Yeah how could one have been so shockingly ignorant about the origins of the Judeo-Christian notion of a soul.
I mean when I was like five I had this silly attachment to the Emersonian ideal of an oversoul. Then in like third grade I was big into the Nietzschean ubermensch concept. I was tempted by Manichean duality as a preteen, but it somehow the true historical path of these never quite crystallized for me. Good on ya, lunch
― they see me lollin' (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 16 November 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
That no one else says vapid out loud.
― Alba, Saturday, 16 November 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
I feel less bad about overusing that word as a vapid youth
― mh, Saturday, 16 November 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
I read somebody saying that policy wonks are nicknamed as such cos they know everything backwards! Which is obv wrong because the dictionary says it is slang for for someone with an eye for tedious detail or an inexperienced sailor (1920s).
― calzino, Saturday, 16 November 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
vapid = 'vaped' right, please tell me i'm correct or i will be embarrsed
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Saturday, 16 November 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
"When learning English, Russians have to practice making the "w" sound because they are not used to it. At first, they will often pronounce them as "v", which leads to being corrected by the teacher. This constant practice of substituting "v" with "w" leads to over correction wherein they become so conscientious about the substitution that they do it even when they're not supposed to."
― mark s, Saturday, 16 November 2019 14:48 (four years ago) link
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch)
it took me until like five years ago to learn how to spell embarrassed. i couldn't remember if it had two rs and one s or two ss and one r.
― tantric societal collapse (rushomancy), Saturday, 16 November 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
mark s: I worked with a Ukrainian who would often go to the wending machine.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 16 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
i agree with kids who say a W is actually drawed like a double-vee. sorry that’s my only opinion. Inconsistently said, incorrectly named, what a mess. and a danish pal went on for a minute about the sport of “wallyball” and i couldnt figure out if that was just a weird way of saying volleyball, or a different sport.
― and i approve this message (Hunt3r), Saturday, 16 November 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
In spanish, V is "ve" and W is "doble ve"
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Saturday, 16 November 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
ah true. sorta pronounced doble b some places tho?
― and i approve this message (Hunt3r), Saturday, 16 November 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
i agree with kids who say a W is actually drawed like a double-vee.The VVitchVValgreensVValt Disney
― insecurity bear (sic), Saturday, 16 November 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
vvtf
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 November 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link
Very very the fuck indeed
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 November 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
vvolwes
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 November 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
Vvolves aye vve
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 November 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
That there's another famous Don Cherry that isn't the jazz guy
― Cornelius Fondue (Matt #2), Sunday, 17 November 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
Famous on ILX maybe.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 November 2019 11:06 (four years ago) link
the (scott) walker (joe) walsh (don) cherry trio, uluv2 hear it
― mark s, Sunday, 17 November 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
The acronym "FAP" is a reference to masturbation.
(Lol that the fame of the hockey Don Cherry is an ilx phenomenon.)
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Monday, 18 November 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
Is 'fap' an acronym in that context? 'Flogging a peen'?
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 November 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Ha, we used to use it as an acronym for "fancy a pint" when planning ilx0r get-togethers. Idk if the original is also an acronym, though.
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Monday, 18 November 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
North American rather than ILX.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Monday, 18 November 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
the acronym is not, and as far as I know "fapping" is onomatopoeia
― mh, Monday, 18 November 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
didn't that come from some ages old webcomic? was it Megatokyo??
― frogbs, Monday, 18 November 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
p sure this exact same discussion arose v early on (possibly courtesy much-missed NZ poster lady di)
― mark s, Monday, 18 November 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
― mh, Monday, November 18, 2019 10:19 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yikes, is that what it's supposed to sound like?
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 November 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
'Hen fap' at the very least has its origins in a photograph from a late-'90s Onion article.
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 November 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
https://www.sexylosers.com/
― insecurity bear (sic), Monday, 18 November 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
Yesterday I learned that you can’t drive through the Chunnel! I thought it was like the Holland Tunnel, basically. Now I’m a little obsessed with the drive-on trains.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 13:35 (four years ago) link
It's like your car is inside a big crate, you can't see anything of interest, and the novelty wears off after about 30 seconds, if that.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
sounds better than the holland tunnel
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
The worst part of Eurostar is the scenery is so dull, especially in Northern France.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
needs more poppies iirc
― mark s, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
What happened to the enormous horse planned for the English side?
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
I didn't learn until last year that lady chickens lay eggs on a regular schedule. They don't have to have sex with a male chicken. They just lay eggs. Until that point I had always assumed that chickens in farms were artificially inseminated or something like that. I mentally equated their reproductive cycle with our own.
Imagine if human women gave birth to children every nine months, regularly, whether they had been fertilised or not. The unfertilised children would be zombie-like meat puppets without souls. I picture hairless white-skinned humanoids that never sweat and can be taught to do simple tasks. Like Donald Pleasence but without a soul.
It took me years to learn how to consistently spell Donald Pleasence's surname correctly. I don't often have a chance to use that knowledge.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
if eggs are fertilized they have chicken fetuses in them just fyi
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
Imagine if human women gave birth to children every nine months, regularly, whether they had been fertilised or not.
its not that weird, my wife does this
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
zombie-like meat puppets without souls
Ah, so you've met my kids?
― they see me lollin' (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
the gestation takes place inside the fertilized egg
wait until you learn human women do eject an unfertilized egg every once in a while
― mh, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
Was gonna say...
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
lmao
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
In their natural environment chickens will typically lay 12 or so eggs a year, too. We've bred them to be egg laying machines.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
What happened to the enormous horse planned for the English side?― koogs, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:53 (yesterday)
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:53 (yesterday)
Officially "on hold" due to lack of funds IIRC - it was to be funded by subscription, the estimated costs rocketed and the donations / subscriptions did not. Shame.
― Tim, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 07:54 (four years ago) link
People actually experimented on the veracity of the boiling a frog myth/metaphor. Seems to have been done several times over the last couple of hundred years. Apparently a frog tossed into a boiling pot will have a lot of damage done whereas one put into a tepid one that is slowly heated is likely to jump out way before the heat gets too high.Whodathunkit.Works as a metaphor though & a lot of those have a recognised gulf between saying and reality.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
I have found out why 'Strictly Come Dancing' is called that and it's gone from being a slightly stupid name to a really fucking stupid name
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 November 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
Strictly Ballroom reference? I don't really get how it works. We were having a similar conversation just now too.
― kinder, Saturday, 23 November 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
The title is an amalgamation of the titles of the 1992 Australian film Strictly Ballroom and Come Dancing
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 November 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
yeah I get that, just not why they've combined them like that. loads of viewers surely don't know one or either of the original shows.
― kinder, Saturday, 23 November 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
Yes, exactly - it doesn't even amount to a shit pun, it's not even up to the standard of a working title, why would they go for that?
Anyway, people apparently watch it and like it, really not for me. I went and looked at some Come Dancing from the 80s and, well, also very much not for me.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 November 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link