...you lost some serious Lothario points with how the date with Hanners ended.
also this weekend I had a nightmare that I ran out of ideas for QC. worst nightmare in a long time.He could just start using ideas from the forums!
...you lost some serious Lothario points with how the date with Hanners ended.
Are you kidding? He got a voluntary HUG from Hannelore, with NO hyperventalation or recriminations!
That's like having any other girl begging you to let her and her hotter twin sister to have a three-way with you!
Dale!!!!Chip!!!!
Opossums have more teeth than any other land mammalJust thought you should know.
The obvious way?
Hmm, creepy-stalker much Dale? I know she's cute and all, but you're turning into That Guy™...His entrance line implies it's a random encounter.
Point of order, Mr. Chairman:
How do people in the various regions of meatspace that the denizens of this fair forum pronounce the species name of the North American nocturnal rat-like marsupial that Marigold is refering to in todays QC?
The last line was very Carnak-esque. I'm betting Dale was a Carson fan.Actually, it was Marigold's line. And I bet she got it from late-night TV infomercials selling "Best of Carson" DVD's.
I can't quite remember this far back, but Dale used to be with Natasha right?No, that would be Amir, who was (is? we haven't seen Deathmøle for a while) in a band with Marten, Hannelore and Natasha.
Not sure if a video game'll build yur stealth skills in RLIt depends if you know Mortal Kombat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowMortalKombat).
In the deep South, we say POSS'um (somewhat like 'book 'em' ala Jack Lord without 'Danno'). Actually, it's usually 'damn POSS'um,' but not always. Don't know if anyone here still eats them or not.The obvious way?
Which would be?
Actually I don't really mean the scientific name of the species, I would like to know what the various regional colloquial terms for the animal are.
I'm actually serious here, sorta...
In the deep South, we say POSS'um (somewhat like 'book 'em' ala Jack Lord without 'Danno'). Actually, it's usually 'damn POSS'um,' but not always. Don't know if anyone here still eats them or not.The obvious way?
Which would be?
Actually I don't really mean the scientific name of the species, I would like to know what the various regional colloquial terms for the animal are.
I'm actually serious here, sorta...
Hmm, creepy-stalker much Dale? I know she's cute and all, but you're turning into That Guy™...His entrance line implies it's a random encounter.
I don't see how. It implies he saw her coming, maybe, but having maybe two seconds notice in advance doesn't count as stalking (or did I miss a memo again?)His pose implies it was not.Hmm, creepy-stalker much Dale? I know she's cute and all, but you're turning into That Guy™...His entrance line implies it's a random encounter.
His pose implies it was not.Hmm, creepy-stalker much Dale? I know she's cute and all, but you're turning into That Guy™...His entrance line implies it's a random encounter.
How do people in the various regions of meatspace that the denizens of this fair forum pronounce the species name of the North American nocturnal rat-like marsupial that Marigold is refering to in todays QC?I would say o-PO-s'm with both the Os pronounced "short" like the O at the beginning of "optimum" or "opportunity". But in Australia we talk funny, and our possums are much cuter.
Here in Michigan (for non-americans, that's the bit of the US that looks like a mitten) everyone calls them POSS-ums. Naturally, I call them oh-POSS-ums just to be contrary. Same reason I call pop soda.
I saw that Marigold's cup (presumably similar to a 7-11 Big Gulp) says "U HAZ BUKKET" on it, and for me, that wins. ^_^
I can't quite remember this far back, but Dale used to be with Natasha right?No, that would be Amir, who was (is? we haven't seen Deathmøle for a while) in a band with Marten, Hannelore and Natasha.
Dale is a (presumably) african-american pizza delivery guy (+2 other jobs, I think he's said)/COD regular who everyone likes (except Marigold), who knows the COD secret menu and who also plays WoW as an Alliance Rogue determined to kill Marigold's character. Amir is a (presumably) middle-eastern heavy metal guy who got kicked in the face by Natasha at a concert and subsequently dated her for a while. I don't think he plays WoW.
And Mari plays a warrior. Warrior is the only class worth playing.
