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SomeJazzyRat posted:On the topic of Mondegreens, I only just found out that the Chorus Lyric in the Billy Squire song "The Stroke" isn't "Something's Cookin" but rather "Stroke Me, Stroke Me". Wait until you discover his name is actually Billy Squier. Source: am old.
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Nov 16, 2017 14:21
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Jerry Cotton posted:Where're all your Ä, Å, and Ö keys, not to mention the ½ key? I like having a Compose key for that very reason, even if I don't need it so much as a dumb monolingual American (I'm trying to get better at español, okay?  )
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Nov 16, 2017 16:49
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Why do they bother with the second set of characters on the letter keys if they're all the same characters. (And if you try to tell me it's the french version of those letters I'll punch you in the mouth)
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Nov 16, 2017 17:02
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Choco1980 posted:Why do they bother with the second set of characters on the letter keys if they're all the same characters. (And if you try to tell me it's the french version of those letters I'll punch you in the mouth) it's the quebecois version of those letters
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Nov 16, 2017 17:13
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Choco1980 posted:Why do they bother with the second set of characters on the letter keys if they're all the same characters. (And if you try to tell me it's the french version of those letters I'll punch you in the mouth) Consistency
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Nov 16, 2017 17:39
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Choco1980 posted:Why do they bother with the second set of characters on the letter keys if they're all the same characters. (And if you try to tell me it's the french version of those letters I'll punch you in the mouth)
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Nov 16, 2017 19:32
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Titus Sardonicus posted:I like having a Compose key for that very reason, even if I don't need it so much as a dumb monolingual American (I'm trying to get better at español, okay? A What key 
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Nov 16, 2017 19:53
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The Compose key is something in GNU/Linux in which, when holding down a certain key (I usually set it to right Ctrl or Menu), you can type a character using a key combination. All of those moon letters, like å, ö, ø, ç, ñ, and so on are pretty easy to throw together (o+a, "+o, /+o, ,+c, and ~+n, respectively). Still need to know unicode inputs for things like Greek or Cyrillic characters, and there's still no n-with-umlaut for properly typing Spinal Tap 
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Nov 16, 2017 21:34
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One of the only things I like about touch screens is the ease of switching alphabets or typing characters from different languages. Êœладужж
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Nov 16, 2017 22:12
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:One of the only things I like about touch screens is the ease of switching alphabets or typing characters from different languages. Êœладужж 就是。Windows needs an easier way to switch keyboard layouts, cycling through that stupid menu gets tedious when you have more than 3.
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Nov 17, 2017 10:55
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Bertrand Hustle posted:就是。Windows needs an easier way to switch keyboard layouts, cycling through that stupid menu gets tedious when you have more than 3. Are the Ctrl+Shift+(n) kybard shortcuts not useful? They seem pretty convenient... As for lyrics, when this song was getting overplayed on the local station, I always heard " And I only noticed the tooltips on the smilie page the other day.
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Nov 17, 2017 13:38
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Someone in another thread was talking about a YouTube show called Simon's Cat and I was sure that was the name of a show that I used to watch on TV as a child, but all I could find on Google was stuff about the YouTube show until I finally remembered that the old show was called Henry's Cat and is a completely different thing. Which is nice because it means I don't have some bizarre false memory.
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Nov 18, 2017 11:46
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Owls have long necks.
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Nov 21, 2017 17:57
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I hadn't thought of it, but it makes sense considering they can turn their heads like they do.
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Nov 21, 2017 21:47
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starkebn posted:I hadn't thought of it, but it makes sense considering they can turn their heads like they do. I blame my schooling. Not enough skeletons. (Seriouspost obviously.)
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Nov 21, 2017 21:57
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Most birds have longer necks than you would assume from looking at them, they are just held in an curved position and the feathers cover up the curvature. Here's a parrot:  Here are some pidgeons:   Not all birds have very curved necks, but in general, a bird probably has a longer neck than you'd think by looking at it.
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Nov 22, 2017 11:25
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Red Bones posted:in general, a bird probably has a longer neck than you'd think by looking at it. Legs too!  Edit: owls are simultaneously much smaller and longer but also bigger and wider than you realise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSGHNfxxDjw&t=33s Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 12:16 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Nov 22, 2017 12:11
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Ooooh! The cities in Kanto are named after colors, like Veridian, Fuchsia, Lavender, etc. Ash comes from Pallet Town. Like "color palette".
