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System Metternich posted:Doesn't the Ipod stop playing when the headphones get unplugged? At least my Android does. Stop, you're ruining it. It was epic. EPIC. In fact, a girl noticed the iPod lying there so she picked it up and plugged it into some Bose speakers so you could really hear the bass.
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FrozenVent posted:That's actually a pretty common mistake for French speakers learning English - the French word for a rare steak translates to bleeding. German, too, where it's "bloody".
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Marley Wants More posted:Stop, you're ruining it. It was epic. EPIC. In fact, a girl noticed the iPod lying there so she picked it up and plugged it into some Bose speakers so you could really hear the bass. I prefer to believe that when the music stopped our hero just sang the rest of it himself.
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Aug 20, 2013 14:10
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Well, I mean, if some dumb jerk started singing Nightwish after losing their headphones I sure would be scared off, but not for the reason they probably assume.
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Aug 20, 2013 15:10
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This troper finds it quite disappointing when the troper tales I see posted here can't stay in third person for more than a sentence.
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My favorite part of the "epic one-sided battle" STDH is the very first sentence. It's such a glorious, brain-melting run-on.This Troper posted:This troperrecently (A few weeks ago) got into a....little fight with his longtime nemesis, last day of (high)school, he may not be coming(droping out, my nemesis, not me) back, revenge bluh bluh merger childish things There are so many little nuggets of hilarity! The best part is "revenge bluh bluh merger childish things". I'm assuming he meant "meager", but who really knows what the gently caress he's talking about?
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Aug 20, 2013 15:40
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I thought it was more "I was all pumped to listen to my totally badass and not at all hilarious music, but then this guy foiled my plans. BIG mistake." *gets opera metal blue balls, hulks out*
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Aug 20, 2013 15:46
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Can't we all just be thankful that for once it wasn't Bohemian Rhapsody?
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CJacobs posted:Well, I mean, if some dumb jerk started singing Nightwish after losing their headphones I sure would be scared off, but not for the reason they probably assume. If this happened to me I would probably fall to my knees after being emotionally disected and say "That kid...Is inhuman."
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Aug 20, 2013 17:15
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Ha! That stupid teacher in that lame conformist factory that purports to "educate" those kids slept through possibly the greatest, most one-liner filled, anime meter stick duel of all time! What a jerk!
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Aug 20, 2013 18:41
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I think snippets of this were posted a while back in the thread, but this is the first time I've seen the full thing, complete with a picture of the guy who made it all up. The guy who yelled Dr. Who quotes at his table and then everyone applauded and then a girl gave him his number. (They're probably getting married in a year.) http://strangeronbakerstreet.tumblr.com/post/46821798132/certain-doctor-who-phrases-and-how-olive-garden He also loves Homestuck and owns a fedora. Who would have guessed?
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Aug 20, 2013 19:22
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quote:Lots of confused faces. Many people laughed. The few who got the reference clapped, laughed, or smiled all big like. One girl who got the reference gave me the biggest smile I’ve ever seen, later I would receive her number. That story is seriously STDH-in-a-can. edit:   ... This guy sure is something alright. edit:  Hahahaha hah ahahahah CJacobs has a new favorite as of 19:28 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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Aug 20, 2013 19:24
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For such a Who-geek, you'd think he could at least learn to knit and follow a pattern.
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Aug 20, 2013 19:35
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Kaizoku posted:For such a Who-geek, you'd think he could at least learn to knit and follow a pattern. You missed the bit where he's dressed as hid "headcanon" Doctor, not the one from the TV show. In that guy's personal canon the fourth Doctor regenerated into a horrible redditor, complete with fedora.
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Aug 20, 2013 20:24
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lol "headconon"
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Aug 20, 2013 20:48
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"Because I was bored" is one of the most annoying things teenagers say, like even they know they should be ashamed of whatever weird thing they're doing so they can't fully own it.
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Aug 20, 2013 21:18
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CJacobs posted:
When Grandma is cooler than you, it's time to rethink things. Also, repurposing your Mom's old bathrobe will not make it into a trenchcoat.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:04
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It's quite a long story, but I think that THIS story is quite implausible. There's also one on Not Always Working about a girl who proves she's American by singing the Major-General's Song from Pirates of Penzance.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:10
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Serperoth posted:It's quite a long story, but I think that THIS story is quite implausible. But then after that poo poo got really dumb. Serperoth posted:There's also one on Not Always Working about a girl who proves she's American by singing the Major-General's Song from Pirates of Penzance.  Well don't leave us hanging.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:23
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FrozenVent posted:
http://notalwaysworking.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-american/31250 Here you go. Again, long story, so just linking it.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:25
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Why would singing a British song prove your American-ness?
