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[Method of Madness]

And the world is a better place when it does.

Oh, no question, but I wish we lived in a world where they could live as they wished and not have to hide who they are to such a degree that it hurts so many others as well.

[Akima]

Consort as a musical group being an example of that.

I didn't know that usage at all. English-points increase! When will I level-up and equal PWH?

I've sometimes thought it's a pity that consort does not have wider use. It's more elegant that SO, less ambiguous than partner, and it's not gendered.

[pwhodges]

Queen Victoria's husband, Albert (of the Albert Memorial and the Albert Hall), was given the title of Prince Consort, so that usage is still moderately familiar here.  However, although the consort of the present queen is a prince, he has never been given that same title of Prince Consort, but remains Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; it was suggested that he get the title of Prince Consort in 1957 and again in 2007, but nothing came of it either time.

In the posts above, fiddlestick was noted as meaning sword; that is of course also a pun, being able to refer to a violin (fiddle) bow as well to continue the musical meanings.

[chaospersonified]

I've sometimes thought it's a pity that consort does not have wider use. It's more elegant that SO, less ambiguous than partner, and it's not gendered.

I've definitely used it before, though not as a noun. When I was little, I thought having a big vocabulary made me superior. I got a children's dictionary in second grade, and dammit if I didn't finish that whole thing.

It was no Mirriam-Webster, but it definitely had the word 'consort,' because I confused people with it.  I remember explaining how I wasn't Tucker's* best friend anymore because 'I do not consort with bullies.'

People get thrown off when tiny humans use words they don't consider normal.

*not his name, not that it matters

[Method of Madness]

Queen Victoria's husband, Albert (of the Albert Memorial and the Albert Hall), was given the title of Prince Consort, so that usage is still moderately familiar here.  However, although the consort of the present queen is a prince, he has never been given that same title of Prince Consort, but remains Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; it was suggested that he get the title of Prince Consort in 1957 and again in 2007, but nothing came of it either time.

In the posts above, fiddlestick was noted as meaning sword; that is of course also a pun, being able to refer to a violin (fiddle) bow as well to continue the musical meanings.

I don't quite understand why Philip isn't King Consort if a king's wife is Queen Consort.

[osaka]

Because girls run this mutha?

[chaospersonified]

Who run this mutha?

[Loki]

Basically the only time I encountered "Consort" being actively used was in the context of World of Warcraft. There is Dragon Queen Alexstrasza the Red, Aspect of Life, and her Consort (which is to say, mate). An Aspect is a Dragon who is basically a... demi-god with the particular domain.

She shares models, with Sylvanas
And she's always found at Wyrmrest Temple too
Her consort's name, is Korialstrasz
And she helps you take down Malygos the Blue

Misc thought: Incidentally, I have always pronounced her name not like in the video, but "Alestrazha". Strazha means "guard" in several Slavic languages.

[Thrillho]

It's also a great song by Rufus Wainwright.

[Caspian Sea Monster]

I just sent an email to a high school in Himeji asking to be put in contact with their English club (so I can ask some questions for writing-related research) and I have not been this nervous about something in years.

Partly because my Japanese is so damn awful.

[Is it cold in here?]

Betcha they're pleasantly surprised to get even bad Japanese.

[chaospersonified]

Just auditioned for a non-specific part in a local community theatre's production of A Christmas Carol. They did a vocals test to get an idea of our ranges, and apparently I have a 'fantastic' voice. Quote the theatre's music producer, 'magnificent falsetto, two full octaves'

Take that, lady who refused to give me that solo in our church Christmas program 14 years ago. I can't even remember your name, but you were wrong!

I honestly don't even care if I get the part right now.

[Method of Madness]

It still sounds weird to me when Apple commercials refer to "iPad" and "iPhone" as in "this is iPhone" instead of "this is the iPhone".

[Kugai]

Did they use James Earl Jones' voice?

[Method of Madness]

"No, i am your Phone."

[osaka]

"No, this is Patrick"

[Method of Madness]

Well played.

[Method of Madness]

In response to those silly Facebook posts that reference the fucking Rome Statute of all things, I made a similar version.

Channel π News was just talking about Facebook's assimilation policy. Better safe than sorry. As of September 28th at 2:40* p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, I do not give Facebook or any hive minds associated with Facebook permission to use my physical form. By this statement, I do nothing. My permission is not needed. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
Shout this message into the nearest toaster. DO NOT SHARE. You can copy, but we're out of paste.

It only makes sense if you've seen the one going around.

*That's what time it was then.

[chaospersonified]

In response to those silly Facebook posts that reference the fucking Rome Statute of all things, I made a similar version.

Channel π News was just talking about Facebook's assimilation policy. Better safe than sorry. As of September 28th at 2:40* p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, I do not give Facebook or any hive minds associated with Facebook permission to use my physical form. By this statement, I do nothing. My permission is not needed. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
Shout this message into the nearest toaster. DO NOT SHARE. You can copy, but we're out of paste.

It only makes sense if you've seen the one going around.

*That's what time it was then.

Yeah, the thing is, even with what it says, I know people who would probably copy and paste that.  Reading comprehension in these parts is pathetic

[Method of Madness]

Hey, I'd rather they copy and paste that then the one that's going around. Mine is actually somehow less full of shit than the "real" one.

[Pilchard123]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDHDM7PfyYs

[chaospersonified]

Hey, I'd rather they copy and paste that then the one that's going around. Mine is actually somehow less full of shit than the "real" one.

