Naming Inanimate Objects.
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i have 2 cars
1. is call DORA cause its a ford explorer
2. is call Bluey II because it reminds me of my old car
1. is call DORA cause its a ford explorer
2. is call Bluey II because it reminds me of my old car
Do you ride Dave a lot?fix-the-spade said:
OT: No, I don't name inanimate objects but it sounds like a good idea.
1. I don't name things but I tend to personify them.
2. Not really, but then again I am wearing this comfy white jacket that holds my arms...
3. !!!!!
4. Sadly no profit, only hordes of mindless zombies that want to eat my brain T_T.
2. Not really, but then again I am wearing this comfy white jacket that holds my arms...
3. !!!!!
4. Sadly no profit, only hordes of mindless zombies that want to eat my brain T_T.
Everyone names inanimate objects, though typically it's done with dolls or stuffed animals.
Generally speaking I'd be very wary of naming ANYTHING after Guy Fawkes, especially if you learned about him largely from the "V is for Vendetta" movie or afterwards. Let's just say that the movie missed a lot of points entirely, including the Fawkes symbolism. People are looking at him as some kind of hip, anti-establishment revolutionary, when in reality he was more of a Bin Ladin type. It should be noted that the Fawkes symbolism was NOT intended to be a good thing in the graphic novel, "V" was NOT a good guy by any standards, and can very easily be argued to be a lot worse than the people he was fighting against. The graphic novel had none of the off handed referances to American politics and liberal interpetations of what "Bush" might be up to. Nor was the goverment quite as over the top malevolent. Indeed Mr. Susan (the character the movie's Sutter was based on) was very well intentioned, where V had no good intentions at all, he simply wanted revenge and anarchy, there was no higher purpose or desire for human freedom or anything else. The wrong association has rubbed off
on this figure due to the movie, as well as the entire point being implied with that symbolism in the original work... probably having a lot to do with why the creator was so quick to distance himself.
I'd consider another name if you plan to use the bow for anything, and tell people that you named it. Eventually it will probably wind up biting you in the keister. It's almost like someone buying a gun and naming it "Lee Harvey Oswald", or "John Wilkes Booth".
Generally speaking I'd be very wary of naming ANYTHING after Guy Fawkes, especially if you learned about him largely from the "V is for Vendetta" movie or afterwards. Let's just say that the movie missed a lot of points entirely, including the Fawkes symbolism. People are looking at him as some kind of hip, anti-establishment revolutionary, when in reality he was more of a Bin Ladin type. It should be noted that the Fawkes symbolism was NOT intended to be a good thing in the graphic novel, "V" was NOT a good guy by any standards, and can very easily be argued to be a lot worse than the people he was fighting against. The graphic novel had none of the off handed referances to American politics and liberal interpetations of what "Bush" might be up to. Nor was the goverment quite as over the top malevolent. Indeed Mr. Susan (the character the movie's Sutter was based on) was very well intentioned, where V had no good intentions at all, he simply wanted revenge and anarchy, there was no higher purpose or desire for human freedom or anything else. The wrong association has rubbed off
on this figure due to the movie, as well as the entire point being implied with that symbolism in the original work... probably having a lot to do with why the creator was so quick to distance himself.
I'd consider another name if you plan to use the bow for anything, and tell people that you named it. Eventually it will probably wind up biting you in the keister. It's almost like someone buying a gun and naming it "Lee Harvey Oswald", or "John Wilkes Booth".
Well they've got to have names, especially if you're ever going to talk to/at them. It's kind of difficult to say, "Hey, chair." and hope that the one chair you wanted to talk to in a room with four of them is going to be the one you get the attention of.
Oh yes I ride Dave all the time.Borntolose said:
I ride him up
I ride him down
I ride him all around...
When all you know is fascism, you'd be excused for becoming an anarchist in my book...Therumancer said:
Anyways, as the old saying goes "one country's 'terrorist' is another's 'freedom fighter'". Fawkes is rather popular in Ireland, among other places. And no, V for Vendetta is not my primary source to knowledge about Guy Fawkes.
OT: imbuing inanimate objects with personalities (to a lesser degree) is quite common, you do it ever time you curse one, or beg your computer to not crash. Giving an object you use or encounter often is not really a long step from this.
Well, your computer actually LETS you name it. My first computer I named Ifurita from the series El Hazard. "I live to suffer and to cause suffering, if there is an end to this I can only hope." was my log in announcement. My shutdown announcement was when she loses her obedience circuit.
This current computer is Sharon Apple. Anybody who doesn't know who sharon apple is should be beaten and shown all the classic anime nonstop for a week.
I don't name any of my console systems. My friends name their cars, but I have never done that.
This current computer is Sharon Apple. Anybody who doesn't know who sharon apple is should be beaten and shown all the classic anime nonstop for a week.
I don't name any of my console systems. My friends name their cars, but I have never done that.
We've got a mass spectrometer at work called "Martin".
And a couple old UV/Vis specs that we call "the old wives".
And a couple old UV/Vis specs that we call "the old wives".