Hanners has had the pretend date, the pretend being snooty (indignant, at the least) to the 'rents, and now the pretend jealous fallout with her girlfriend.Hee, hee... :-D Ah, so that was the reason for Hanners' amateur dramatics! Angus and Momo earn cool points (I wonder which sports Momo follows; we've only seen her kendo skills).
Couldn't find a good clip of Conway Twitty's version.A blind link to a Country & Western song... I've been hickrolled! :lol:
Hanners is just so Scarlett O'Hara in this one...
:-D
I saw the "NO" on Angus' coffee mug, and immediately had the impression that, wrapped around the other side, was the word "DRAMA".
Probably not about the date per se, but I think he needs a good chat with his barkeep/friend about his meltdown during said date. Talking to Hanners about Faye probably just cracked the dam - now it's time to open the floodgates and let the bullshit out.I keep telling you people a lot doesn't mean anything. A tremendous amount, an astounding load, etc. but not a lot.
And there's a lot of pent up bullshit in there!
I have added "elationship" to my vocabulary.And to the poll.
OMG, you're right - her shirt's made from the missing window blind!
Momo's shrunk *again*, hasn't she? At this rate, she'll fit on Mari's palm before too long...
Even more fun, of course, is when they use alotAlot no understand why sharing feelings with it. (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html)
Am I the only one who thought "wow, they even have a whetstone for their sword,"?Not really. If I had a sword, I'd make damn sure I kept it sharp and oiled.
Continuity integrity reestablished. Angus did come by the next day—we simply didn't see it.
Pennelope was allowed to make out with Wil during work hours.
Extenuating circumstances, that. After all the letters and several months apart - and even then, Dora wound up taking her off the clock and insisting they take it elsewhere (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1433)!Or maybe Dora added a rule after that incident.
I dunno— I think Angus and Faye each seem perfectly capable of awkwardness that lasts for days. Who knows how long, or over how many meetings they can keep it going when their powers combine. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpXM9bj-WPU)Continuity integrity reestablished. Angus did come by the next day—we simply didn't see it.
Methinks Faye hasn't seen it too, then - seeing as to how she says "Hey, haven't seen you in a few days".
The awkwardness in panels three onward suggests that this is indeed their first time together after their First Date.
I concur with your dissection of the phrase "a lot". I do, however, see how languages that are actively used in everyday life, evolve.
And yes, sometimes in ways that hurt me too. But it's not something I think I can stop.
when their powers combine. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpXM9bj-WPU)
I stand flummoxed.
One alot would not trouble me much. But what the delightful blog Heranje linked fails to mention is that alots apparently prefer to roam across essays in thundering herds.
Gee, I thought that was going to link to a clip of the wonder twins there...Nah, I'm bringing out the rough stuff.
I stand flummoxed.Carl's right—sit down, maybe with a towel or newspapers under you. The flummox can loose the torrents at any time.
I sit flummoxed.I stand flummoxed.Better sit down, then!
Captain AwkwardSurely not Dr. Awkward (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1u6As2FNgY)?
You know, I love how they screwed the southern hemisphere on that show. Sure, Africa got the Earth guy, but South America got the little weasel with the awesome power of—Heart! When all else failed, I suppose he [or she—that's how definite an impression the character made on me] could hug, hug, hug the trouble away. And Australia, of course, got a kick in the crotch—no heroes, but as best I recall from the few times I watched, some of the villains sounded like they were Aussie.While America gets two heroes of course. I guess Ted Turner doesn't think that Australia* exists, or is a continent, or has an environment (it's just a desert filled with crazed bikers, right?), or something. Or maybe he just hates Aussies, which would be quite understandable since he had to fend off Alan Bond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bond_(businessman)), a fairly wretched specimen, and a bunch of our yachties during the 1977 America's Cup defence. And the tiresome crims wouldn't take no for an answer, but kept coming back until they could tuck the cup in their swag.
Nobody lives full-time in Antarctica, much less is native to Antarctica.Penguins. Antartica should have been represented by a penguin. With the power of eating fish. Kind of like Scooby-Doo, only environmentally conscious.
