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Old 07/02/09, 4:49 PM   #101
Morlark
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Originally Posted by Mode View Post
On behalf of everyone who has ever had their writing sodomized by a rabid, fearful editor waving that turgid tome at me like a magical talisman,

FUCK YOU!
Yeah, I was going to say something similar, but you beat me to it. The idea that a so-called "technical writer and publisher of novels" would hold that misguided and ill-considered tome of self-contradictory tripe in any kind of high esteem is shocking to the point of being a little disturbing. For a further dissection of the decades of harm that Strunk and White have inflicted upon the English language, I found this article to be quite an amusing read.

Edit: Oh, heh, I totally didn't realise you'd already linked that. You're right, the links really are almost impossible to spot.

Last edited by Morlark : 07/02/09 at 10:03 PM.

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Old 07/02/09, 4:52 PM   #102
Alerian
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As someone with not one, but two degrees (the first degree was merely a setback), I can ascertain that these threads keep getting better.

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Old 07/02/09, 4:58 PM   #103
• Jessamy
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Cat dps standing tall on literature.

Last edited by Jessamy : 07/02/09 at 5:17 PM. Reason: I totally didn't post that photoshopped image I found on failblog, really.

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Old 07/02/09, 5:03 PM   #104
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Originally Posted by Bivl View Post
Long time reader, first time poster!
You're doing it...ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Rock on.

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Old 07/02/09, 5:06 PM   #105
Rayeth
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Originally Posted by Jessamy View Post
Its shopped, I can tell by the pixels, etc etc

You're doing it...ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Rock on.
Quoted for truth.

Grammar and Spelling PSA:
Wiped- NOT Whipped - One of these is a failed attempt, the other involves something Indiana Jones would carry.
Rogue- NOT Rouge - One is a thief or trickster, the other is a type of cosmetics.
Please don't abuse ellipsis, you can safely use commas and semicolons to pause.

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Old 07/02/09, 5:24 PM   #106
Duilliath
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Originally Posted by Mode View Post
On behalf of everyone who has ever had their writing sodomized by a rabid, fearful editor waving that turgid tome at me like a magical talisman,

FUCK YOU!

For those unfamiliar with The Elements of Style, it is the real-life version of the Necronomicon except instead of being a forbidden book it's a book we force our school children to study. The prescriptivist poppycock contained within has ruined thousands of writers and damaged millions more. I escaped with only a mild maiming thanks to my endless disrespect for authoritah. If you've escaped exposed or have been exposed and need rehabilitation, start with >this< (Is there some way for me to change the color of unclicked links either in the forum options or Firefox? The links here are impossible for me to spot without squinting) article by Geoffrey K. Pullum.

His credentials: He was in an Irish rock band that toured around Europe. It was only after years of rockin' out on the road that he realized what he really wanted to do was become a professor of linguistics. So he did. Then he realized Europe sucked and moved to America.

Question: How can someone with that backstory be wrong?

Answer: They can't.

Mode
I just wanted to express my sincere gratitude for that link. It was extremely entertaining and a thoroughly good read. Good to know that the vast majority of those enforced 'rules' are nought but a load of bovine excreta.

Oh, and in the spirit of the thread:
Duilliath of the Maelstrom

Last edited by Duilliath : 07/02/09 at 6:16 PM.

Ignorance can be solved with a book. Stupidity requires a shotgun and a shovel.

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Old 07/02/09, 5:45 PM   #107
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Originally Posted by Juice View Post
Taste testing available on request.


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Old 07/02/09, 6:54 PM   #108
Aural
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Originally Posted by Lookit View Post

Apparently, Juice is actually the priest lead in my old guild on Kel'thuzad.

Proof:



And in keeping with the thread... too bad 6 figures can't buy a body like the lady above has.

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Old 07/02/09, 7:19 PM   #109
Wyatt Riot
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Originally Posted by Relwin View Post
Seriously, fuck vegetarians.
I wish someone would!

P.S. As someone with a BA in English, I love these my-English-is-better-than-your-English threads.

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Old 07/02/09, 8:14 PM   #110
Zynth
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We need a Bahammer Hall of Shame. I nominate Mr. Amazing E-dick from exodus who was banned a few days ago.

Just to echo a previous poster, I too read the banhammer daily for my epic LuLz.

P.S. This thread is teh winz ROFLAMOBBQWTFLAZERPEWPEWLOLLERSK8Z!!1

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Old 07/02/09, 9:00 PM   #111
Tizzlewump
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Prof. Geoff Nunberg had this to say about the value and danger of our stereotypical strict high school grammar teacher,

"[W]ho with withering sarcasm dismisses all the [errors] in her students' papers ... you have to have a teacher like that. And then at some point later in life you have to renounce her and finally forgive her. That's the point at which you become a mature speaker of English. The trouble is a lot of people kind of never get over that moment. They're the people who write comments on any blog entry or newspaper article that involves grammar, going on sarcastically about someone else's use of language. The sarcasm is something they learn in seventh grade and never overcome. It's what's wrong with the way people think about language.

