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the black husserl posted:A common misconception. Actually he's a douchebag
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At synagogue growing up, dad would sometimes pop off with some Yiddish in the middle of a conversation as a goof. It wasn't until I took German in college that I realized what "verstehest?" means, and that he wasn't just saying "fish taste?" for years.
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Nov 27, 2016 15:00
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the black husserl posted:A common misconception. Actually he's a douchebag There's a difference?
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Nov 27, 2016 15:09
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Deftones is a play on "tone deaf."
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Nov 30, 2016 06:16
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I owned a ps4 for like four months before I realised the colour LEDs on top don't indicate battery level but player number. Like blue for p1, red for p2, green for p3. I kept charging the red one and the blue one kept dying. What really hosed with me was that the other day p1 was green, which makes no sense to me. Plus now this crystal on my hand is blinking.
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Nov 30, 2016 07:01
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JoelJoel posted:Plus now this crystal on my hand is blinking. they really need to remake this movie
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Nov 30, 2016 07:10
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JoelJoel posted:I owned a ps4 for like four months before I realised the colour LEDs on top don't indicate battery level but player number. Like blue for p1, red for p2, green for p3. I kept charging the red one and the blue one kept dying. It can be game specific. Some games will match to your character color, like Towerfall Ascension, or game state, like Destiny will be blue normally, red for low health, yellow for charged super etc.
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Nov 30, 2016 07:37
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Mazerunner posted:It can be game specific. Some games will match to your character color, like Towerfall Ascension, or game state, like Destiny will be blue normally, red for low health, yellow for charged super etc. I hate that. I feel like that kind of pointless confusion is more a Microsoft idea. I also hate how when I turn the lights off to get into the game, the rooms glows with whatever confusing colour the remote dictates.
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Nov 30, 2016 08:12
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JoelJoel posted:I hate that. I feel like that kind of pointless confusion is more a Microsoft idea. You can turn the brightness down via the playstation button menu.
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Nov 30, 2016 08:59
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JoelJoel posted:I owned a ps4 for like four months before I realised the colour LEDs on top don't indicate battery level but player number. Like blue for p1, red for p2, green for p3. I kept charging the red one and the blue one kept dying. Then it flashes Blue and Red when the police are onto you. It's also a complete drain on the already lessened battery life compared to the PS3 Controller and you can't fully turn off the lightbar stuff.
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Nov 30, 2016 10:09
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In Tomb Raider when you're holding a torch, it imitates fire. The new controller that comes with the Pro (and will replace the standard one in stores eventually, I assume) seems to have better battery life.
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Nov 30, 2016 15:43
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Henchman of Santa posted:Deftones is a play on "tone deaf."
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Nov 30, 2016 15:56
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zedprime posted:Are you sure they aren't playing the most deft tones? It's more like the hip-hop slang "def." The band confirms it.
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Nov 30, 2016 16:04
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In the Christmas song "Winter Wonderland" the verse In the meadow we can build a snowman Then pretend that he is Parson Brown He'll say, "Are you married?" We'll say, "No man" But you can do the job, when you're in town is neither weirdly sexualizing the snowman, nor indicating that the narrator is fantasizing about the local Parson doing the job of husband, but saying that the snowman/parson can conduct the wedding ceremony of the narrator and the person he/she is making the snowman with. I've misinterpreted it since I was a kid, probably because my mom's favorite Christmas CD had a woman singing the song and as a kid with not particularly religious parents I just interpreted "Parson" as a name. Even after I realized "Parson" was a title I just never adjusted my interpretation until a few days ago sitting in a coffee shop when a version with a male singer came on and I realized my mistake. stereobreadsticks has a new favorite as of 16:36 on Nov 30, 2016 |
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Nov 30, 2016 16:33
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I have literally never heard the title "Parson" in my life.
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Nov 30, 2016 16:48
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stereobreadsticks posted:In the Christmas song "Winter Wonderland" the verse Well I'll be damned. I always just assumed that Parson Brown was some hollywood star that was relevant when the song written but since fallen into obscurity.
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Nov 30, 2016 16:52
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Henchman of Santa posted:I have literally never heard the title "Parson" in my life. I think it's pretty much a Protestant thing. Where I grew was pretty heavily Lutheran, and the head guy was listed as Parson on the church bulletin board. I grew up in a Catholic house and I remember being confused by it and had to ask my mom why they had a Parson instead of a Priest.
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Nov 30, 2016 17:07
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Even knowing what the real lyrics are, it still wavers between "adorable Norman Rockwell painting" and "actually kind of creepy".
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Nov 30, 2016 17:15
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What about the Alan Parsons Project? Was he priest person?
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Nov 30, 2016 17:17
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The Simpsons has a Parson.