Gee, I thought that was going to link to a clip of the wonder twins there...
So... if Angus talks to much he gets to feel boobs? For some reason, I think that his text boxes are going to get pretty huge in the future :)I fail to find a counterargument.
And the more I look at the strip, the less certain I am we can rule out they haven't met up at the shop before this—Angus could be referring to continuing awkwardness that he's just not worked himself up to comment on, simply because of, well, you know.
What's next, the pretend I missed my period? WHAT WILL ROUND OUT THIS IMAGINARY LIFE EXPERIENCE?!?
What's next, the pretend I missed my period? WHAT WILL ROUND OUT THIS IMAGINARY LIFE EXPERIENCE?!?
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1119
There's five planeteers so you can have a Five-Man Band. Two continents were going to get screwed because no one wants the Sixth Ranger.Dude. I'm not a fan by any means, but even I know the Asian GIRL was from Asia. That's why the South American whatsit's gender is unclear to me; two guys, two girls and HEART! I suppose it's possible the character was supposed to be transgender.
Nobody lives full-time in Antarctica, much less is native to Antarctica.
North and South America are two completely separate continents. You had to have an American in there (couldn't use a Native American, the American kid had to be the one everyone related to most because it's an American show), and since this was end-of-the-cold-war you had to have a Russian. For racial diversity, you don't want a third white kid from Australia, and no American kid has even HEARD of Aboriginals, right? So you have the Hispanic chick from South America, the black dude from Africa, and the Asian dude from... um, Asia.
(Is there a reason South American chick can't be from, say, Peru, and Asian dude from Japan or China, and African dude from, oh, Nigeria?)
*Note: opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily held by the poster.
No, today we learn that they haven't discussed Dora's meltdown until now. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that there's nothing really conclusive. Faye perhaps couldn't leave the counter on Angus's last visit.And the more I look at the strip, the less certain I am we can rule out they haven't met up at the shop before this—Angus could be referring to continuing awkwardness that he's just not worked himself up to comment on, simply because of, well, you know.
This was a possibility. But today, we learn that apparently, they haven't met since the Dora Incident.
*Couldn't find a good clip of Conway Twitty's version
So... if Angus talks to much he gets to feel boobs? For some reason, I think that his text boxes are going to get pretty huge in the future :)
No, today we learn that they haven't discussed Dora's meltdown until now. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that there's nothing really conclusive. Faye perhaps couldn't leave the counter on Angus's last visit.
I dunno! Have you known many guys too anxious to fondle boobs when invited to? Never a problem I've observed.
I just love how it's common knowledge that when you see someone yell in all caps and bolded outside of the panel, it's definitely Dora.
Also, today's comic reminded me of this one: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1663
yay first post! ~reeners
Faye defeats awkwardness with the power of Boobs (way stronger than Heart)!
It's not nice of Pintsize to eavesdrop on their conversation. :-)
Faye's certainly loosened up a bit. Maybe she finally give in and bought one of these (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1380).Wait, what's the first thing in the Home Bondage Kit?
Faye's certainly loosened up a bit. Maybe she finally give in and bought one of these (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1380).
Don't remember them playing in a band, either. (You may be joking, but there was a time that it seemed nearly every group of animated kids had a band, no matter how ludicrous the idea seemed, so I can't rule it out.)
Not on her salary.It does not matter how good Angus is in bed; he cannot possibly compete with non-Euclidean geometry. (http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/media/geometry_hyperbolic.jpg) :evil:
Besides, she's expecting Angus to fill that position...
... and I'll apologize now, right before you groan.
OK, to set the record straight: Heart was pretty much straight up mind control. You basically have to give that to a naive kid or it could get way out of hand. Seriously, the resolution to almost every conflict could easily have been "the four 'cool' Planeteers blaze away with their flashy elemental powers, doing almost nothing, until Ma-ti turns up and mind-rapes the 'bad guys' into submission."That last comment tells me you clearly paid better attention than I did to the show. I can go with the rest of it, though. Somewhat like Power Pack when Katie Power was the nuclear option of the team, more or less,
Summoning the embodiment of nature's raw power to just blow shit up was the soft option.