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Aug 20, 2013 22:28
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Serperoth posted:http://notalwaysworking.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-american/31250 quote:I am blonde-haired, blue-eyed and extremely pale. I have also just come back from Ireland after a year in college. I am in a diner. A waitress comes up to me.) So yeah. Never happened right there. The part about singing in the diner is just  on top of everything; I'm guessing parody.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:31
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Serperoth posted:http://notalwaysworking.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-american/31250  I don't even understand how the author could think that proves anything. Gilbert and Sullivan were both English, as was Major-General Stanley.Fake edit: ^^^ Crow Jane gets it.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:32
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It is a glorious thing to be a major general annoyance to everyone around.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:34
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Serperoth posted:It's quite a long story, but I think that THIS story is quite implausible. I had a professor who knew it was his last semester teaching and he acted kind of bullshit sometimes. That I can sort of understand, but it's still taken up to retarded levels here with the absentee signup thing. The whole loving reveal pushes it beyond anything that could have actually happened. This girl is going to lie about the reason she has to miss class to a professor because she's worried that her BIGGEST SECRET CRUSH will be worried about her? Not telling people about an operation you're going to have is something you do if: a) you are on a soap opera b) they are 90 years old and the worrying might literally kill them d) you are fictional This person has never had a relationship. Possibly never had friends.
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Aug 21, 2013 00:18
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Plus, consider "Dude needs a kidney" + "Dude has a twin sister" + "Dude found a donor" = "Hey twin sis, are you giving your brother a kidney?" I guess real life isn't like stories sometimes so you can't be 100% sure... Also I went to a small technical college where everyone knew each others, and I don't buy for a minute the amazing Skype party. Especially from people they know from one random class at college. Writer's a high schooler.
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Serperoth posted:http://notalwaysworking.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-american/31250 I am going to guess this person really did come back from studying abroad and really does like Gilbert and Sullivan. I would also believe that when they came back, they did speak with a slight accent, possibly very forced, but nobody really gave a poo poo.
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Aug 21, 2013 00:44
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Serperoth posted:http://notalwaysworking.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-american/31250 Went to Ireland for a year, somehow developed a Russian accent. Served by a waitress teleported in from some soviet-fearing 1950s reality who somehow thinks you don't get cheeseburgers in Russia. This is the perfect transcript, of a story hypothetical
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Aug 21, 2013 01:00
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One time my doctor totally broke into song about how he was "the perfect model of a scientist Salarian", you guys.
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Aug 21, 2013 01:05
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Guess which previously posted STDH got picked up by the news and GBS  If you guessed "Angry letter about autistic son," congratulations! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3566136&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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Uh, that wasn't actually obvious STDH, just suspected STDH; so I'll give it a pass.
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winegums posted:Went to Ireland for a year, somehow developed a Russian accent. Served by a waitress teleported in from some soviet-fearing 1950s reality who somehow thinks you don't get cheeseburgers in Russia. STH "Top o' the mornin' lassie. I'll have the cornbeef and cabbage." "Sorry, we don't have that on the menu." "Oh, you must be confused by my accent. You see I just spent a year studying abroad in Ireland. It was a truly magical and life changing experience." "Ok..."
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gschmidl posted:German, too, where it's "bloody". It's "bloody" in Polish too. There is a similar STHD about steaks that made the rounds around the internet here a few years ago, presented of course as the truthest realest thing that really happened to my neighbour's son's brother in law's friend. I've first read it as an anectode in a "Top 100 Useful English Phrases" book printed in the 60's and I firmly believe it was made up in order to flesh out the concept of "false friends" words to the students. I can't remember the exact quotes but here's the distilled version: you think you know english?THINK AGAIN posted:Yeah u think u know English, folks? Here's what happened to my neighbour's son's brother in law's friend. He went to England with his mates, boasting about his English skills. After all the touring they got hungry so they found a nice English restaurant. Then this exchange happened.
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Serperoth posted:It's quite a long story, but I think that THIS story is quite implausible. The moral of this story is don't be a xenophobic twat. Not because it's wrong to act like that to immigrants but because they might actually be an AMERICAN and then won't your face be red treating them like some Russian scum.
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swampland posted:The moral of this story is don't be a xenophobic twat. Not because it's wrong to act like that to immigrants but because they might actually be an AMERICAN and then won't your face be red treating them like some Russian scum. If only she had sung "For he is an Englishman" from H.M.S. Pinafore in the story.
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Pretty Lady Blob posted:STH Alternatively, waitress recognizes dipshit she went to high school with is speaking in a comically forced Irish accent for some reason and calls her on it: Waitress: Heh nice accent, what are you- Dipshit: Well I guess you don't like "foreigners" hmmm well guess what  I'M AMERICAN
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FrozenVent posted:Plus, consider "Dude needs a kidney" + "Dude has a twin sister" + "Dude found a donor" = "Hey twin sis, are you giving your brother a kidney?" And "dude needs kidney" = "dude could be up for surgery at any time" = "dude's professors are aware of this and arrangements are made with the school to accommodate medical leave"
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Hoover Dam posted:And "dude needs kidney" = "dude could be up for surgery at any time" = "dude's professors are aware of this and arrangements are made with the school to accommodate medical leave" Ah but see, this professor cannot be reasoned with.
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Nope.
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Cru Jones posted:Nope. I don't even get it. Did the manager not know him? Why would the manager fire random people?
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