"When it's appropriate, it can be done graciously and without sarcasm. The sarcasm ... is this adolescent way of congratulating yourself on having mastered the elements of English grammar when you were thirteen. The things you learn when you're thirteen, while important, should hardly be the source of enormous self esteem." (source)
I feel really bad for Professional Writer Nytkin's professional editor. I can really picture him wading through ad hominem attacks and minor grammar corrections every time he makes a suggestion to her. I'd kind of like to be able to show him this thread. I can only imagine the daily threats of Mutually Assured Drama he must get when trying to correct her writings. I cracked up when I saw her exult in her ability to "come across at least as half as clear as many EJ posters" -- I'm sure her editor just adores that as a personal standard of quality. "Here at WidgetCo, our products are almost of median quality."

If next month's Banhammer Extravaganza is another woman, I'm calling Gloria Allred on your asses.

Originally Posted by Kyth View Post
The only true error is in not learning how to make your second kill better.

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Old 07/02/09, 10:37 PM   #112
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Originally Posted by Punkrocker View Post
And regardless of where in the world they live. The U.S. vs. Europe bullshit is stupid. It's fun to joke around with, but way too many people around here take that shit too seriously.
Besides, all the Oceanics know _we're_ superior and your pissing contests are just about fighting for 2nd and 3rd.

Pewsey has heard about tact and discretion, but tends to regard them much as children view vegetables.
There are only two kinds of MMOs: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody plays. (inspired by Bjarne Stroustrup)

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Old 07/03/09, 12:41 AM   #113
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Long time lurker, long time non-poaster

First Serasthemutha#*$@kin priest then this?

Excellent.

Please, make my boss come over to me and examine just wtf I'm busting up about.

No, really.

/cowdrood

Wait, here's my armory

(ps: amidoinitrite?)

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Old 07/03/09, 12:48 AM   #114
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Originally Posted by pewsey View Post
Besides, all the Oceanics know _we're_ superior and your pissing contests are just about fighting for 2nd and 3rd.
Pewsey is correct, and in fact anyone who disgrees with him is both a fool, and a communist.

Originally Posted by Warren Ellis
For every bunch of dubiously photogenic fetal-alcohol-syndrome cases from New Jersey who get on the TV for ten minutes, there are ten times as many people at MIT inventing the future.

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Old 07/03/09, 1:31 AM   #115
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Originally Posted by pewsey View Post
Besides, all the Oceanics know _we're_ superior and your pissing contests are just about fighting for 2nd and 3rd.
I love oceanics...they make the best prostitutes!


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Old 07/03/09, 1:45 AM   #116
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First

EJ Discourages experimentation with unique play-styles/specs/glyphs

Birdemani: fric sleeps with the world and has nothing, zyla gets laid once last year and it nearly kills him

+Sporks • Bryne: I OFFERED
+Sporks • and you're like oh no i'm allergic to malan

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Old 07/03/09, 4:07 AM   #117
Masataka
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/bump

Why don't Brothels offer First Time Buyer Incentives?

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Old 07/03/09, 4:33 AM   #118
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Awesome, right?

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Old 07/03/09, 4:34 AM   #119
Obliterate
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I hope you feel good about attacking me.


Originally Posted by constantius View Post
Because I'm a masochist

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Old 07/03/09, 4:38 AM   #120
• Jessamy
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Is Smite the best dps for me, or should I use Holy Fire when it's off of cooldown? My dps is really bad, what am I doing wrong? Here's my armory, please help!

Jessamy

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Old 07/03/09, 4:43 AM   #121
Beliandra
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Originally Posted by Jessamy View Post
Is Smite the best dps for me, or should I use Holy Fire when it's off of cooldown? My dps is really bad, what am I doing wrong?
As a shadow priest, you will melt faces in PvP.

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Old 07/03/09, 5:06 AM   #122
kpm1
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because hot chicks need lovin too

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Old 07/03/09, 5:19 AM   #123
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Head like a fucking orange!

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Old 07/03/09, 6:44 AM   #124
Khisvihr
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I go to the threads relating to my characters maybe once or twice a week. I read the Banhammer daily. The mods' responses to the infracted posts are by far the most entertaining thing on the site. And threads like this make my week, never mind my day.

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Old 07/03/09, 7:37 AM   #125
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First time reader long time postar! I dun anderstund wut u sai her=!!? Wat my bast retdps cykle on pitchfork is?

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