Imagine that kind of power in the hands of the fire guy and his endless attempts to get into the water girl's pants.
It's not nice of Pintsize to eavesdrop on their conversation. :-)
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Imagine that kind of power in the hands of the fire guy and his endless attempts to get into the water girl's pants.Actually the Wheeler (the white American fire guy) was always trying to get into Linka's (the white Russian wind girl) pants. The girl with the power of water was "Asian" after all...
Eh. I knew it was the Russian girl, I just got their elements mixed up, mostly because they mostly did exactly the same shit (look, a water spout! Look, a whirlwind!), only one was coloured "cartoon water blue" in places.Imagine that kind of power in the hands of the fire guy and his endless attempts to get into the water girl's pants.Actually the Wheeler (the white American fire guy) was always trying to get into Linka's (the white Russian wind girl) pants. The girl with the power of water was "Asian" after all...
I didn't watch Captain Planet. I was too busy being an adult. And wondering why they were editing my old Warner Brothers cartoons.Oh man, I miss the good old stuff. Stupid moral panic dweebs killed the fine art of cartoon slapstick. I mean, have you seen the new stuff? All they do is chase each other now, no frying pans to the face or explosives in the food any more. :(
*checks forum*
*thinks:are they stillgoing on about Captain Planet?*
*scrolls down*
*thinks: Yep, sure are.*
*navigates away from page*
God I hated that show...
*checks forum*
*thinks:are they stillgoing on about Captain Planet?*
*scrolls down*
*thinks: Yep, sure are.*
*navigates away from page*
God I hated that show...
Worst show ever.
I didn't watch Captain Planet. I was too busy being an adult. And wondering why they were editing my old Warner Brothers cartoons.
Marten squeezing Sven's butt. - 15 (31.3%)
I didn't watch Captain Planet. I was too busy being an adult. And wondering why they were editing my old Warner Brothers cartoons.
Angus: take the deal.Not the correct choice. Not taking the deal is also not the correct choice. He's screwed.
Feel up, then shut up.
I thought Faye was taking a photo at first.
...As a representative of straight female readers, I was very disappointed that the panels ended at Angus's waist in this strip.
Sigh... pants boners > boobs. More pandering to female readers and less to males, c'mon Jeph!
I guess Faye uses her cellphone as a pocket-watch (she certainly doesn't wear a wristwatch)?
Somewhat like Power Pack when Katie Power was the nuclear option of the team, more or less,hahaha this. If she'd actually realized what she could really do, the consequences might have been... extremely bloody.
I was in High school when CP was on the airThis could be taken in a really, really, really disturbing way.
Though the way Angus is just standing there, you'd think he's never touched a boob before.I think its because Faye has such a great rack.
It's weird how she took out her phone and I instantly recognized that she was checking time, not making a call. What an interesting world we live in.'
And yes, what happened here is still MUCH less awkward than what would have happened if She had told him what she told Marten.
I think akronnick is referring to Boxergate (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1740)And yes, what happened here is still MUCH less awkward than what would have happened if She had told him what she told Marten.
Um, what did she tell Marten?
I think akronnick is referring to Boxergate (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1740)
I've been the only one mentioning the left wrist up to now. But yes, it is usual to wear your watch on the left wrist. The only two people I know who wear it on the right wrist are lefties...
I think the idea is, you do so many more things with your dominant hand, chances are that, if you wear your watch on that hand, you'd catch things with your watchI've been the only one mentioning the left wrist up to now. But yes, it is usual to wear your watch on the left wrist. The only two people I know who wear it on the right wrist are lefties...Not sure how I know this, but the reason to wear your watch on your non-dominant wrist is so you can write and look at your watch at the same time.
Regarding the comic: Does Faye look bored after about panel 2?Well ... she loses the red in her face.
looking at the time isnt the first thing i would think of if i saw someone look at their wrist, mostly because i use a pocketwatch instead of a wristwatch
right (write?) hand.