DANGIT METHOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU SAID THIS IT STARTED SHOWING UP

and thank you, Pilchard, I'd almost forgotten about that video. Now I have a thing to post in response to people copying this thing

[Method of Madness]

...wait, my version started showing up?

[chaospersonified]

...wait, my version started showing up?

Oh, I wish, but now at least I know what you were talking about. F***ing 'Rome Statute and that shit...

[94ssd]

I feel like I'm getting old. I can still make it through a day on very little sleep, say 3 hours, but it now takes at least 3 alarms to get me up.

[Kugai]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmy6M1oHrAo

[chaospersonified]

Regarding tiny humans on airplanes, I flew just today with a chill child. Also, I flew across the country for the first time at about 8 months, so I'm kind of biased. I've done a decent bit of flying, and I've heard a lot more bitching about babies than I've heard little ones crying.

[LTK]

It occurred to me that a hammer is a very good thing to use on one kind of nail but a very bad thing to use on another kind.

[The Seldom Killer]

Yep, it's a poor choice on a Brummie nail.

[Method of Madness]

That reminds me of a line from Dr. Horrible where the protag says "hammer, meet nail!" Sure, that's...accurate for most of the movie, since Dr. Horrible does spend a lot of time getting hit by Captain Hammer, as nails do get hit by hammers. But he's saying this in triumph in a "the tables will turn!" way, so...doesn't really make sense.

[Method of Madness]

To paraphrase Mitch Hedberg, isn't every picture a ‪#‎latergram‬?

[chaospersonified]

To paraphrase Mitch Hedberg, isn't every picture a ‪#‎latergram‬?

That is so much of an add-on that it's basically a new joke. That would be on a whole different album, the way he did with the one about ant farms.

[Method of Madness]

Thanks! I made it up earlier today

(Although it's the same idea that every picture is posted after it was taken, just like every picture of you is when you were younger)

[chaospersonified]

You know that thing that happens sometimes, when you try to join your community colege's brand new Film Club, and accidentally end up on the committee to write and shoot this year's 30 second ad space?

No?

This is just me, then?

[Detachable Felix]

I ended up president of my uni's republican(anti-monarchy, not like the americans) club in much the same way.
...and labor club executive, and atheist club VP (still involved 6 years later) I swear all I wanted on club day was the t-shirts 

[Masterpiece]

Random Thought 1: Among all the wonderful and genius TV shows that appeared in recent times I must say that Grace and Frankie is the most heart touching and engaging one of them.

Random Thought 2: when I type "Ra" at the beginning of a sentence, my Auto-Complete turns it to Random Thought automatically.

[Detachable Felix]

Mine autocompletes to Rasputin

I don't know what this says about me.

Either I've spent too much time on wikipedia or I'm a fan of Boney M. Who knows?

[cesium133]

'Raised' I'm boring.

I should note that my phone's keyboard also auto-corrects "fuck" to "duck" no matter how many times I type "fuck." 

[Welu]

Mine is happy enough with Ra by itself. I am Northern Irish.

[Method of Madness]

Mine doesn't actually have autocorrect (well it does, but I disabled it except for swear words...that is, it'll change "fu" to "fuck", "bs" to "bullshit", "fp" to "fuckpants, etc.), but the two words it suggests are rather and rain.

[chaospersonified]

Yeah, my first move when I got this phone was to disable the autocorrect. The only thing even a little related to that is that according to my phone, the only things I might POSSIBLY have meant when I typed 'fujk' could be either 'Funk' or 'Fuji.'

This shall also by my first move with my next phone.

[The Seldom Killer]

I get Raa but I'm not Cornish and haven't expressed an interest in the county on this phone previously. Perhaps O2 are secretly backing the Piranian Secesionist Movement.

[Metope]

Here's a weird, random thing! Facebook has decided to suggest King Buzzo (the guy from The Melvins) as one of the people I probably know, despite us having no friends in common. Okay, Facebook.

[Loki]

You know that thing that happens sometimes, when you try to join your community colege's brand new Film Club, and accidentally end up on the committee to write and shoot this year's 30 second ad space?

No?

This is just me, then?

I totally know what you are talking about. Happens a lot in voluntary work. First you are offering to update the "people" list on the website, and then three years later you are sitting there thinking "okay, 500 people will be here in three days, expecting housing for five days, and the university has given us enough space for barely 400 people. what the fuck do we do?"

[Kugai]

Here's a weird, random thing! Facebook has decided to suggest King Buzzo (the guy from The Melvins) as one of the people I probably know, despite us having no friends in common. Okay, Facebook.

And I'm getting a lot of crap in my feed I never used to get as well. 

[pwhodges]

Occasionally I look at Facebook; I always then wonder why it exists.

(You ask why I bother; I have (grand)children - apparently I'm "supposed" to look at it.)

[The Seldom Killer]

I got pretty fed up with it earlier on this year. People don't seem to really use it as a blogging system any more so I just use it for the occaisional sports/social stuff that I do and ignore just about everything else.

I did use to post about things I was doing or stuff that interests me but I think anyone who cared already knew so I just felt like shouting into a void which doesn't do much for my social anxieties.

[jwhouk]

I tweet more than I Facebook.

[osaka]

Pretty sure that's a lot of people. I only use facebook for memes now (The twitter side of memes is completely covered with @sonic_hedgehog and @speedrunslife)

[Kugai]

Just call me your average News Spreader on FB