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Kokomo, from the Beach Boys song, is not a real place. There is a Kokomo Indiana, but obviously the Beach Boys weren't singing about that. My day is ruined!
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Silver Falcon posted:Kokomo, from the Beach Boys song, is not a real place. There is a Kokomo Indiana, but obviously the Beach Boys weren't singing about that. I was so confused by this having been to kokomo indiana and seeing no kokomo in an atlas
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Jun 1, 2023 18:17
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The phrase "parting shot" originates from a technique known as the Parthian Shot in ancient warfare where mounted archers would spin back 180 degrees to fire on their horses, instead of just being an idiom of its own creation.
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Jun 1, 2023 23:08
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exquisite tea posted:The phrase "parting shot" originates from a technique known as the Parthian Shot in ancient warfare where mounted archers would spin back 180 degrees to fire on their horses, instead of just being an idiom of its own creation. wrong, its when you were in a duel but agreed to call it off so you could both preserve your honor, but then you went like "hah psych!" and tried to shoot at your opponent anyway. hence why a parting shot never hits
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Jun 1, 2023 23:17
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And here I thought it was from naval warfare, where there was big pressure to not simply run away from battle because it'd look like cowardice. So you'd get close enough to fire a shot that might theoretically hit if all the stars aligned, and then run away.
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Jun 1, 2023 23:42
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:And here I thought it was from naval warfare, where there was big pressure to not simply run away from battle because it'd look like cowardice. So you'd get close enough to fire a shot that might theoretically hit if all the stars aligned, and then run away. no like this 
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Jun 2, 2023 00:02
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exquisite tea posted:The phrase "parting shot" originates from a technique known as the Parthian Shot in ancient warfare where mounted archers would spin back 180 degrees to fire on their horses, instead of just being an idiom of its own creation. This etymology is disputed. Some sources say "parting shot" was in use earlier, and it's a coincidence. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/parting-shot.html
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Jun 2, 2023 00:02
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exquisite tea posted:The phrase "parting shot" originates from a technique known as the Parthian Shot in ancient warfare where mounted archers would spin back 180 degrees to fire on their horses, instead of just being an idiom of its own creation. Someone never read the outcasts of poker flats or played aoe2
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Jun 2, 2023 00:29
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Hyperlynx posted:This etymology is disputed. Some sources say "parting shot" was in use earlier, and it's a coincidence. okay well who's right
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Jun 2, 2023 00:43
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Fagtastic posted:okay well who's right Dunno!
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Jun 2, 2023 00:48
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A guy from Ockham (famous for his noive) would have something to say about it.
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Jun 2, 2023 00:53
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Ockham gesundheit, as they say in english
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Jun 2, 2023 04:29
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WIlliam of Ockham, on leaving a bar, would always have one last drink -- a shot of Jamaican rum. Hence, the parting shot.
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Jun 2, 2023 14:38
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the phrase relates to William Tell, who famously had to shoot an apple off his son's head. the crossbow bolt travelled so close to the kid's head that it messed up his hair, hence why "a parting shot" is used to denote something that comes too close for comfort
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Jun 2, 2023 14:52
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:the phrase relates to William Tell, who famously had to shoot an apple off his son's head. the crossbow bolt travelled so close to the kid's head that it messed up his hair, hence why "a parting shot" is used to denote something that comes too close for comfort 
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Jun 2, 2023 16:58
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I just learned: Do not put eggs in a microwave. At all. Ever. Even with water on top. I have been doing that pretty regularly, and apparently have been risking getting loving maimed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdaKrT9x1Zc&t=320s  for burned/maimed people:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5T-TxCKmkY
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Seriouspost: King Ahasveros would regularly shoot his son, Bort. Then he'd sire a new one and also name him Bort. Thus, "a borting shot" from whence English, being a poo poo language, took "a parting shot". The preceding isn't true but it is as likely as the stupid-rear end "Parthian" etymology which was likely thought up by Bill Bryson or some other complete moron.
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Jun 3, 2023 11:29
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THe word "shot" actually derives from the word "shed" as in the small building where arrows were stored. In time, the word for the storage building came to be applied to its contents, and then, to the act of using those contents. This isn't true either.
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Jun 3, 2023 11:50
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I SHEDDED AND FARDED.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS3gzHetA E: I just realized one of the best and most important sketch troupes was really bad at ending sketches caspergers has a new favorite as of 13:24 on Jun 3, 2023 |
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Jun 3, 2023 13:18
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So now that I've read a dozen guesses about its origin, what does "parting shot" even mean in, like, a modern context? I honestly feel like I've heard the phrase but never paid any attention to it. I'm guessing it has to do with shooting children with a bow and arrow, based on etymological guesswork.
