xkcd

by **SecondTalon** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:21 pm UTC

Indeed.

by **roband** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:38 pm UTC

What an awful pagetopper...

by **SecondTalon** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:11 pm UTC

roband wrote:What an awful pagetopper...

What the are you going on about now?

by **roband** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:12 pm UTC

Nothing personal. Just that "Indeed." as a page topper is a pain, because it means going back to find out what you are "Indeed"ing.

by **SecondTalon** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:15 pm UTC

You say that like everyone experiences this thread exactly as you do. As has been pointed out repeatedly, having soft-deleted a post in a thread means you don't get the same page-topper as everyone else. And, of course, Autopager means no more pagetoppers, ever.

by **roband** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:24 pm UTC

Ah yes, I forgot about deleted posts and such.

TIL about Autopager though, every cloud...

by **meridian** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:24 pm UTC

I thought it was a perfect pagetopper, especially given the thread. Almost poetic.

by **RollingHead** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:00 pm UTC

meridian wrote:I thought it was a perfect pagetopper, especially given the thread. Almost poetic.

Indeed.
I shouldn't have to say that when two people who are seeing each other are in a bedroom together and don't answer a knock on the door, attempting to barge in is quite inappropriate.

by **SecondTalon** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:05 pm UTC

RollingHead wrote:
meridian wrote:I thought it was a perfect pagetopper, especially given the thread. Almost poetic.

Indeed.
I shouldn't have to say that when ~~two people who are seeing each other are in a bedroom together and don't~~ there's no answer to a knock on the door, attempting to barge in is quite inappropriate.

Because damn, the hell is wrong with you? Closed doors are closed for a reason.

by **pseudoidiot** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:20 pm UTC

And it's also why you should have a system if you have a roommate.

Like the time I nearly walked in on my roommate & his girlfriend in high school -- he always joked about sneaking her over, but I never believed him.

And the time in college where I left my room, came back a few minutes later because I forgot something and pretty sure interrupted my roommate having solo fun-times.

by **onjenae** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:27 pm UTC

Pit wrote:"No, my brother is not a girl."

lmaooooooo

by **RollingHead** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:03 pm UTC

pseudoidiot wrote:And it's also why you should have a system if you have a roommate.

His roommates all understood perfectly, this was a friend of a friend of ours who invited himself to his flat "for a night or two" despite there being only one bed and proceeded to annoy the crap out of all of us for over a week. Whenever he wasn't telling us how great marijuana is (which he probably didn't even use despite all his bragging) he was saying something offensive while insisting that he was just being objective, and you couldn't even have a discussion with this guy because his arguments made no sense and he didn't understand sarcasm. He would also describe his weird health problems at the dinner table and complain about everything. I should probably take this to the rant thread...

by **Gear** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:15 pm UTC

ISHTS: Do not stop on the busy staircase for five minutes to talk to your friend. Same goes for creating a herd in the middle of the hallway.

by **rath358** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:47 pm UTC

onjenae wrote:
Pit wrote:"No, my brother is not a girl."

lmaooooooo

Actually, I have brothers who are girls. Fraternities can be fun like that.

by **RollingHead** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:03 pm UTC

Gear wrote:ISHTS: Do not stop on the busy staircase for five minutes to talk to your friend. Same goes for creating a herd in the middle of the hallway.

And herds in the middle of doorways. And why are you people sunbathing in the middle of a staircase?

by **Menacing Spike** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:48 pm UTC

How should you call a transsexual sibling?

by **Ubik** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:53 pm UTC

Probably by their name, but I guess that they can be referred to by personal pronouns that match their gender (when applicable) if that's what you're asking.

by **SecondTalon** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:57 pm UTC

Menacing Spike wrote:How should you call a transsexual sibling?

I recommend a telephone. Still, if the string is long enough, the tin can method works too.

Or CB Radio. That could work. HAM radio. Ooo! Walkie Talkies!

by **pseudoidiot** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:17 pm UTC

Large Ricola-like horn?

by **Роберт** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:47 pm UTC

Menacing Spike wrote:How should you call a transsexual sibling?

Well, if you want to respect them, use the gender they identify with. If you want to be a jerk, don't. In some cases some people don't actually like being labeled with explicit gendered things at all, so if in doubt, ask, but in general, a MtF sibling = sister and FtM = brother and FtMtF = sister.

by **DaBigCheez** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:30 pm UTC

Or, more generally, "you should refer to a person by the pronouns ze prefers, if any".

by **OBrien** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:50 pm UTC

DaBigCheez wrote:Or, more generally, "you should refer to a person by the pronouns ze that person prefers, if any".

Fixed for pedantry.

by **DaBigCheez** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:32 pm UTC

OBrien wrote:
DaBigCheez wrote:Or, more generally, "you should refer to a person by the pronouns ze that person prefers, if any".

Fixed for pedantry.

Amusingly, the main reason I *didn't* go with something similar ("they") was for pedantry.