Wow, that was oddly... hot. the inverted version even more so. Groping while making out is all good, but by making it into just-groping, it seems even hotter. Must convince the SO to let me do this...
And I wear my watch on my right wrist, but that's because I fence(d) left handed. You don't really want a watch out there where a sword can catch on it. I also wear my watch in that odd girly inside-of-the-wrist position for double the out-of-the-ordinary fun.
And I wear my watch on my right wrist, but that's because I fence(d) left handed. You don't really want a watch out there where a sword can catch on it. I also wear my watch in that odd girly inside-of-the-wrist position for double the out-of-the-ordinary fun.
Faye's not breaking down into Panic Attack Mode. I'm impressed.
Though the way Angus is just standing there, you'd think he's never touched a boob before.
I think the idea is, you do so many more things with your dominant hand, chances are that, if you wear your watch on that hand, you'd catch things with your watch much more often than when you wear it on your non-dominant* handNo charge. :-) And, so far as I know, (see below) non-dominant is the correct term. Makes more sense than secondary, anyway, given there isn't (hopefully) a tertiary.
I think Angus is having a religious experience. But... A slightly feeble end of the week strip?
Raoul I believe you are mistaken - the English language is EXTREMELY successful at beating other languages up and taking what it wants - witness such commonplace terms as "Thug". English being the unholy mating of a Latin-based language and a germanic based language it is somewhat understandable that it may still have a few issues to work through, but with love, patience and a little extra work...Sometimes English doesn't have to take. If you've ever worked with South Asian people with imperfect English, you would learn all kinds of expressions you never learned in school. My favorite is the opposite of "postpone" - "prepone" meaning to perform a task ahead of schedule.
I don't see what's so hot about just putting your hands on her boobs. A huge part of my enjoyment about touching a girl's breasts is bringing her pleasure at doing so, and there's nothing really pleasurable about just putting your hands lightly there. C'mon Angus, you're in a back alley, knead those suckers!
If you live in the U.S., you don't have to travel nearly that far to find people who speak imperfect English, or to hear them use invented words you'll never hear in school.
Unless you fence sabre, wouldn't your watch be safer under the cuff of your glove?
Left wrist for me, except for several years when I wore a watch that hung from my belt. It was "upside down" so if you were sitting all you had to do was glance down to see the time, no hands involved. When I was a kid, all New York City bus drivers had watches like that. Alas, I am now too corpulent.
And, for you less-young folks, have you ever encountered young people who cannot read an analog clock face? Or are flummoxed when you give them the time as "a quarter to..."?
as i understand it, infantry soldiers wear it like that to avoid night flashes off the reflective surface of the face.
also, one would think that it would be a good idea to take the watch off entirely for fencing.
Left wrist for the watch, and the face on the inside of the wrist. Don't ask me why I do that, because I actually can't remember. And if possible, the watch comes off for serious typing.I wear a wristwatch, on the left wrist, with the face on the outside. I've never thought of wearing a watch on the inside of the wrist as "girly", and indeed I don't think I've ever met a female who did wear her watch that way. I do own more than one watch, to suit different outfits, which is probably more common among girls. Like Raoul, I take my watch off to work at a computer, because the buckle/clasp scrapes and catches on the edge of the desk.
I suspect the idea that "young people" can't read analogue clock dials (or would be puzzled by a wristwatch) is just an ephebophobic urban legend. Dial clocks are still pretty common, and the toy-shops here are all well-stocked with those teaching-clocks on which we probably all learned to tell time.
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
-- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
QuoteFar out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
-- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I don't see what's so hot about just putting your hands on her boobs. A huge part of my enjoyment about touching a girl's breasts is bringing her pleasure at doing so, and there's nothing really pleasurable about just putting your hands lightly there. C'mon Angus, you're in a back alley, knead those suckers!
No! No kneading, for the love of god. Nothing more uncomfortable than a guy kneading your boobs. God, the bad memories (or should I say mammories - ba dum psh!). It's not pleasurable, it feels a friggin' breast exam or something. They're delicate, okay? Although to be fair, it may just be me who hates it (any other girls want to weigh in?).
