Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker
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Some of these project wonderful ads that are showing up are startling. I just got one about 'Dying Cat Euthanasia'. What the heck?!
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That's why I keep having Adblock turned on.
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I turn AdBlock off for Housepets! The ads are more relevant than usual and I like supporting the comic anyway.
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There was a time when my computer was crawling with ads, some going to the low, low level of pretending to be download buttons for whatever I wanted to download or anti-virus alerts to make me click on them and download whatever they wanted to sell me. Pop-ups interrupting me everywhere I went.
This disease on my computer has fortunately ended, though I may need to find an effective adblock in case of future eventualities.
This disease on my computer has fortunately ended, though I may need to find an effective adblock in case of future eventualities.
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I leave my adblock on for Housepets unfortunately. They're just too annoying when I get the same three ads for weeks on end.
But I do access the site by my phone a bit, and that doesn't have any kind of ad blocking stuff. (I'm not sure if that even exists for phones.) So I don't feel as bad about it because of that.
But I do access the site by my phone a bit, and that doesn't have any kind of ad blocking stuff. (I'm not sure if that even exists for phones.) So I don't feel as bad about it because of that.
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I'm sure that......JeffCvt wrote:But I do access the site by my phone a bit, and that doesn't have any kind of ad blocking stuff. (I'm not sure if that even exists for phones.) So I don't feel as bad about it because of that.
"There is an app for that."
I really hate this whole "let's use acronyms and abbreviations for everything" trend that the english native-speakers have. Do you know how long it took me to find out "app" meant "application"?
20th century fox? Given that this is the year 2020, that fox must be dead by now. Sadface! : (
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and other languages don't shorten things like that? They don't have words that are so commonly used that they don't want to spend the time saying the whole thing when most people will know what they're talking about?
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Do not attempt Japanese if you want to keep your sanity
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Not by turning three-word phrases such as "By the way", "For your information", and "laughing out loud" into acronyms, they don't!RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:and other languages don't shorten things like that? They don't have words that are so commonly used that they don't want to spend the time saying the whole thing when most people will know what they're talking about?
My knowledge of Japanese is nigh non-existant, but isn't every kanji a syllable?Obbl wrote:Do not attempt Japanese if you want to keep your sanity
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A kanji can be a syllable or a whole word, depending on the character and its usage. Japanese has three scripts, hiragana, katakana and kanji. I took one year of it, got too confused and changed to French.
We Aussies have a reputation for shortening things. Heck, we even all ourselves Aussie instead of Australian.
We Aussies have a reputation for shortening things. Heck, we even all ourselves Aussie instead of Australian.
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Sure every word gets a Kanji but have you ever tried to memorize or write a Kanji? I gave up on the first try.
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pretty sure there's an asian language where laughter is written as "555" because 5 is pronounced as "ha"Silly Zealot wrote:Not by turning three-word phrases such as "By the way", "For your information", and "laughing out loud" into acronyms, they don't!RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:and other languages don't shorten things like that? They don't have words that are so commonly used that they don't want to spend the time saying the whole thing when most people will know what they're talking about?
that's not a different language, it's still EnglishHlaoroo wrote:We Aussies have a reputation for shortening things. Heck, we even all ourselves Aussie instead of Australian.
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I know, I know. But it's Australian English. Each country seems to have their own dialect of English although the main structure of the language stays the same. I didn't mean that Australian was a language anyway - I was just pointing out that we're terrible for abbreviating things.
I think I have heard of that Asian language too but I can't or the life of me remember what it is...
I think I have heard of that Asian language too but I can't or the life of me remember what it is...
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Sure its not their own language, but it's lazy English! Everyone's favorite kind! (Unless your not lazy)RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:that's not a different language, it's still EnglishHlaoroo wrote:We Aussies have a reputation for shortening things. Heck, we even all ourselves Aussie instead of Australian.
