You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Those have always fallen into the category of "not funny and never were but the internet treats them as hilarious" to me
given that Dghelaayce'e is in a language that i dont know and i have no point of reference for what it could possibly be referring to i don't really have a way to research it further besides googling or binging or whatever
There was a radio segment on NPR (WAMU specifically, if you're wondering) yesterday I think, about a study that found that people on Yelp reviewing upscale restaurants tended to use multisyllabic words, loanwords, and words related to sex and sexual pleasure (such as "exquisite", "gourmet", and "orgasmic"), while people on Yelp reviewing more affordable restaurants tended to use words related to drugs and addiction (such as "like crack" or "addicting").
"Gourmet" isn't sexual at all, and the use of "exquisite" to refer to food predates its use to describe people.
I don't doubt the correlation that you site, but those are bad examples.
...where the heck did you find the native name for Mount McKinley and how did you remember how to spell it?
There is no such mountain as Mount McKinley. That is a misspelling and mispronunciation. It's spelled Dghelaayce'e and pronounced "Dghelaayce'e". Unless you're Koyukon, in which case it is pronounced "Denali" and spelled, "Denali".
There never was and never, never shall be such a mountain in Alaska as Mount McKinley. People can call it that, and call it that, and call it that, but that. Is. Not. The. Name.
It's the ohioans who lobby for maps to call it "McKinley", and geology tests in schools, and everywhere; to honor William McKinley of Ohio.
My dad and mom used to live in Alaska. My brother was born there. In my household, it was never, never called McKinley.
Seriously, we can't just let Ahtna die out as a language.
It's okay, people who have never been to Alaska or known someone who has been often think it's McKinley because that's what everywhere else teaches it as. I only know because my parents were there at some point.
\It's sort of like how Chinese maps show Taiwan as part of china.
(maps from alaska show it as Denali).
Blame Senator Regula, who spent his adult life trying to prevent any change from McKinley; and established an Ohioan tradition of blocking any motion of such change. In Ohio, it's always called McKinley.
This has started something of a rivalry between Ohio and Alaska.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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There was a radio segment on NPR (WAMU specifically, if you're wondering) yesterday I think, about a study that found that people on Yelp reviewing upscale restaurants tended to use multisyllabic words, loanwords, and words related to sex and sexual pleasure (such as "exquisite", "gourmet", and "orgasmic"), while people on Yelp reviewing more affordable restaurants tended to use words related to drugs and addiction (such as "like crack" or "addicting").
"Gourmet" isn't sexual at all, and the use of "exquisite" to refer to food predates its use to describe people.
I don't doubt the correlation that you site, but those are bad examples.
Exquisite is a multisyllabic word, gourmet is a loanword.
"Gourmet" isn't sexual at all, and the use of "exquisite" to refer to food predates its use to describe people.
I don't doubt the correlation that you site, but those are bad examples.
Exquisite is a multisyllabic word, gourmet is a loanword.
Oops, read that wrong.
But "addictive" and "exquisite" have the same number of syllables, and "gourmet" has been around in English since the Middle Ages. So I'm still kind of shaky on the choices, I guess? However, those words do sound "fancier" and tend to have more indulgent, sensual connotations where words like "addicting" have more of an implication of shame or fixation, so... yeah, I definitely buy that.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I find it funny how being only a few years older than you guys means I had a totally different childhood when it came to PC games
I had the MS-DOS versions of Reader Rabbit and Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego, goddammit
Re upscale/downscale restaurant reviews...let me try to actually dig up the story. I'm a little fuzzy on the details. Shoudl have done this before posting initially.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I find it funny how being only a few years older than you guys means I had a totally different childhood when it came to PC games
I had the MS-DOS versions of Reader Rabbit and Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego, goddammit
I also had Reader Rabbit but I think they ported it to Windows 95 or something didn't they?
or maybe those were just sequels, idk.
I had one of the DOS versions because it was one of the few games my parents could find sold on floppy disk and--no shit--the computer we had back then had no CD-ROM drive.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
also a thing about negative reviews being most typically about bad service
and apparently a correlation between addiction terms and "typically meaty, sugary, starchy, snacks or fast foods"
and apparently they went beyond a correlation and decided there was causation going on: 'Jurafsky said that reviews of expensive restaurants also relied on "complex words and wordy reviews" to craft the image of the reviewer as well educated or sophisticated, using words like "sumptuous," "commensurate," "unobtrusively" and "vestibule."' (my emphasis)
i don't know how they determined caustion, so that bit might be a stretch. still, the correlation is a thing.
I had the Windows 95 version of Reader Rabbit. And also one of the other Reader Rabbit games. Also Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds. No Pajama Sam games, though.
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Shakespearian Original Pronunciation is the best silly accent, because it actually makes words sound like how they are spelled most of the time: "Prove" and "behove" rhyme with "love" and "dove," "steak" rhymes with "break," and so on...
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Because I want validation, darn it.
someone please take an interest in it, please?
HInt:
Alaskan Mountains.
Anyways, I have no idea who the lady is that is in this picture, but I think this is funny photoshop.
There never was and never, never shall be such a mountain in Alaska as Mount McKinley. People can call it that, and call it that, and call it that, but that. Is. Not. The. Name.
It's the ohioans who lobby for maps to call it "McKinley", and geology tests in schools, and everywhere; to honor William McKinley of Ohio.
My dad and mom used to live in Alaska. My brother was born there. In my household, it was never, never called McKinley.
Seriously, we can't just let Ahtna die out as a language.
\It's sort of like how Chinese maps show Taiwan as part of china.
(maps from alaska show it as Denali).
Blame Senator Regula, who spent his adult life trying to prevent any change from McKinley; and established an Ohioan tradition of blocking any motion of such change. In Ohio, it's always called McKinley.
This has started something of a rivalry between Ohio and Alaska.
it's only one of the best games ever made. How could anything else in the pack even compare?
or maybe those were just sequels, idk.
no.
I just don't have any...my family generally tends to keep using computers until they break, so...
here we go
has much more detail than I cited
also a thing about negative reviews being most typically about bad service
and apparently a correlation between addiction terms and "typically meaty, sugary, starchy, snacks or fast foods"
and apparently they went beyond a correlation and decided there was causation going on: 'Jurafsky said that reviews of expensive restaurants also relied on
"complex words and wordy reviews" to craft the image of the reviewer as
well educated or sophisticated, using words like "sumptuous,"
"commensurate," "unobtrusively" and "vestibule."' (my emphasis)
i don't know how they determined caustion, so that bit might be a stretch. still, the correlation is a thing.