmz · 2012-10-13 00:26:29

it's not just a fucking game

burn stl to the motheruflkcing ground

KIKLL DSME TOO

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-10-13 00:29:20

Justin Bieber made the steampunk community meltdown over that Christmas video

this alone vindicates him

Misery · 2012-10-13 00:30:30

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:31:21

Steampunk has become decidedly lame.

I mean, cool fiction premise, but it was promptly done into the ground, then the goths found it....

lee4hmz · 2012-10-13 00:31:55

just...why do i have to be stuck in a town where even if the teams do make the playoffs. they always choke in the first motherfucking round.

Just...fuck DC. Why do I even assfucking bother with this God-forsaken place anymore. At least the god damned Diamondbacks have won a fucking World Series in the past 20 years. :P

Aliroz · 2012-10-13 00:34:03

Good-Night, guys.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:34:56

gnite

Justice4243 · 2012-10-13 00:35:54

"Will Rachael Ray get her boobies this year?"

Heh.

Good ol' Achewood.

lee4hmz · 2012-10-13 00:36:16

And with the NHL locked out and in severe danger of not having a season again, the Redskins still stinking up the joint and the Wizards just as bad, we have no one to root for unless we join a bandwagon. :P

But you know what the worst part is? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUCKING WORST PART IS? HEARING THE COMMENTATORS KISS THE OTHER TEAMS' ASSES, AS IF WE'RE NOT ANY GOOD AND ARE NEVER, EVER, E V E R ANY GOOD. Fox is by far the worst at this (their football commentators can burn in hell), but any time one of our teams play a game, they lavish accolades on the other side like we're not even there. It's fucking bullshit.

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 00:39:58

Fox sucks anyway. I thought that this was common knowledge.

Misery · 2012-10-13 00:45:50

lee4hmz · 2012-10-13 00:46:03

They do. I won't watch them these days unless I have to.

But it's still a pet peeve of mine because for the longest time, they had the NFL all to themselves, and they could kiss as much high-seed team ass as they bloody well pleased. I haven't seen much of NBC's NFL coverage, but it's got to be better than that.

I have a massive headache now from screaming myself hoarse about this. Dammit, I'm 35, I shouldn't be having temper tantrums anymore. :(

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:49:03

Aaron DJs with tambourines.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:54:04

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:55:18

LW · 2012-10-13 00:55:40

Lee4hmz,
What happened to the Nationals was definitely rough, especially since they had to lose to the media favorite Cardinals. Looking on the bright side, the Nationals have a pretty young team, so I think they should be competitive for a while. They made a lot of progress this year too, so I feel like the team deserves some props regardless of the unfortunate playoff outcome.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 00:57:45

Imipolex G · 2012-10-13 00:59:05

what Bukowski said

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 00:59:33

Mr. Truant said:

I love Charles Bukowski. His poetry is so delightfully bare and pithy. It's misanthropy made fun.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:01:20

Princess Alice · 2012-10-13 01:03:11

oh wow, i think you'd gone a record 3 hours without posting that bed this time

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-10-13 01:03:52

dude loves that bed

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 01:05:24

It's a nice bed.

Imipolex G · 2012-10-13 01:09:12

looks comfy

Hexartes · 2012-10-13 01:11:44

That is a cool looking bed.

We get it, MO.

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-10-13 01:19:32

I dunno I'm not quite convinced

better post it again

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:20:56

Hexartes · 2012-10-13 01:22:57

That is one content kitty.

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:24:00

Lift Yr. Skinny Paws Like Antennas to Heaven

Misery · 2012-10-13 01:25:04

oh my

O_______________________O

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:27:28

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:28:49

The car is on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel

And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides

And a dark wind blows

The government is corrupt

And we're on so many drugs

With the radio on and the curtains drawn

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine

And the machine is bleeding to death

The sun has fallen down

And the billboards are all leering

And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles

It went like this:

The buildings tumbled in on themselves

Mothers clutching babies

Picked through the rubble

And pulled out their hair

The skyline was beautiful on fire

All twisted metal stretching upwards

Everything washed in a thin orange haze

I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful -

These are truly the last days"

You grabbed my hand

And we fell into it

Like a daydream

Or a fever

We woke up one morning and fell a little further down

For sure it's the valley of death

I open up my wallet

And it's full of blood

lee4hmz · 2012-10-13 01:34:33

Louie: Yeah, that's all true. It's just that I'm so sick of the national media talking about DC teams like they're poison, even when they're good. That and the Nats were one out away from winning and managed to blow it. That is just incredibly horrible.

But even that is nothing like the sheer amount of sloppy ass-kissing the Cardinals are going to get, now that they've offed a #1 seed. :P Fuck that shit. I hope the Giants drill their asses.

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 01:35:53

Somewhere, through the frozen fields,

Somewhere, beneath your pale and tender skin,

Lies a house, absorbing fear and pain—

Solar, red, contained—

And feeding on my dreams.

Somewhere cold, inside the optic wire,

Down where fingers and semen crack and bleed—

There I will be, with my arms spread out and broken,

Waiting for your breath, to animate my veins.

We're not alone: All our thoughts are numbered—

Malignant and cold, animal and hungry.

But I will contain all that ever was or will be,

Then I'll watch my skin erupt, in a symphony of flames—

Screaming out your name, screaming out your name...

Why can't I hide inside your malleable, electric face?

You'd suck away the pain, and swallow down my sickest dreams.

Now my body feels like snow, spilling out the shattered screen—

Where will we be then, when all the fear and blood are gone,

Drained into one hundred million open children's mouths—

Screaming out your name,

Screaming out your name...

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:37:32

Grimes looks like Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold.

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 01:40:12

And now I'm reminded of the chapter on Benjamin Britten in The Rest Is Noise. "Grimes, Grimes!"

Obā-san · 2012-10-13 01:43:32

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey X-Ray Yankee Zulu

Sredni Vashtar · 2012-10-13 01:46:08

"The last transmission they sent reads... err, 'Oscar Mike golf, whiskey tango foxtrot, bravo bravo Quebec—'"

"Must have been one hell of a weather balloon."

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