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KillHour posted:That's not what over/under means. Linguistic creep. Over/under as a synonym for 'what are the chances' is a thing. In fact I'd say i see it used more commonly in that sense than it's official definition online. Common usage moves on, irregardless* of how you feel about that. * 
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Fort Bend county now under mandatory evecuation: https://twitter.com/SydneyStavinoha/status/902204071939112961 https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/902193672221069313
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Hahaha I recall people who said this looked fake were raked over the coals in this thread
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KillHour posted:A mandatory evacuation is basically the same thing. Nobody is going to come drag you out of your house or charge you with stupidity. keep in mind that plenty of people have no real means to evacuate. a huge number of americans don't have $500 in savings, and evacuating costs money - especially if you dont have any family to stay with, or even a reliable vehicle that can fit your entire family
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Prester Jane posted:Fort Bend county now under mandatory evacuation: Several areas of the county are under evacuation, but there have only been a few recent evacuation order changes. Specifically, Pecan Grove has been upgraded to mandatory evacuation. https://twitter.com/fbcoem/status/902212750922919939
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RiggenBlaque posted:I don't think I saw this posted yet:
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Deptfordx posted:Linguistic creep. This sort of joyful reveling in ignorance is why Trump is the president.
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Discendo Vox posted:Several areas of the county are under evacuation, but there have only been a few recent evacuation order changes. Specifically, Pecan Grove has been upgraded to mandatory evacuation. That tweet was retweeted by a meterologist who works for the Harris County Flood Control District. My read is that the entire county is now under mandatory evac according to this judges orders. It seems to be being passed along by county officials at any rate.
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Varam posted:This sort of joyful reveling in ignorance is why Trump is the president. Is this a serious post
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Can someone define the difference between a mandatory and voluntary evacuation? It's not like the cops are going door to door to make sure that people are gone.
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Your Taint posted:Maybe it's just me understanding, hut isn't a voluntary evacuation order completely useless? I can voluntarily evacuate my home literally any day st any time, as could those people (theoretically). Isn't it just the govt saying "yeah, we think you should leave?" Yes, but giving people permission gets some of them to move. Not enough usually. Also I went ahead and looked into the Army Corps of Engineers reports on the dams to get some clarity for everyone regarding the various Top of Spillway numbers. For Barker drat, the graph has a purple line indicating Top of Spillway at 104', but the statistics above say 107.6'. Similarly Addicks's graph had the top line at 108', but the statistics say 117.5'. The 104' and 108' indicate where the water starts spilling over the far edges of the dam. In other words, the higher number indicates where the top of the dam is, but not how much it can hold. Addicks will, at it's wall, still be ten feet above water level when the water starts curling around the edges of the dam.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Can someone define the difference between a mandatory and voluntary evacuation? It's not like the cops are going door to door to make sure that people are gone. The urgency they are trying to convey
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Can someone define the difference between a mandatory and voluntary evacuation? It's not like the cops are going door to door to make sure that people are gone. Voluntary is "If you have to evacuate do so, but if you seem safe stay in place". Mandatory is "If you do not leave right now you are going to die".
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Prester Jane posted:That tweet was retweeted by a meterologist who works for the Harris County Flood Control District. My read is that the entire county is now under mandatory evac according to this judges orders. It seems to be being passed along by county officials at any rate. Over 585,375 people live in Fort Bend county. 80,000 are under evacuation orders.
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BarbarianElephant posted:Just like the nomination of joke-candidate Trump was great news for Hillary, right? Senate. He's talking about running for the senate. I mean if you think Flake would be easier to beat than Arpio (or ward), you're not necessarily wrong, we can't ever really know, but I doubt very much that overt racism is electoral kryptonite for democrats in the long term. The backlash to Trump's election has been massive.
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Deptfordx posted:Linguistic creep. On the other hand, something is still wrong until it's right. Language creep is incredibly annoying. I deal with old farts who can't accept new definitions, and I also work with a lot of young people who don't realize that precise word choice has value.
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Information Post updated. There's a link to a better Fort Bend County evac map now.
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WrenP-Complete posted:Over 585,375 people live in Fort Bend county. 80,000 are under evacuation orders. I stand corrected then, my apologies. Thank you for clearing that up. Also, this guy is the Harris County Flood Control District meterologist that I have been following, and he just posted this: https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/902221491386929152
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Prester Jane posted:I stand corrected then, my apologies. Thank you for clearing that up. No worries, I also thought it was confusing. Thank you for your help in keeping the resource list up to date!