Hoist by my own ~~petard~~ pedant!

by **OBrien** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:56 pm UTC

It's an explosive situation all right.

... Sorry, that was bad even by my standards.

by **Plasma Man** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:10 am UTC

Your avatar picture would look awesome with an explosion photoshopped into the background.

by **SlyReaper** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:38 pm UTC

Plasma Man wrote:Your avatar picture would look awesome with an explosion photoshopped into the background.

You could say that about pretty much any picture.

Edit: Actually I think mine might be more improved if I photoshopped the goggle reflection to a nuclear explosion.

by **Gear** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:49 pm UTC

"Do not grab my sketch book out of my bag, and begin to flip through it. And, if you do so, do not complain that you are 'offended' by the content [specifically the depiction of an interracial couple holding hands] you see there. Get the fuck out."

"Humans did not exist at the same time as dinosaurs."

"You were reading over my shoulder after I repeatedly asked you to stop. Do not complain that I 'flipped the page too soon'."

by **Роберт** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:49 pm UTC

Gear wrote:"Do not grab my sketch book out of my bag, and begin to flip through it. And, if you do so, do not complain that you are 'offended' by the content [specifically the depiction of an interracial couple holding hands] you see there. Get the fuck out."

...

"You were reading over my shoulder after I repeatedly asked you to stop. Do not complain that I 'flipped the page too soon'."

Those two comments indicate someone isn't following Wheaten's law.

by **Gear** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:02 pm UTC

Роберт wrote:
Gear wrote:"Do not grab my sketch book out of my bag, and begin to flip through it. And, if you do so, do not complain that you are 'offended' by the content [specifically the depiction of an interracial couple holding hands] you see there. Get the fuck out."

...

"You were reading over my shoulder after I repeatedly asked you to stop. Do not complain that I 'flipped the page too soon'."

Those two comments indicate someone isn't following Wheaten's law.

I like this law. Thank you for introducing me to it.

by **SlyReaper** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:33 pm UTC

It's good general advice for life. Unfortunately, people seem to have differing opinions on what constitutes "being a dick".

by **PM 2Ring** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:35 am UTC

Gear wrote:"Do not grab my sketch book out of my bag, and begin to flip through it. And, if you do so, do not complain that you are 'offended' by the content [specifically the depiction of an interracial couple holding hands] you see there. Get the fuck out."

WTF? It saddens me that there are still places in the (so-called) civilized world where people like that feel can express such toxic sentiments from a position of moral superiority. :evil:

SlyReaper wrote:It's good general advice for life. Unfortunately, people seem to have differing opinions on what constitutes "being a dick".

Wikimedia has a nice essay on this topic. From the introduction:

Wikimedia wrote:"Don't be a dick" is a fundamental rule of all social spaces. Every other policy for getting along with other humans is a special case of it. Although nobody is expected to ban or block somebody for dickery (as this itself would be an instance of such), it is still a bad idea to be a dick. So don't be one. If a significant number of reasonable people suggest, whether bluntly or politely, that you are being a dick, the odds are good that you are not entirely in the right.

by **Роберт** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:51 pm UTC

DaBigCheez wrote:Or, more generally, "you should refer to a person by the pronouns ze prefers, if any".

I don't think we were talking about pronouns, anyway.

by **DaBigCheez** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:58 pm UTC

As "brother/sister" are gendered nouns, I treat them similarly to pronouns, and think of them in the same way. v0v (brother/sister/sibling vs. he/she/[ze or they], etc.)

by **rath358** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:25 am UTC

Wait, did I set that little sibling discussion off?
My fraternity (which is coed) calls all members brothers. No good reason for it*, we just do that.

*that I know of

by **Dthen** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:51 am UTC

You can't really complain about me not talking to you all day when you didn't even try to talk to me. Especially when I did try to talk to you, but you ignored me. :roll:

by **Panonadin** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:59 pm UTC

You aren't better than someone as a person because you can perform X task better than they can.

Grow the fuck up. Dick.

by **darknut** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:56 am UTC

after asking me if i want to come with you somewhere, and i say no, dont stand there expectantly as if your staring will change my answer

and especially, dont come back a few minutes later and say "come on, put your shoes on lets go" FUCK OFF I SAID NO!

by **Carlington** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:53 am UTC

Every time you say a word that lumps somebody into a group, replace it with “person”

A Man —> A Person

A Woman —> A Person

Black —> A Person

White —> A Person

Asian —> A Person

Indian —> A Person

Muslim —> A Person

Christian —> A Person

Hindu —> A Person

Argentinian —> A Person

Gay —> A Person

Trans* —> A Person

A Child —> A Person

Seriously. If you are of the genus Homo and the species sapiens then you are equal to all other members of the genus Homo and the species sapiens.

People are people. It’s not fucking difficult.

by **Magnanimous** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 7:32 am UTC

Everybody's a jerk. You, me... this jerk...

Also, there still needs to be a good monosyllable equivalent of "person"/"people".

by **Whelan** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:16 pm UTC

'Peeps'

Who is online