Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Based on age-related comments you've made in the back to school thread, I'm guessing Andrew? That's kind of scarily stalkerish. Not really. IIRC, when you see other people in real life your brain automatically categorizes them by gender and age. I can't imagine it's terribly different with a forum. So I don't find it odd that Tyranicus would remember his age. I tend to categorize people on the internet by location more than anything- "person from X from site Y" tends to be far more descriptive than "24 year old male from site Y". Oddly enough, I also find that categorizing by education and location on the Internet, especially here, makes it way easier to identify members. "Working on English major, Great Britain" obviously refers to one specific member here, whereas "College-age male" is really really broad to the point of uselessness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius "Working on English major, Great Britain" Either Bomber or Lord Llama? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 arghhhhhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Oddly enough, I also find that categorizing by education and location on the Internet, especially here, makes it way easier to identify members. "Working on English major, Great Britain" obviously refers to one specific member here, whereas "College-age male" is really really broad to the point of uselessness. I sense a new Dantian forum game, where Dantius posts of a lists of the defining educational / geographic characteristics of forum users, and the trivia-obsessed populace guesses which clues match which forum users! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dantius Oddly enough, I also find that categorizing by education and location on the Internet, especially here, makes it way easier to identify members. "Working on English major, Great Britain" obviously refers to one specific member here, whereas "College-age male" is really really broad to the point of uselessness. I sense a new Dantian forum game, where Dantius posts of a lists of the defining educational / geographic characteristics of forum users, and the trivia-obsessed populace guesses which clues match which forum users! Triple Lingustics Degree, America-ifer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dantius Oddly enough, I also find that categorizing by education and location on the Internet, especially here, makes it way easier to identify members. "Working on English major, Great Britain" obviously refers to one specific member here, whereas "College-age male" is really really broad to the point of uselessness. I sense a new Dantian forum game, where Dantius posts of a lists of the defining educational / geographic characteristics of forum users, and the trivia-obsessed populace guesses which clues match which forum users! Triple Lingustics Degree, America-ifer? Too easy. Also, no consideration has been taken into account for bunburyers. I would like this addressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Superba Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Those poor victims who live only here and now without any historical perspective and knowledge, those poor idiots who like to despair reading prophecies of destruction, those poor mentally ill people who are happy to think the world will end in their lifetime because it's something that can give sense to their poor lifes, those poor half humans who need to feel frightened or shocked to feel alive, those damned bloodsuckers who play Religion as an instrument of power to better dominate people's minds and behaviour, all those vile crooks which put together writings from anywhere to match with theories they invented to pursue celebrity and money. That's what I think of 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 "Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem." --!!Clunk!!-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 That's the end of the Latin hymn that almost as famously begins: Dies irae! Dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla Teste David cum Sybilla. The Day of Wrath! Upon that day The world to ash will burn away, So David and the Sybil say. The whole Dies Irae, which is 19 stanzas long, apparently used to be included in the standard Requiem Mass. Those last two lines seem to have been used even more widely; Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a haunting version in the Requiem he wrote for his Anglo-Catholic father. The world may not end in 2012, but the world will end for each of us, one day. Or rather, our time in it will end. Perhaps it's the thought of the world going on exactly as before, except without us, that makes people prefer to think of living to see the end of it all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 You guys forgot the Reagan era where Interior Secretary James Watt allowed industrial development of our national parks because he believed it was the end of days and we wouldn't live long enough to need them any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dantius Oddly enough, I also find that categorizing by education and location on the Internet, especially here, makes it way easier to identify members. "Working on English major, Great Britain" obviously refers to one specific member here, whereas "College-age male" is really really broad to the point of uselessness. I sense a new Dantian forum game, where Dantius posts of a lists of the defining educational / geographic characteristics of forum users, and the trivia-obsessed populace guesses which clues match which forum users! I would totally play that game. Also, he could vary it up. No need to only use education and geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S I would totally play that game. Also, he could vary it up. No need to only use education and geography. I find it funny that you're already considering future forum games when you haven't even finished the one you started two months ago hint hint wink wink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 He's getting ahead on getting behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Actually, I was thinking of Monty Python. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 the quicker you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Originally Posted By: Darth Ernie the quicker you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up The hurryder I go, the behinder I get. This has been a month of nothing but Mondays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 but there are 4 weeks in a month, and only one monday in a week. So your hypothesis is inconclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, rebel servile. but there are 4 weeks in a month, and only one monday in a week. So your hypothesis is inconclusive. That was clearly not meant to be taken literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Originally Posted By: Sylae Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, rebel servile. but there are 4 weeks in a month, and only one monday in a week. So your hypothesis is inconclusive. That was clearly not meant to be taken literally.Edit: I would hope your post wasn't either, but... Same goes for the scientific jargon. Hypotheses are either disproved or supported. (Okay, so the results of an experiment could prove inconclusive, but that doesn't change the hypothesis.) And his statement was a hyperbole, not a hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Right. I do still intend to finish that one soon, but my mental energy has really been swallowed up by my new job. It's not that I don't have time, it's that I don't have the stamina to deal with all the work it will take to set up the final round(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Take some red bull. It should give you major concentration. Red bull gives you wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 