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Nov 30, 2016 17:20
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hogmartin posted:Even knowing what the real lyrics are, it still wavers between "adorable Norman Rockwell painting" and "actually kind of creepy". That's downright tame. Let me introduce you to the old standard "Baby It's Cold Outside" Bonus: Fantastic version with Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-4aOi3AzQ
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Nov 30, 2016 17:21
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You can't spell parson without pee and arson.
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Nov 30, 2016 17:27
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hogmartin posted:Even knowing what the real lyrics are, it still wavers between "adorable Norman Rockwell painting" and "actually kind of creepy". They've built the snowman, they're briefly pretending he's a minister, the minister sees that they are a couple that is in love and asks if they are married, they say no and tell him that maybe he can minister their wedding. I think I'm missing something about how this is creepy
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Nov 30, 2016 21:46
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sweeperbravo posted:They've built the snowman, they're briefly pretending he's a minister, the minister sees that they are a couple that is in love and asks if they are married, they say no and tell him that maybe he can minister their wedding. I think I'm missing something about how this is creepy Probably that the 'we' in the song are kids, and it's just an odd thing to put in a Christmas song. I don't know any other Christmas songs that have children building a snow golem to consecrate their wedding.
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Nov 30, 2016 23:38
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sweeperbravo posted:They've built the snowman, they're briefly pretending he's a minister, the minister sees that they are a couple that is in love and asks if they are married, they say no and tell him that maybe he can minister their wedding. I think I'm missing something about how this is creepy To the ur-goon, all feelings of reciprocal love are creepy. E: literally nothing in the song ever implies the narrator being a child
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Nov 30, 2016 23:40
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hogmartin posted:Probably that the 'we' in the song are kids, and it's just an odd thing to put in a Christmas song. I don't know any other Christmas songs that have children building a snow golem to consecrate their wedding. 
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Nov 30, 2016 23:42
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food court bailiff posted:To the ur-goon, all feelings of reciprocal love are creepy. There's a version with another verse that includes: quote:We'll have lots of fun with Mr. Snowman And yes, expressions of affection are terrifying and bad I mean come on people this is just obvious.
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Nov 30, 2016 23:54
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hogmartin posted:There's a version with another verse that includes: Notably not the version with the lines about Parson Brown, which is what started this conversation. That version has the narrator pretending it's a circus clown.
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Dec 1, 2016 00:13
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Eh, even if the narrator is meant to be a kid, kids believing that people who are in love get married isn't under the "creepy" umbrella IMO. By that logic the "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" taunt is also creepy, and that one even has a baby being born as a result of the kissers-in-tree.
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Dec 1, 2016 00:53
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Snow goons are bad news
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Dec 1, 2016 04:44
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food court bailiff posted:Notably not the version with the lines about Parson Brown, which is what started this conversation. That version has the narrator pretending it's a circus clown. Those are two different verses, and the standard version of the song has both. That said, even if they're kids having the snowman marry them isn't creepy. Playing house is harmless; it's not like they're playing doctor.
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Dec 1, 2016 04:52
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rydiafan posted:Those are two different verses, and the standard version of the song has both.
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Dec 1, 2016 05:05
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I also thought the "but you can do the job when you're in town" line was a thinly veiled sex reference that adults would get but kids wouldn't v v
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Dec 1, 2016 05:13
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Hirayuki posted:JMJ, goons. I had to google this. The Stuff I Just Figured Out is coming from inside the thread!
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Dec 1, 2016 05:24
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Like all music, it's about sex.
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Dec 1, 2016 07:29
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Hirayuki posted:I'm not sure children conspire, as they dream by the fire, to face unafraid the plans that they've made walking in a winter wonderland. Or that they'd understand the new bird to be singing a love song. The song is about adults and isn't creepy in the slightest. JMJ, goons. Do adults often build snowmen and fret over the "other kiddies" knocking them down? So it's ambiguous. I took them to be kids because of the "other kiddies" line, the whole song is festive Precious Moments winter/holiday imagery, and then out of left field they're having a snowman marry them. Gah. Sorry for... well, honestly this probably wouldn't break into the top 500 oddest SA derails list.
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Dec 1, 2016 14:05
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That song is like 150 years old, the people wanting to get married are probably like fifteen and so the other slightly younger kiddies are knocking over their snowman. Or the writer just needed a two syllable word to make the line fit the meter of the song, I don't know
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Dec 1, 2016 14:07
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fullroundaction posted:I also thought the "but you can do the job when you're in town" line was a thinly veiled sex reference that adults would get but kids wouldn't v same, pervy bro  
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Dec 1, 2016 14:27
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zedprime posted:Are you sure they aren't playing the most deft tones? def tones - this is the legal definition deft ones - describes the band members deft tones (??? I don't get this one??) De f tone S(sharp) - every band has a resonant frequency Tone deaf
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flosofl posted:That's downright tame. Turns out this song was considerably less creepy in its original context, performed between the songwriter and his wife at their holiday parties to let people know the party was ending. The song plays much differently when the subtext is that both of them actually do want to gently caress.
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