'it affects me' is a complete sentence!
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
d.) That incomplete sentence ended with a period. When someone ends short text messages with a period I often picture that person with a dead serious expression on their face (or disgruntled - depending on the context - whatever.)
lol we're really learning about the bizarre inner workings of lorax's mind more than mordy's or anyone else's
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
can we have a seperate community thread for all the drips who hate fun and love to harsh mellows and are desperate to be the first off the bus, pls?
― Babylon and zing (stevie), Thursday, 16 December 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
it's the emo that's drippy, son
― ohhhh we plop champagne (history mayne), Thursday, 16 December 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
imo this show isn't at all over-the-line with PLEASE CARE ABOUT THIS LOVE TRIANGLE type Office/Parks & Recreation shit and has balanced the little bits of sentiment and emotion with the comedy really well.
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
history mayne should probably just stick to the safe, emo-free climes of adult swim
― da croupier, Thursday, 16 December 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
― Mordy, Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:15 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah but not "more affecting actually."
― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
how does the killfile work again
― kanellos (gbx), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
when writing conversationally, you are allowed to use sentence fragments. ffs
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
whatever, s1ockbot5000.
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
^ sentence fragment http://www.olbermannwatch.com/DrudgeSiren.gif
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty sure Webster's decided last year that "whatever" now functions as a complete sentence.
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess if you define it as a verb
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
What is the subject and ever is the predicate. What did what do? Ever.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Whatever voted most irritating word in poll
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty sure it's a verb
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
1. interrog. An emphatic extension of what, used in a question (direct or indirect), implying perplexity or surprise. Now colloq. b. adj.2. As nominal relative, in a generalized or indefinite sense: see ever adv. 8e (Occas. with correlative demonstrative following.) a. pron. Anything at all which, anything that; sometimes contextually (esp. poet.), all that, everything that. b. adj. (sing. or pl., of things or persons): Any‥at all which (or who), any‥that; sometimes (poet.), all or every‥that.3. Introducing a qualifying subord. clause equivalent to a conditional or disjunctive clause, often with verb in subjunctive ( whatever happen = ‘if any (sort of) thing happen’, ‘whether one thing or another happen’). a. pron. = ‘No matter what’; frequently implying opposition (equivalent to a conditional clause with though): = ‘Notwithstanding anything that’. b. adj. = ‘No matter what‥’; often implying opposition: = ‘Notwithstanding any‥that’. c. adv. Whatever may be the case, at all events. dial. (and colloq.). 4. As indefinite adj. or pron., with loss of the relative force: cf. what. a. adj. (sing. or pl., of things or persons); Any‥at all.(a) preceding the n.: cf. what 9c.Obs. or merged in the elliptical use under 3b.(b) following the n.: usually, now only, after any, no, all (anything, nothing), etc., which it qualifies like an adv. = ‘at all’: cf. ever adv. 8.b. pron. Anything at all: cf. what 1.rare.c. or whatever: used after a noun (or nouns) to suggest that some other unspecified term might be employed instead, as being more usual, preferable for any reason, or more applicable; or something similar; or the like. colloq.d. Similarly replacing other parts of speech.n. Substituted for a word, name, title, or category which is not known or cannot be recalled; chiefly used as a perfunctory designation of anything a speaker is reluctant or unable to describe specifically. a. In phrases, as whatever-it-is, whatever-you-call-it, etc. b. Chiefly in pl.
b. adj.
2. As nominal relative, in a generalized or indefinite sense: see ever adv. 8e (Occas. with correlative demonstrative following.)
a. pron. Anything at all which, anything that; sometimes contextually (esp. poet.), all that, everything that. b. adj. (sing. or pl., of things or persons): Any‥at all which (or who), any‥that; sometimes (poet.), all or every‥that.
3. Introducing a qualifying subord. clause equivalent to a conditional or disjunctive clause, often with verb in subjunctive ( whatever happen = ‘if any (sort of) thing happen’, ‘whether one thing or another happen’).
a. pron. = ‘No matter what’; frequently implying opposition (equivalent to a conditional clause with though): = ‘Notwithstanding anything that’. b. adj. = ‘No matter what‥’; often implying opposition: = ‘Notwithstanding any‥that’. c. adv. Whatever may be the case, at all events. dial. (and colloq.).
4. As indefinite adj. or pron., with loss of the relative force: cf. what.
a. adj. (sing. or pl., of things or persons); Any‥at all.