One thing I do find irritating is people who can't (or at least won't) understand time in 24-hour format. Twelve-hour format is fine for everyday, casual use, but not when scheduling events across multiple countries, in several time-zones, with various daylight-saving rules, in hemispheres with reversed seasons so that daylight-saving-time changes go in opposite directions. Frankly, I'd prefer to use a single fixed time reference like Zulu time, so everyone only has to worry about their own single local offset, but no... Instead I'd get e-mails from colleagues in America telling me that some system was going down for maintenance at "12pm EST". In July. And they'd get all butt-hurt when I replied asking: "Do you really mean EST, or would that be EDT seeing as it's your summer? And by the way, is that 12pm noon or midnight?" I mean OK, some of these systems only processed transactions worth millions of dollars an hour, and kept factories running (and workers in jobs) on five continents, so it's not like they were important or anything!
I suspect the idea that "young people" can't read analogue clock dials (or would be puzzled by a wristwatch) is just an ephebophobic urban legend. Dial clocks are still pretty common, and the toy-shops here are all well-stocked with those teaching-clocks on which we probably all learned to tell time. One thing I do find irritating is people who can't (or at least won't) understand time in 24-hour format. Twelve-hour format is fine for everyday, casual use, but not when scheduling events across multiple countries, in several time-zones, with various daylight-saving rules, in hemispheres with reversed seasons so that daylight-saving-time changes go in opposite directions. Frankly, I'd prefer to use a single fixed time reference like Zulu time, so everyone only has to worry about their own single local offset, but no... Instead I'd get e-mails from colleagues in America telling me that some system was going down for maintenance at "12pm EST". In July. And they'd get all butt-hurt when I replied asking: "Do you really mean EST, or would that be EDT seeing as it's your summer? And by the way, is that 12pm noon or midnight?" I mean OK, some of these systems only processed transactions worth millions of dollars an hour, and kept factories running (and workers in jobs) on five continents, so it's not like they were important or anything! EEE-HAH EEE-HAH! (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=755) No, I'm not bitter! But I don't work for that branch of Global Despoilation Inc. any more either.
...because of the "write red in green" effect of the numbers...
Sorry, what's this effect?
Random trivia: in France, for some reason, the practice of wearing a watch with the display inside is strongly associated with nurses. It probably has some basis in reality, because if you think about it, it's convenient for checking a patient's pulse using just one hand.
I don't see what's so hot about just putting your hands on her boobs. A huge part of my enjoyment about touching a girl's breasts is bringing her pleasure at doing so, and there's nothing really pleasurable about just putting your hands lightly there. C'mon Angus, you're in a back alley, knead those suckers!
No! No kneading, for the love of god. Nothing more uncomfortable than a guy kneading your boobs. God, the bad memories (or should I say mammories - ba dum psh!). It's not pleasurable, it feels a friggin' breast exam or something. They're delicate, okay? Although to be fair, it may just be me who hates it (any other girls want to weigh in?).
I have to say that I am dumbfounded by the idea that a significant number of people are growing up unable to read a clockface. It had never occurred to me as a possibility, as analogue clocks are so ubiquitous (and indeed can be read much quicker in most circumstances than digital ones).
Is this a US phenomenon, or worldwide?
Another way to go: learn massage. Many colleges, including community colleges, have a class that teaches the basics in a semester, and although the law doesn't let them cover this exact topic, the principles are easy to apply once you know them. These things are held up by muscles. Those muscles can get tired and sore, especially for the well-endowed, but it's not really possible to put the weight down. Learn how to relieve this, and watch your skillz level up like mad.I don't see what's so hot about just putting your hands on her boobs. A huge part of my enjoyment about touching a girl's breasts is bringing her pleasure at doing so, and there's nothing really pleasurable about just putting your hands lightly there. C'mon Angus, you're in a back alley, knead those suckers!
