Critical Miss: Highlanders Anonymous

Dango

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Am I the only one who thinks that people take this saying way too literally?
 

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Ilikemilkshake said:
I laughed at the comic.. but the phrase "am i the only one..." shouldnt necesarily invalidate the rest of the question... i'd wager less than half the people who say that dont really believe they are the only one, and instead they're actually saying in a round about way: I am the only person i know who ---, do you also ---?
But that's the whole point, they're not raising a question, because the question is asking if they're the only one who's noticed something or if they're the only one who has a certain opinion.

In reality, most of the time the former is just a shallow way to poke fun at a game or feel special about noticing a minor detail, and the latter is just someone who needlessly thinks that the only way to share an opinion on a certain matter is in the form of a question.

Neither is particularly offensive, but it is a rather irritating way of phrasing something.
 

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So....I'm not the only one who has giant black reptillian wings growing from his back? Well, that certainly takes alot of load off of my shoulders. Seriously, i honestly thought i was the only one that was happening too.
 

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Utterly useless.

I apologize if that's a low-content post, but I don't feel like giving the comic any more of my time.
 

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Tharwen said:
Why is it good to point this out? Why do people do it? There are plenty of other things that you would get shouted at for taking completely literally like this, so why is this one exempt?

I just don't understand...
Dude, you've been here, judging from your join date for 2 years. Even I've figured out in my short time here that we here at the Escapist have no shortage in our reserves of stuff to get upset about. In fact, I'd argue you're in the wrong for getting so confused an not just accepting it yet.
 

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Zachary Amaranth said:
And in the end, even Duncan MacLeod was not the only one.
Hm? I'm pretty sure that at the end of Highlander, he was the only one. [sub][sub]The sequels never happened.[/sub][/sub]
Edit: Oh wait. Duncan? Yeah, nevermind.
 

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And here I thought this was about the quickening that happens whenever you kill a dragon in Skyrim. Am I the only one shouts "THERE CAN BE ONLY OOONE!" whenever I absorb a dragon soul?
 

Something Amyss

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RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Edit: Oh wait. Duncan? Yeah, nevermind.
Yeah, I was gonna say that if the sequels never happened, Duncan couldn't be the only one. But you caught it, so....

Ummm....

WE'RE THE PRINCES OF THE UNIVERRRRRRRSE!
 

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BX3 said:
Tharwen said:
Why is it good to point this out? Why do people do it? There are plenty of other things that you would get shouted at for taking completely literally like this, so why is this one exempt?

I just don't understand...
Dude, you've been here, judging from your join date for 2 years. Even I've figured out in my short time here that we here at the Escapist have no shortage in our reserves of stuff to get upset about. In fact, I'd argue you're in the wrong for getting so confused an not just accepting it yet.
But it's stuuupiiiiiiiiiid!

It's been happening for about 6 months and normally by this point in an opinion's life cycle there are more people trying to crush it than perpetuate it. This one is obviously tough, and requires more firepower.
 

Something Amyss

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Aethren said:
Yes he was. The sequels don't exist in my perfect world.
The last poster caught themselves, but you didn't. Yippee.

Duncan MacLeod existed in the sequels and TV series only. If the sequels didn't exist, neither did he, and he wasn't the only one.

Connor was the guy from the first movie.

Now, maybe you include the series, but then, the series ends with several immortals still alive, both MacLeods included, so Duncan is not the only one (And neither is Connor).

Never thought this would be an issue, because I figured anyone fixated enough on Highlander to even bother denying the sequels would at least know the name of the Highlander from Highlander (The movie).

Personally, I think Highlander only makes sense when you include the cartoon. >.>
 

Biodeamon

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It's always nice to get some feedback from the author...

And i think we get the joke about "am i the only one..." people...you can stop making jokes.
or am i the only one who thinks this?

hmmm, this is almost as bad as saying the word "cake" to a person who's played portal