(a) preceding the n.: cf. what 9c.Obs. or merged in the elliptical use under 3b.(b) following the n.: usually, now only, after any, no, all (anything, nothing), etc., which it qualifies like an adv. = ‘at all’: cf. ever adv. 8.
b. pron. Anything at all: cf. what 1.rare.c. or whatever: used after a noun (or nouns) to suggest that some other unspecified term might be employed instead, as being more usual, preferable for any reason, or more applicable; or something similar; or the like. colloq.d. Similarly replacing other parts of speech.
n. Substituted for a word, name, title, or category which is not known or cannot be recalled; chiefly used as a perfunctory designation of anything a speaker is reluctant or unable to describe specifically.
a. In phrases, as whatever-it-is, whatever-you-call-it, etc. b. Chiefly in pl.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I believe the full sentence 'whatever' is the 3c definition, and here is the OED's history of word use for that definition:
1870 Barber Forness Folk 15, I cuddent leave t' pleass whativver wi'out seein' her.1900 ‘A. Raine’ Garthowen 93 She's got a tidy pair of ankles, whatever.1933 ‘R. Connor’ Girl from Glengarry 120, I am doing my utmost whatever.1960 R. Williams Border Country i. ii. 58 What do it matter it's down?‥ He is Will whatever.1962 Amer. N. & Q. I. 15/1 Whatever, from the early 1700s to the present day‥it was the musical that struck root as an indigenous form.1980 New Musical Express 12 Jan. 33/1 Whatever, the myth looks momentous in its sleek new American threads.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/whatever_dude_mug-p1688753014254541012otmb_400.jpg
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
did i seriously incite an actual debate about the word "whatever" with my throwaway joke? R.I.P. cool laid back thread about funny comedy show
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
im just talking shit personally
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i just inadvertently activated Mordytron's dictionary app
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
She's got a tidy pair of ankles, whatever.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
(Re: Alison Brie)
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
@AnniesAnkles available as twitter handle
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously dude, I have a friend that only says "whatever" when I say I don't want to hang out or talk on the phone. the word has taken on such disgruntled connotations for me that I will never see it as laid back 90's slang again
but back to gnawing alison brie's ankles
― more affecting actually. (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 16 December 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i think we all should raid community twitters until one of us is mentioned on the show
― more affecting actually. (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 16 December 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread is becoming a fascinating catalog of lorax's telecommunications-related neuroses
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post
@AnniesBoobs already taken.
― nickn, Thursday, 16 December 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, I figured out how to use twitter and I just harassed Dan Harmon. let's hope he lets me be on the show now
― more affecting actually. (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 16 December 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
GillianJacobs Chevy gave us all cat urine detectors for the Holidays. No joke.
HA!
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 16 December 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, I figured out how to use twitter and I just harassed Dan Harmon. let's hope he lets me be on the show now― more affecting actually. (CaptainLorax), Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:26 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark
― more affecting actually. (CaptainLorax), Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:26 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark
wonder if this is a joeks
history mayne should probably just stick to the safe, emo-free climes of adult swim― da croupier, Thursday, December 16, 2010 2:59 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
― da croupier, Thursday, December 16, 2010 2:59 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
ehh i like HIMYM, that's pretty emo isn't it?
anyway i have liked some of this series
this thread is becoming a fascinating catalog of lorax's telecommunications-related neuroses― some dude, Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― some dude, Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
sloooow news day
― ohhhh we plop champagne (history mayne), Thursday, 16 December 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
not that "emo" is ever really a weighty term to be used in a particular proper way, but i feel like you're just throwing it around to the point of meaninglessness. maybe be more precise about whether you don't like the relationship stuff or the mopey 'profound' moments or something?
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't really like this episode. I like the actors, I like to see them playing those characters. Whoever said upthread that you wouldn't want to watch a live action Family Guy was right.
― trishyb, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
think abed is the problem for me, most of this season, being meta about the meta, and in this case turning into... id even k what, but it seemed emo to me
it was mostly the execution with this particular ep, but mean, i don't care if annie 'grows as a person' either, and i don't mind if they reveal that shirley had a drinking problem as a throwaway gag. it's a g-d sitcom and at its best when, um cartoony, except not literally. as for being meta and then getting hung about it -- include me out.
― ohhhh we plop champagne (history mayne), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
'hung up'
"being meta about meta" has been Abed's thing since day 1, not really any more this season than last (although the best use of it was in the messiah movie episode).
― some dude, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
he's not hung up about the meta he's a meta-crazed guy who misses his mom
― da croupier, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread is affecting me in a negative way
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
that's bc you're a robot
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
YESSS
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Takes one to know one, Mordytron
I. Am. Vegetron. How. May. I. Help. You.
the messiah episide was the worst episode!
idk abed's thing has become more grating for me, reaching a nadir when shirley said 'meta'; and this ep seemed to be, in the end, for me, trying to 'explain' it, but not in a funny way (that's the only part that matters)
xpost
― ohhhh we plop champagne (history mayne), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Are you sure you're not a robot, HM?
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i am a stabbing robot [via 30 rock]
― ohhhh we plop champagne (history mayne), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
idk abed's thing has become more grating for me, reaching a nadir when shirley said 'meta';
you were pissed off at the show for acknowledging how older people sometimes aren't sure they're using a buzzword correctly (a buzzword that undoubtedly would be tossed around in re: abed by the other characters)?
― da croupier, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno if 'meta' has that much currency, but ehh it felt like playing to the twitter-gallery.
― ohhhh we plop champagne (history mayne), Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
who should they be playing to?
― da croupier, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"ugh, observational humor about generational differences---how pandering! i expect so much more from NBC"
― da croupier, Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link