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I recall people who said this looked fake were raked over the coals in this thread To be fair, "I don't think it looks right" isn't really a good argument without something more supporting it than vague intuition. For real though what kind of loving thought process is "ow I stabbed myself -> wait what if I said antifa did this???"
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Can someone define the difference between a mandatory and voluntary evacuation? It's not like the cops are going door to door to make sure that people are gone. aside from communicating urgency, mandatory means that the police have the power to charge you with disobeying a lawful order. it's basically the legal justification for the police to remove you from your home if they need to. this is unlikely to happen but it's sort of a necessary procedure because otherwise the police can't force you out of your home. this is more important for first responders and other public safety resources who might be in danger after you finally realize, sitting on the roof of your house as it floats out to sea, that you probably should have evacuated by now and you would really like a boat to come rescue you please TGLT posted:To be fair, "I don't think it looks right" isn't really a good argument without something more supporting it than vague intuition. attention seeking dipshit, like everyone making GBS threads their hot takes on twitter or youtube boner confessor fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Aug 28, 2017 |
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TGLT posted:For real though what kind of loving thought process is "ow I stabbed myself -> wait what if I said antifa did this???" edit: oops, read the article wrong!
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Quorum posted:Was, yes. And "gay" was a word that meant happy.  (There's other ones that are worse.)
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2008 Reminder : A McCain staffer/voter said two SSJ6346464 blacks attacked her and carved a 'B' for Obama in her face.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I recall people who said this looked fake were raked over the coals in this thread Are the people in this thread forensic analysts or medical doctors who personally examined him? Because yeah otherwise they should be raked over the coals if it was anything more than 'I bet he did it himself'
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I recall people who said this looked fake were raked over the coals in this thread I don't remember that. I remember it getting posted and people going  and then the most they got was "Yeah but there's no way to know" even when people pointed out how stupid the story was, and how lucky he was to have gauze on hand after getting randomly stabbed going out to get coffee, plus the blood was on the wrong door and such. Raked over the coals, though? Not really.
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Boon posted:Are the people in this thread forensic analysts or medical doctors who personally examined him? Because yeah otherwise they should be raked over the coals if it was anything more than 'I bet he did it himself' getting stabbed in the meat of the thumb is a super weird defensive wound. imagine the sequence of events necessary for someone to lightly stab you once and only once on the palm of your hand when attacking you
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:I don't remember that. I remember it getting posted and people going Uh, I remember someone comparing it to not believing a rape survivor. I'm not sure if that qualifies as raked over the coals.
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evilweasel posted:oh my god these russia emails almost could not be more incriminating It's almost comical. The only way it could be more clear is if was worded like "I and Donald J Trump are going to have Russia interfere in the US presidential election. We are doing this while 100% understanding what we are doing is highly illegal and treason. We are doing this at the request of Putin and to make lots of money by, again, preforming treason against the United States and her government"
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WrenP-Complete posted:Uh, I remember someone comparing it to not believing a rape survivor. I'm not sure if that qualifies as raked over the coals.  I must've scabbed that memory over, because jesus christ.
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:I don't remember that. I remember it getting posted and people going Somebody was literally indicting "our side" for it, it was pretty obnoxious.
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Dr. VooDoo posted:It's almost comical. The only way it could be more clear is if was worded like "I and Donald J Trump are going to have Russia interfere in the US presidential election. We are doing this while 100% understanding what we are doing is highly illegal and treason. We are doing this at the request of Putin and to make lots of money by, again, preforming treason against the United States and her government" And yet it will still cause almost no waves because this is the hell timeline.
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TGLT posted:To be fair, "I don't think it looks right" isn't really a good argument without something more supporting it than vague intuition. A lot of the people in this thread aren't just basing this on intuition though, but rather their knowledge and experience of stabbing people.
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:
Yeah, they were probated for it. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3821460&pagenumber=2601&perpage=40#post475536186
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Deptfordx posted:Linguistic creep. Woah
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Dr. VooDoo posted:It's almost comical. The only way it could be more clear is if was worded like "I and Donald J Trump are going to have Russia interfere in the US presidential election. We are doing this while 100% understanding what we are doing is highly illegalive and treason. We are doing this at the request of Putin and to make lots of money by, again, preforming treason against the United States and her government" This is the one time during his Presidency when this story would not get nearly all of the cable news coverage.
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withak posted:Disbelieving victims of alleged crimes is usually a bad habit to get into, except apparently if the alleged victim is a nazi. Its a good habit if the crime described is very stupid
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