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WrenP-Complete
Jul 27, 2012

Who What Now posted:

I'm still only an apprentice Prog rammer.

quote:

The language disk in our brain is formatted for language.

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Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

We're reaching levels of that's the joke that shouldn't even be possible.

there wolf
Jan 11, 2015

by Fluffdaddy

Mak0rz posted:

Okay I thought I understood what you were saying but you're coming around to making no sense again. You're saying most people don't know the taxonomic definitions of what "mice" and "rats" are, therefore they aren't different? :confused:

This can be applied to pretty much animal group. A lot of people can't tell the difference between wasps and bees, butterflies and moths, coyotes and wolves, porpoises and dolphins, etc. That doesn't make their taxonomy moot.

Why are you even bringing taxonomy into the discussion if it's about what laypeople call them?

I'm saying that when I made the first post, I had colloquial use in mind and it muddled things. So lets hope I can set the record straight from here. As far as taxonomy is concerned rat and mouse are indiscriminately applied to a bunch of rodents rendering it a meaningless distinction.

Extrapolate that out to the most causal of colloquial uses, no mention of specific species or anything, and people generally just call the big ones rats and the small ones mice. So the question of what to call a big mouse when the word for rat is 'big mouse' is kind of moot. They aren't different things past a certain level of specification the way a millipede vs. centipede are.

Pretty good
Apr 16, 2007



Deceitful Penguin posted:

Hot gently caress that comic was awful. Fitting for the thread I suppose
Quotein dis content

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013





Prog rammer? I hardly know'er!

snergle
Aug 3, 2013

A kind little mouse!

toanoradian posted:

Ugh, why is Ann Coulter so good at getting under my skin and my goat. I need to keep reminding myself she's on the way out or at least isn't as relevant as she once were, but god dammit, I want to reply to her.

Her entire schtick is the washington gun takers plot from kimmy schmidt. Say poo poo to piss people off so they buy your book so they can hate you better.

toanoradian
May 31, 2011


The happiest waffligator
There are apparently National Socialists on Tumblr. I don't know if they are as real as the Shoplifting Tumblr or Communist Tumblr, but here's a ridiculous discussion by ridiculous people anyway.
Topic: Is it right for National Socialist women to post internet nudes?


Q: you think you can post lewds? you sluts, gtfo
A: stfu, you think being sexual is jewish propaganda
tumblr 1: it's the natsoc's men's fault
tumblr 2: umm actually it's both sides. also, hitler would disapprove of this, i've read all of the nazi works


tumblr 3&4: male nazis that reblogs nudes are hypocrites
tumblr 2: i agree
tumblr 5: umm actually naked pictures of women is art, what makes aryan race great is we're open about loving and having babies.
tumblr 2: umm we're talking about OG National Socialism here, not NatSoc 2.0, totally different


tumblr 5: listen here you idiot, hitler clearly states that we must adapt our ideology and let it be malleable. still no jews ofc, but aryans being sexual? 10/10 would just breed and breed, even during the race war

toanoradian has a new favorite as of 11:27 on Sep 5, 2017

The Ferret King
Nov 23, 2003

cluck cluck

toanoradian posted:

tumblr 2: umm actually it's both sides. also, hitler would disapprove of this, i've read all of the nazi works. whilst.

venus de lmao
Apr 30, 2007

Call me "pixeltits"

Anglophile Nazis though? :what:

zoux
Apr 28, 2006





I knew it I knew women were making up periods.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.
Man, how little do you care about your baby as a person that, in exchange for an excuse for a cute nickname, you name them a word that means basically "The bare minimum".

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬


I still don't fully understand the point you're trying to make and I'm not sure if you do either. Regardless I'm done talking about it because it's derailing :shrug:.


So I guess other primates, bats, and elephant shrews are "domesticated" and have picked up a "western diet" too?


I find this more awesome than idiotic but I found a new flash mob genre yesterday:



https://twitter.com/IDontNeedSaving/status/903721772419358721

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

SpacePig posted:

Man, how little do you care about your baby as a person that, in exchange for an excuse for a cute nickname, you name them a word that means basically "The bare minimum".

The person that posted it said they were a non-famous DJ couple so that should explain everything.

jodai
Mar 2, 2010

Banging with all due hardness.

Mak0rz posted:


I find this more awesome than idiotic but I found a new flash mob genre yesterday:



https://twitter.com/IDontNeedSaving/status/903721772419358721

Just because something is idiotic doesn't mean it can't be awesome, too.

Mushika
Dec 22, 2010

there wolf posted:

I'm saying that when I made the first post, I had colloquial use in mind and it muddled things. So lets hope I can set the record straight from here. As far as taxonomy is concerned rat and mouse are indiscriminately applied to a bunch of rodents rendering it a meaningless distinction.

Extrapolate that out to the most causal of colloquial uses, no mention of specific species or anything, and people generally just call the big ones rats and the small ones mice. So the question of what to call a big mouse when the word for rat is 'big mouse' is kind of moot. They aren't different things past a certain level of specification the way a millipede vs. centipede are.

I see what you're saying and that's a fair point, but I think the problem is that you're using taxonomy and common usage interchangeably and it's a bit confusing. "Woodrat" and "cane rat" are not taxa (for example), they are common terms for species that aren't even closely related.

Mak0rz posted:

I still don't fully understand the point you're trying to make and I'm not sure if you do either. Regardless I'm done talking about it because it's derailing :shrug:.

Yeah, sorry to continue the derail. I'm the Idiot on Social Media, obviously.

King of Foolians
Mar 16, 2006
Long live the King!

snergle posted:

Her entire schtick is the washington gun takers plot from kimmy schmidt. Say poo poo to piss people off so they buy your book so they can hate you better.