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Jun 3, 2023 13:28
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credburn posted:So now that I've read a dozen guesses about its origin, what does "parting shot" even mean in, like, a modern context? It means getting a last word in after the topic is being closed or as a person is leaving.
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Jun 3, 2023 13:32
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credburn posted:So now that I've read a dozen guesses about its origin, what does "parting shot" even mean in, like, a modern context? Getting the last word in
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credburn posted:So now that I've read a dozen guesses about its origin, what does "parting shot" even mean in, like, a modern context? It means a shot (retort) you make while (de)parting, pretty much "getting the last word in"
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Jun 3, 2023 14:22
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Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4UkEb2LBs
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Jun 3, 2023 14:57
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caspergers posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS3gzHetA It wasn't that they were bad at ending them, but they had gotten tired of the structure of punch line, blackout, on to the next thing, so that's where the free-flowing transitions came from. To be fair to your claim, this also allowed for sketches that had great beginnings and middles and would not have survived in the rigorous needs-an-ending format. (One could even say that photographically those sketches did without a parting shot.)
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Jun 3, 2023 15:40
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I just thought of "parping poo poo" and got sad I didn't think of it before.
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Some people actually do get stomach pain when eating spicy food. Sometimes it even stings their buttholes when coming out the other end. I've never had either experience with spicy food so I guess I just assumed people were exaggerating to drive home how gnarly they think spicy food is, or perhaps playing on the whole stupid Mexican food = stomach problems trope. In my defense I never thought about it very hard until the other day when the waitress at a hot pot restaurant gave me the "white guy ordering the Szechuan broth" spiel and I conferred with my fellow diners. on a related note maybe there really are people who get diarrhea every time they eat Taco Bell. hosed up if true.
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The Moon Monster posted:on a related note maybe there really are people who get diarrhea every time they eat Taco Bell. hosed up if true. I always thought this was also the "Mexican food = stomach problems" trope but apparently it can really happen from beans if you otherwise have almost no fiber in your diet.
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Gut biomes can get hosed up by seeing things that are broadly unfamiliar; that can be foods that the body isn't used to digesting, specific compounds, or even specific local bacteria. When the gut gets upset the general response is to evacuate.
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Went to a hot wing place with some friends one time, had a sauce on the menu called Black Mamba. Bragged about being the hottest sauce on the planet, 4.2 million Scoville units, I think it was pure capcaisin oil with some pureed scorpion peppers for flavour There were six of us, so we got the half dozen. One of my friends chickened out, so I went for seconds. This is where things went wrong for me Right up until 11 am the next day, I thought the whole "burning your rear end in a top hat on the way out" thing was a joke
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After Covid I became much less tolerant of spicy food, it’s now painful in both my mouth and my gut. loving sucks.
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The Moon Monster posted:"white guy ordering the Szechuan broth" spiel I get this all the time and as annoying as it is, I get why they feel the need to do so. I'm sure there are a ton of white Karens of every gender ordering way beyond their spicy comfort level then complaining or leaving bad reviews. Someday I will be served Thai food that is satisfactorily painful on its own. Until then, there is chili oil.
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Last time I ordered a hotpot the spiciness went from 1 to 4 and all my friends wanted a 2. I have pretty high tolerance and decided 3 might be better. I asked the waitress if it was a 3 on a Spanish scale or a Chinese scale, she said it was Chinese so I wisely stuck with 3.
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run on sentience posted:I get this all the time and as annoying as it is, I get why they feel the need to do so. I'm sure there are a ton of white Karens of every gender ordering way beyond their spicy comfort level then complaining or leaving bad reviews. Yeah, it's annoying but I can't blame them since I'm sure they've had guys who look like me order something they can't handle and start shouting at them or demanding a refund or whatever. it wasn't even that hot
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We ordered Asian takeout at work one day and my Korean coworker warned me that the dish I was ordering was real spicy and I have white people palate and was going to hate it. So I get this dish and I'm expecting it to be actually spicy and have a kick and it was barely jalapeno levels of hot
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A Thai place near me has some genuinely gut melting spicy dishes and the menu has "Dishes marked as spicy in the menu are spicy. No refunds if its too strong for you" in three or four different places. I've never gone beyond their medium spice dishes because I'm a gastronomic coward. The service is also really unfriendly which is a plus. FreudianSlippers has a new favorite as of 13:57 on Jun 5, 2023 |
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People who think "spicy" means "hot as in scovilles" are useless.
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You know what is worse than people complaining their food is too hot? People complaining their food isn't hot enough
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3D Megadoodoo posted:People who think "spicy" means "hot as in scovilles" are useless. Sometimes words have multiple common meanings, this is a weird thing to have trenchant opinion about.
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