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Nov 22, 2017 13:15
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Blue Moon is pretty good. Not sure if it's the Crystal Head Vodka Effect (in that I've already had enough drink that everything tastes good, only to discover that it's actually terrible), but hey, new thing to drink when/if a place doesn't have Bud Light.
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Nov 23, 2017 05:57
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MisterBibs posted:Blue Moon is pretty good. Not sure if it's the Crystal Head Vodka Effect (in that I've already had enough drink that everything tastes good, only to discover that it's actually terrible), but hey, new thing to drink when/if a place doesn't have Bud Light. As far as wheat beers go, it's pretty inoffensive. The best version of it I had was at a bar that put muddled blood orange into the bottom of the pitcher before the beer was poured in. It was drat near perfect.
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Nov 23, 2017 06:17
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You Only Live Twice, the film, was written by Roald loving Dahl.
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Nov 23, 2017 15:28
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Jerry Cotton posted:You Only Live Twice, the film, was written by Roald loving Dahl. The 1st draft was titled James and the Embarrassing Orientalism.
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Nov 23, 2017 15:35
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*puts on t-shirt with "JAPANESE CHARACTERS" written on it* How do you do fellow Asians?
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Nov 23, 2017 15:41
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Jerry Cotton posted:*puts on t-shirt with "JAPANESE CHARACTERS" written on it* How do you do ferrow Asians? Fixed it so it matches Bond a bit better.
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Nov 24, 2017 11:31
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Jerry Cotton posted:*puts on t-shirt with "JAPANESE CHARACTERS" written on it* How do you do fellow Asians? Banzai, James Banzai.
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Nov 24, 2017 12:21
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I don’t know how I didn’t pick up on this earlier, but “to pass/succeed with flying colors” is a reference to naval custom, where a defeated ship would lower its colors (national flag) and only a victorious ship would return to harbor with its colors flying.
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Nov 25, 2017 21:34
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drat it, today’s a twofer day. Today I finally connected the dots and realized that IBM’s Watson supercomputer is not a Sherlock Holmes reference, but a nod to Thomas J. Watson, first president and namer of International Business Machines.
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Nov 26, 2017 02:45
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Jerry Cotton posted:You Only Live Twice, the film, was written by Roald loving Dahl. There's another film written by Roald Dahl based on an Ian Fleming book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Nov 26, 2017 03:38
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Tsaedje posted:There's another film written by Roald Dahl based on an Ian Fleming book That movie was verging on John Waters. And it was marketed towards children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhsNvoXfFq4
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Nov 26, 2017 03:52
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Get this, Roald Dahl didn't like children much.
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Nov 26, 2017 06:29
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Tsaedje posted:There's another film written by Roald Dahl based on an Ian Fleming book Yeah but I haven't seen that.
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Nov 26, 2017 12:45
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:Get this, Roald Dahl didn't like children much. When I was a kid Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the book) kind of scared me because I didn't understand the concept of black humor at that age, and here was Willy Wonka talking nonchalantly about how a kid was going to be burned up in the furnace and whatnot.
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Nov 29, 2017 08:33
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Sucrose posted:When I was a kid Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the book) kind of scared me because I didn't understand the concept of black humor at that age, and here was Willy Wonka talking nonchalantly about how a kid was going to be burned up in the furnace and whatnot. There's a "joke" in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory about Veruca Salt and her relationship with her father that goes over most people's heads.
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Nov 29, 2017 08:46
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syscall girl posted:There's a "joke" in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory about Veruca Salt and her relationship with her father that goes over most people's heads. And what is it?
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Nov 29, 2017 12:01
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The holy people in Westeros are called Septons and their churches are Septs because there are seven gods.
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Dec 7, 2017 03:56
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Legs too! Also owls are among the dumbest birds.
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Dec 7, 2017 04:54
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syscall girl posted:There's a "joke" in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory about Veruca Salt and her relationship with her father that goes over most people's heads. Why is there a joke in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory about a 90s chick grunge band?? guess what I just figured out haha
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Dec 7, 2017 04:56
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Red Ryder posted:Why is there a joke in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory about a 90s chick grunge band?? You must be seething.
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What's the Wonka joke?
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