I just realized that Ann Coulter is basically staying famous for pulling off Lottery of Babylon's gimmick in real life.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.

Jurgan posted:

Leviticus 11:19 refers to bats as a type of bird, so there's really no taxonomic difference between birds and bats.

I can also find written and documented evidence saying bats are bugs.

Stoatbringer
Sep 15, 2004

naw, you love it you little ho-bot :roboluv:


British Aerospace?

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle





Baesic bitch.

Staryberry
Oct 16, 2009


I bought tickets to Jamaica during hurricane season, and now that I've discovered that the weather may not be perfect, I'd like the airline to fly me somewhere else in return for cheap re-gifted wine!

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

Staryberry posted:



I bought tickets to Jamaica during hurricane season, and now that I've discovered that the weather may not be perfect, I'd like the airline to fly me somewhere else in return for cheap re-gifted wine!
Can't blame a girl for trying. Worst case scenario: they say no and a bunch of fat nerds on the internet make fun of her. :shrug:

WereGoat
Apr 28, 2017

tldr;" I'm not racist, its just that all travellers are devious subhuman animals."





Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord
edit-- nevermind this post

Count Thrashula has a new favorite as of 22:08 on Sep 5, 2017

Desperado Bones
Aug 29, 2009

Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!


From the Obama Facebook where he is adressing the DACA thing. I want to live in this person's parallel universe.

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

Desperado Bones posted:

From the Obama Facebook where he is adressing the DACA thing. I want to live in this person's parallel universe.



The man who went out of his way to gently caress with immigrant children who grew up knowing no other life, totally secretly wants to save them all. Just give him a chance! He's trying to bring people together.

Blind Pineapple
Oct 27, 2010

For The Perfect Fruit 'n' Kaman

1 part gin
1 part pomegranate syrup
Fill with pineapple juice
Serve over crushed ice

College Slice
That list of names...

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Pencil me in to definitely give a million real American dollars to hurricane relief, just like the president.

E; ah sorry I'm probably included under twitter trolls

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.
36 times less patriotic than Michael Dell, and that son of a bitch almost burnt my house down.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

Blind Pineapple posted:

That list of names...



Why are conservatives still angry at Whoopi and Rosie? Weren't their things years ago?

there wolf
Jan 11, 2015

by Fluffdaddy

Mushika posted:

Yeah, sorry to continue the derail. I'm the Idiot on Social Media, obviously.

I'm sorry for my part in it. Some people get funny on cold medicine; apparently I just make garbled posts about rodents. Here's some penance.
Two from a series.

This is what my uncle does with gifs. Find six versions of almost the exact same thing from some old movie, attach pithy political joke, post all six in a row. Wait for his comic genius to disseminate through the web.

WrenP-Complete
Jul 27, 2012

edit: responding to a derail

WrenP-Complete has a new favorite as of 22:13 on Sep 5, 2017

volcultsmer
Dec 18, 2004
I ated the purple berries

Data Graham posted:

I wanna see this graph corrected to a per-capita rate

From a week or so ago, but I really wanted to see this as well so I found what it was from and ...

http://www.randalolson.com/2015/06/15/144-years-of-marriage-and-divorce-in-1-chart/



marriage rates in the U.S. are now at the lowest they’ve ever been in recorded U.S. history — even lower than during The Great Depression!

Stunt_enby
Feb 6, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

SpacePig posted:

Why are conservatives still angry at Whoopi and Rosie? Weren't their things years ago?
They're women.

Zelder
Jan 4, 2012

Blind Pineapple posted:

That list of names...



It's trite at this point but lol lookit how loving freaky that Photoshopped middle finger is

Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

📈📊🍪😋



volcultsmer posted:

From a week or so ago, but I really wanted to see this as well so I found what it was from and ...

http://www.randalolson.com/2015/06/15/144-years-of-marriage-and-divorce-in-1-chart/



marriage rates in the U.S. are now at the lowest they’ve ever been in recorded U.S. history — even lower than during The Great Depression!

But hey, divorces are down almost to like 1950s levels! Take that original IOSM person who believes we've fallen so far.

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

Look at that huge bulb when BabyBoomers got bored after 10 years of marriage. Truly the shittest generation that projects its shortcomings on everyone else.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

I like the part where the Baby Boomer generation is birthed by a bunch of people impulsively getting married as soon as the war is over, only to immediately realize they don't actually love their partner and getting divorced.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

volcultsmer posted:

From a week or so ago, but I really wanted to see this as well so I found what it was from and ...

http://www.randalolson.com/2015/06/15/144-years-of-marriage-and-divorce-in-1-chart/



marriage rates in the U.S. are now at the lowest they’ve ever been in recorded U.S. history — even lower than during The Great Depression!
I am unreasonably happy that the predominantly-really-young-or-else-old-as-gently caress present day population isn't getting married as much. I should not be so relieved by that.

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

chitoryu12 posted:

I like the part where the Baby Boomer generation is birthed by a bunch of people impulsively getting married as soon as the war is over, only to immediately realize they don't actually love their partner and getting divorced.

Lot of club footed guys we getting laid left and right during the war. See the associated divorces when dudes came home.

Looks like your married state just swapped at the end of the war.

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Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

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chitoryu12 posted:

I like the part where the Baby Boomer generation is birthed by a bunch of people impulsively getting married as soon as the war is over, only to immediately realize they don't actually love their partner and getting divorced.

I mean this is actually hilarious. I wish we could see the alternate universe where WWII didn't happen, and the divorce curve was just a gentle barely-rising slope from the 1940 number to the 2010 number.

Sure, there are way too many divorces in that huge lump to account for it totally but it's fun to imagine

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