And then you crash. At least you're not like some college students. I doubt any of them are narcoleptic or have ADHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I have ADHD, OCD, ADD, I just thank god I'm not dyslexic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Aren't ADHD and ADD pretty much the same thing? Or are there different naming conventions now? The impression I'm getting from Wikipedia is that they're synonymous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 ADHD=Abdominal Doormat Hiding Ducks ADD=Abstract Definition Delivery. They have nothing in common anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 ADD: attention defect disorder. ADHD:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Theyre bassicaly the same thing only one makes you hyperactive. Thats me, I can run around the room like crazy...If I didnt weigh 214 pounds. And I cant listan to people, like I say what all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton ADD: attention defect disorder. ADHD:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Theyre bassicaly the same thing only one makes you hyperactive. If they are the same except that one involves hyperactivity and the other one doesn't, how can you have both? I can see initially getting diagnosed with one and then getting the diagnosis switched to the other, but not having both at the same time. Unless the medication or other treatments are very different between the two? Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha,shaper servile. ADD: attention defect disorder. ADHD:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Theyre bassicaly the same thing only one makes you hyperactive. I HAVE SPOKEN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 That doesn't answer Dikiyoba's question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, shaper servile. Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha,shaper servile. ADD: attention defect disorder. ADHD:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Theyre bassicaly the same thing only one makes you hyperactive. I HAVE SPOKEN! Um, I don't quite think you understood what Dikiyoba said. EDIT: Blast you, Excalibur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I do understand. Im just saying that they are still differant because I said so and that he shouldent question me for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Tirien Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, shaper servile. I do understand. Im just saying that they are still differant because I said so and that he shouldent question me for some reason Bwahahahahahahahahaha! *Dies from laughter* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Was that sarcasm? you were being sarcastic weren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 If anything, it would the other way around. Dikiyoras have unimaginable power and have knowledge beyond our understanding capacity. They also usually have very important agendas, ones so important we are just inconvenient existences to them. I'm watching you, Diki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba If they are the same except that one involves hyperactivity and the other one doesn't, how can you have both? I can see initially getting diagnosed with one and then getting the diagnosis switched to the other, but not having both at the same time. Unless the medication or other treatments are very different between the two? Dikiyoba. i'm pretty sure that under the current model ADD as a diagnosis has been phased out and what was once ADD has been subsumed into ADHD under the category of "attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type". so it's possible he got diagnosed with ADD back when ADD was still A Thing and then got rediagnosed with ADHD once ADD stopped being A Thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I searched google, came up with nothing, allright I give, what the hell is a dikiyora? Is it a reptile or somthing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 We already went through this, Dikiyoba is a Dikiyora. Eventually, Dikiyoras will take over the world with their fascinating UFOs and Dikiyoba will be king of the internet. Is that enough? EDIT: I have just discovered the ultimate weapon. Laughter. Hopefully, no one else will see the tragic fate of Tirien. EDIT2: Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha You say dikiyoba is a dikiyora like hes the only one of his race. Huang He is a Chinese man. Wait, that's a river... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 No, I still dont get it. You say dikiyoba is a dikiyora like hes the only one of his race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith i'm pretty sure that under the current model ADD as a diagnosis has been phased out and what was once ADD has been subsumed into ADHD under the category of "attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type". so it's possible he got diagnosed with ADD back when ADD was still A Thing and then got rediagnosed with ADHD once ADD stopped being A Thing Yeah, a skim of the Wikipedia article on ADHD taught me that. And since I mentioned Wikipedia... Originally Posted By: Trenton I said so and that Dikiyoba shouldent question me for some reason Dikiyoba fixed your typo (seriously). Please remember it for the future. Dikiyoba thanks you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 RAGHH! too confusing. I cant remember to say dikiyoba every 3 sentences like you do >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 So, Dikiyoba, how do you reproduce?!?!?! Do you like split into two like cells or something?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, shaper servile. RAGHH! too confusing. I cant remember to say dikiyoba every 3 sentences like you do >.> you can also use any of a wide variety of gender-neutral pronouns. (except don't use "it". it's rude.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Ok thats a rather disturbing thought. I cant imagine anything splitting in two. *now has the thought of a human splitting from the groin up to the head with strands between them before they snap, and a shell like substance starts covering the halves as the organs reform* I almost threw up there, great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Starfish can do that. Cut them in half day after day, you now have a population of starfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Tirien Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Quite a few things do that, in fact. Including everyone here on the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Um... ask an evolutionary biologist - we all come from things that split in two. In fact, that's how your body works. Every new cell in your body split off from another cell. Cell gets big -> cell splits -> two cells. And who says that Dikiyoba reproduces? One dikiyora is still more than enough to rule the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith you can also use any of a wide variety of gender-neutral pronouns. (except don't use "it". it's rude.) Isn't "he" technically gender neutral in some circumstances? Like, if I said "The student dropped his books" it would be correct, since in that case I haven't specified the gender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 As in other languages, the masculine is often the default, and can be used if the gender is unknown. The rise of our gender-neutral pronouns, I believe, came in protest of such usage. Technically, before our GNPs were around, one would say "his or her books" to be "politically correct." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 While technically grammatically incorrect, you usually can't go wrong with "they." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Yeah...I think Ill just call dikiyoba dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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