No! No kneading, for the love of god. Nothing more uncomfortable than a guy kneading your boobs. God, the bad memories (or should I say mammories - ba dum psh!). It's not pleasurable, it feels a friggin' breast exam or something. They're delicate, okay? Although to be fair, it may just be me who hates it (any other girls want to weigh in?).
I have to say that I am dumbfounded by the idea that a significant number of people are growing up unable to read a clockface. It had never occurred to me as a possibility, as analogue clocks are so ubiquitous (and indeed can be read much quicker in most circumstances than digital ones).Yeah, I'm sceptical too. It sounds to me like one of those "Dang kids today!" type things. Of course there will always be those who have difficulty learning to do anything, but otherwise? I'm in my twenties, and I'm forever amazed by all the things that, for example, conservative newspaper* columnists tell me "my generation" can't do, with which my friends, co-workers, and I have no difficulty at all.
I'm in my twenties
I would have *sworn* you were at least twice as mature.Should I be flattered or insulted? :lol: Perhaps my Chinese self is flattered, but my Australian insulted... I sometimes imagine myself as a cartoon character with miniature versions of myself perched on my shoulders, but instead of being dressed as an angel and a devil, one is in a tee-shirt and jeans, and the other wearing a qipao.
*Yeah, that's right, I read print media! OMG! And I learned my multiplication tables too!Yes, my daughter is 22 and she and her friends know their multiplication tables, read print media (she has hundreds of books), and send text messages that are capitalized, grammatical, and punctuated properly.
People in their 20s are adults, and should be treated as mature. People in their 60s, like me, have typically more experience of life; however, I believe it is important to realise that experience is not in itself wisdom. Wisdom is perhaps more to do with the ability to make appropriate use of experience - and can potentially be found at almost any age.Wisdom is the application of intelligence to experience.
Wisdom is the application of intelligence to experience.
she said "I'm not a mathematician."
Yeah, I'm sceptical too. It sounds to me like one of those "Dang kids today!" type things. Of course there will always be those who have difficulty learning to do anything, but otherwise? I'm in my twenties, and I'm forever amazed by all the things that, for example, conservative newspaper* columnists tell me "my generation" can't do, with which my friends, co-workers, and I have no difficulty at all.I'm sure you can. And there are certainly numerous young people in my neck of the woods who can, too. But what I really see in this statement is you attempting to preserve a cake intact whilst stuffing a chunk of it in your gob. "Of course there will always be those who have difficulty learning to do anything," means, by definition, this condition exists. Furthermore, if they have such difficulty, and the simpler means (even if it 'takes longer') of rattling off the numbers on a digital display exists, it stands to reason which way they will go. After all, that only requires numbers be learned, killing two 'learning birds' with one stone. (This is the approach taken, apparently, by some Special Ed teachers)
*Yeah, that's right, I read print media! OMG! And I learned my multiplication tables too!
But what I really see in this statement is you attempting to preserve a cake intact whilst stuffing a chunk of it in your gob. "Of course there will always be those who have difficulty learning to do anything," means, by definition, this condition exists.I take your point, but what I was objecting to was the implication that age, or generation, was the key factor. I'd say that failure to learn something is determined by a combination of ability and motivation, rather than the decade in which one was born. The idea that "today's youth" is somehow stupider or lazier than the commentator's generation at the same age is a classic "Dang kids!" reaction.
I remember trying to explain to a supermarket manager the inherent absurdity of selling fire alarms for £3.99 each, £7.99 for a 2-pack, or £12.99 for a 3-pack. I got nowhere.
That is for you to decide...
It happens in France too, even though displaying price-per-unit is required by law here. They assume enough people won't double-check said price-per-unit for it to be worthwile. Sadly, they seem to be right, because I see it here and there. Hell, I can't affirm I didn't fall into this trap sometimes.I remember trying to explain to a supermarket manager the inherent absurdity of selling fire alarms for £3.99 each, £7.99 for a 2-pack, or £12.99 for a 3-pack. I got nowhere.I used to work for a supermarket chain (now-defunct Grand Union, for those in the NE USA). That is a supermarket trick, deliberately done. Most people assume that the price-per-unit improves as the size of the package increases. Not true at all; usually the second-largest package has the best price-per-unit. They assume most people have neither the skill nor will to actually calculate it for themselves.