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Oh. I'm as lazy as they come! I'm so lazy that I can't even be bothered procrastinating!
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"Why don't you just procrastinate?"
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I googled. It's Thai.Hlaoroo wrote:I think I have heard of that Asian language too but I can't or the life of me remember what it is...
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Speaking improper and/ or lazy English is the best. I can't imagine trying to speak the language well. Too much effort.Kyuubi Kitsune wrote:Sure its not their own language, but it's lazy English! Everyone's favorite kind! (Unless your not lazy)RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:that's not a different language, it's still EnglishHlaoroo wrote:We Aussies have a reputation for shortening things. Heck, we even all ourselves Aussie instead of Australian.
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I remember playing Phantasy Star Online Episode III online with some Japanese people and "W" was said in places where I assumed they meant something analogous to "LOL."
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Well, that and you do that rhyming word replacement thing. Like I'm apparently a Seppo, and I had to get a friend who was born in Australia to figure out where it came from (he must have moved here before that word became common, but he managed to figure it out cause y'all are weird like that )Hlaoroo wrote:I know, I know. But it's Australian English. Each country seems to have their own dialect of English although the main structure of the language stays the same. I didn't mean that Australian was a language anyway - I was just pointing out that we're terrible for abbreviating things.
The w comes from 笑 which means smile/laugh and is pronounce "warai".Sleet wrote:I remember playing Phantasy Star Online Episode III online with some Japanese people and "W" was said in places where I assumed they meant something analogous to "LOL."
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I have got an idea for a game: Let us count every word in each given post and see which ones are NOT monosyllabic!
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I imagine most posts here are not monosyllabic.
Oh hey! Age-old mystery solved. Guess I was right!Obbl wrote:Hlaoroo wrote:The w comes from 笑 which means smile/laugh and is pronounce "warai".
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What does monosyllabic mean?
I assume it's a smell based on context.
I assume it's a smell based on context.
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I think it means a word with only one syllable.
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Don't be ridiculous, that doesn't make an cent of sense!
That's like saying potato chips and jelly doughnuts are two different things!
That's like saying potato chips and jelly doughnuts are two different things!
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Finally someone else that gets it !KalloonWhite wrote:Don't be ridiculous, that doesn't make an cent of sense!
That's like saying potato chips and jelly doughnuts are two different things!
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noSilly Zealot wrote:I have got an idea for a game: Let us count every word in each given post and see which ones are NOT monosyllabic!
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With the rope in the billiards room?Punchy wrote:how now brown cow
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"Billiards" is two syllables. You lose!
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Depends on your pronunciation, Sleet. I'd have said it's three.
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Wait...... so we're not playing clue?Sleet wrote:"Billiards" is two syllables. You lose!
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Not here it is. O'course, we say Billiyards (bill-yerds is how we Californians pronounce it) fast enough to make something sound like a one syllable word.Sleet wrote:"Billiards" is two syllables. You lose!
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No, but you were close. He drowned in the pool hall.Seth wrote:With the rope in the billiards room?Punchy wrote:how now brown cow
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Ohhhhhhh I should have guessed. Everyone knows any murderer worth a darn loves punsPunchy wrote:No, but you were close. He drowned in the pool hall.Seth wrote:With the rope in the billiards room?Punchy wrote:how now brown cow
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The Nanny?Punchy wrote:how now brown cow
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They're head-splitting hilarious!Seth wrote:Ohhhhhhh I should have guessed. Everyone knows any murderer worth a darn loves puns
I mean side-splitting.
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Does anyone follow LPers?
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Get a writer you hack : pSleet wrote:They're head-splitting hilarious!Seth wrote:Ohhhhhhh I should have guessed. Everyone knows any murderer worth a darn loves puns
I mean side-splitting.
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depends on which kind you mean, the serious ones all about playing the game wellLiam wrote:Does anyone follow LPers?
or funny ones like Pewdiepi, tobygames, markiplier, cry, and nova