"My best friend likes this, while my other best friend likes another thing." You can't have two best friends. That would imply the gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Olympics are equal. They aren't. Easy. If you really have three great friend who you feel totally equal about, and no one is better than them, you should just call them your close friends and be done with it.
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But what if they actually could care less and are willing to demonstrate it? Personally, I couldn't, but some people are possessed of such depths of cold, emotionless apathy that maybe they really could care less about something than the average person.Icecoldcynic said:
I'm tired of the morons that use "your" instead of "you're" and "there" instead of "their" and vice versa (also "its" and "it's"; one is possessive and the toher a contraction of "it is" dammit). They might be taught badly by terrible teachers in school, or they're really that fucking stupid; either way, I'm tired of seeing it, and it's sad.
Note that I said in some cases. Obviously this is a cop-out and these cases may be hard to define, but it is kind of important nonetheless. A completely static language is extremely inefficient. Just think of all the words we use to describe the use of computers and the internet. Inventing and redefining words and expressions makes for more efficient communication. For instance, you may have just "invented" the word "devolution" (I don't know if it's an official word or not, but let's pretend it wasn't). I think everybody knows what you mean, so it seems like a perfectly reasonable addition to the English language (at least to me).Icecoldcynic said:
The reason I brought this up by the way was that someone (Furburt) mentioned the use of quantifications of "unique". To me, this seems perfectly reasonable. Basically everything is unique if you take the binary meaning, however, some things are closer to the mainstream than others. Of course, this is debatable, but it seems perfectly fine to me.
People often talk of "the exception that proves the rule." which can seem like an oxymoron unless the rule that you're talking about is that there's always an exception.
While I don't really use the expression and from what I understand it's supposed to be "probes" instead, everyone uses this phrase so much that it's become mutated.
My friend always makes a big deal when they overuse the term "tragedy" on the news. I kind of understand, they're making America more stupid by using the word in cases when it's not a literal tragedy. Once again, it's a term that's just going to mutate into whatever the retarded pundits think it's supposed to mean.
While I don't really use the expression and from what I understand it's supposed to be "probes" instead, everyone uses this phrase so much that it's become mutated.
My friend always makes a big deal when they overuse the term "tragedy" on the news. I kind of understand, they're making America more stupid by using the word in cases when it's not a literal tragedy. Once again, it's a term that's just going to mutate into whatever the retarded pundits think it's supposed to mean.
Has anyone here ever heard someone actually say "lol"? I have. By definition, saying this is wrong. It is to be typed in chat and/or text messages to indicate that you are laughing. In direct person to person communication, it is perfectly acceptable to just laugh.
I absolutely hate it when people say "I could care less" when they're saying they really don't care about something. The right way to say it is "I couldn't care less" - saying you could care less implies that you actually do care somewhat.
EDIT: Damn, ninja'd.
EDIT: Damn, ninja'd.
The following annoy me to an irrational extent:
"Oftentimes" - I think this is an Americanism, either way, its utterly redundant and sounds hill-billyish.
"Those ones" - This is just tautology
"You am" - instead of "You are": this is something that (British) Northerners tend to do.
The letter "H" when pronounced as 'haitch' rather than 'aitch'
"Oftentimes" - I think this is an Americanism, either way, its utterly redundant and sounds hill-billyish.
"Those ones" - This is just tautology
"You am" - instead of "You are": this is something that (British) Northerners tend to do.
The letter "H" when pronounced as 'haitch' rather than 'aitch'
Y'know, it still works as a sentence.
The Axelgrinder EZ Saw works for all intensive purposes. Cutting up Dragon made of Diamond? Sawing in half a beam of pure titanium? The Axelgrinder wont let you donwn!
...bit of a strech I guess.
The Axelgrinder EZ Saw works for all intensive purposes. Cutting up Dragon made of Diamond? Sawing in half a beam of pure titanium? The Axelgrinder wont let you donwn!
...bit of a strech I guess.
Very much seconded. If they could care less, than that means there is some degree of care.Icecoldcynic said:
The one that gets me the most is when people write "loose" when they mean "lose". My God, it's not that hard.
'Same difference'
'Your an idiot' (it's you're)
I don't find them annoying, just... wrong.
Oh, and it does irritate me a little to see everyone suddenly using the word 'arbitrary' because they heard it on ZP.
'Your an idiot' (it's you're)
I don't find them annoying, just... wrong.
Oh, and it does irritate me a little to see everyone suddenly using the word 'arbitrary' because they heard it on ZP.
Oh god THIS, A THOUSAND TIMES THIS! I just started to notice it this year, and I don't know how it started.Icecoldcynic said:
Also, people saying "I've only got one choice". No, if there's only one course of action, its not a choice. Choice implies selecting from multiple options. Pedantic? Maybe. Annoying? Definitely.