And as a disclaimer: out of experience, I'm able to make the difference (at least in French and English) between dyslectic people and people who don't give a shit or even use deliberately bad spelling. Come to think of it, I wonder how the former view the latter. I suspect they might find them offensive.As a dyslexic who, by means of the magic of spell-checkers can in fact get things right most of the time, I have less than zero respect for the whiny little turds (and they always are) that just don't bother.
The idea that "today's youth" is somehow stupider or lazier than the commentator's generation at the same age is a classic "Dang kids!" reaction.
And then there are those young'uns (plus those trying to pass as younger than they are) who seem to make a point of spelling like shit when communicating on the Internet. I try to explain to them that it's a lack of respect for those who'll try to read their prose. I try to talk to them about the Netiquette (yes, I'm old enough to know this word). But my ultimate impression is that they spell like shit on the Internet because "all the cool kids do it!"I do wonder if this is actually born of the same impulse that sold 'decoder rings' and 'invisible ink' back when we were dodging T-rex's. Could be wrong, though.
And as a disclaimer: out of experience, I'm able to make the difference (at least in French and English) between dyslectic people and people who don't give a shit or even use deliberately bad spelling. Come to think of it, I wonder how the former view the latter. I suspect they might find them offensive.
Hey, the dino-smile's back!Awww... The afro guy is gone, and it messes up my old post (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23831.msg856170.html#msg856170). :)
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That is a supermarket trick, deliberately done.
I'd say that failure to learn something is determined by a combination of ability and motivation, rather than the decade in which one was born.
My dad likes to bitch non-stop about how "young people these days don't know half the things he did when he was half their age." Of course my dad grew up on a FARM of all places. I try to explain to my dad that not everybody grew up on a farm, and that this is no longer the 50s/60s, and that people can only be expected to learn as much as they need to learn to get the job done and that he was no different.Er, a farm is the place, dude. It's as basic as life gets, outside of being a hunter-gatherer, which can be a chancy way to make a living.
Its like talking to a particularly stubborn brick wall.
Here's the thing, Exar_Kun. Unless he grew up on some sort of factory farm, what your father likely sees is this: if all of civilization went to hell, he would know, basically, how to feed himself (especially if he every helped with any slaughtering. Trust me, killing the critter's the easy part). The people he's seeing wouldn't, or that's how it seems to him. That makes them vulnerable.
I think it would do every child who lives in a large city or even a suburb an enormous amount of good to spend at least one summer (or longer) of his or her life on a farm learning where food comes from in a hands-on way. No, we can't all live on farms, but when we forget what feeds us, we're heading for trouble.Not only does it do them good, they also think it's tremendous fun. Our grandchildren love to come here (and do on quite a regular basis), and they want to be involved with all the "farmy things" (except the killing bit... they're still a bit too young for that).
Age and experience beat youth and guile every time.
"people can only be expected to learn as much as they need to learn to get the job done"
One of the things we tend to forget as nations is that each country's viability is really based on food production. If your country can't feed itself, it's a rotten log waiting to fall, no matter how advanced its tech or what fancy services it offers (Good luck eating a web page).Yes, because specialisation is bad. Every nation should only consume what it produces domestically, and trade is a source of weakness. Why stop at nations? Cities within a nation rely on trade to bring in food, so they're obviously rotten logs too. Individuals providing "fancy services", like judges, doctors, teachers and engineers for example, rely on others to grow their food. Rotten logs all of them! Send them to the countryside to grow food! Trade and specialisation are bad! Subsistence agriculture is the way to go!
people can only be expected to learn as much as they need to learn to get the job doneI hope, and believe, that this is not so:
My favorite is the opposite of "postpone" - "prepone" meaning to perform a task ahead of schedule.
[...] A farmer is certainly not more important than a judge, doctor, teacher or engineer. But he's not less important, either. We need them all.Hehe.
Gesundheidt.Almost.
Gesundheidt.Almost.
Its "Gesundheit".