Posted on 01/19/2018 7:47:16 AM PST by Salvation
How about “iconic?” Really sick of that one.
And “Hildabeast.”
It’s a pun on the word “wildebeest.” Unless it’s spelled “Hildebeest” it makes no sense.
“Reality is real, yes, but what you perceive is not necessarily reality.”
Reminds me of that awful movie, “Short Circuit.” Airhead mistakes robot for alien, and how does she react? “I knew you’d contact me.”
She alone among all of humanity is so special that aliens making contact with humanity would choose her for first contact.
God communicates with people. He reveals his existence to people fairly often. Nobody knows how often because people are often very reluctant to discuss it. Pearls before swine, and all that.
There are a lot of people who refuse to accept even the possibility of such a thing. Most of them have no grounds to reject this a priori except their conviction that if God hasn’t spoken to wonderful, intelligent, perceptive them, then He surely hasn’t spoken to anyone.
most normal non OCD people see the 2o at the beginning and that starts the centruy starting with that 2.
I hate corporate buzzwords and acronyms and the expectation every employee just knows them all! I had a supervisor give me an assignment to write a “Methodology” for our department (she had been given this assignment by her boss). “What is a ‘Methodology’?”, I asked. She said she didn’t know. “Can you tell me what it is supposed to accomplish?” No. “Can you point me to one someone else did for their department so I can have some kind of outline or idea to go by?” “You’ll have to ask around.”, was her response. Most worthless lazy supervisor I ever had!
Been there. I can see it. Here’s the methodology. That’s not a methodology. You said you didn’t know what a methodology is. i know but that’s not it. Very scott Adams.
I don't know, it's kind of humorous. I don't think the user of "prolly" actually believes probably is spelled that way. It's more of an affectation than a misspell. On the others I agree with you.
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=34866
METHODOLOGY
Definition
Either a system of principles and procedures applied to a given study or discipline, or the underlying principles that govern a certain activity. Methodology is an essential part of the Christian religion, which not only teaches the faithful what they are to do to gain eternal life, but also tells them how and why they are to save their souls.
“Methodology” = process, I guess. Can’t they just say, “process”? They think it sounds more intelligent to go all bafflegab.
I’m convinced Scott Adams worked for the same company. ;o)
It turns out what the director wanted was what every other department was required to have that year (we’re talking the late to mid-80s) - as mandated by the TOP boss. So, yes, it was basically a “process” but one that was standardized across the company - meaning it followed a basic outline visually - but then specialized down to the individual divisions and their responsibilities. Trouble was, everyone was still working on theirs and few had been finished to be held up as the methodology for a standard Methodology. :o)
It’s not really OCD, although I do have that “disorder.”
It’s a desire to have things be clear, for people to conceptualize things the way they really are.
My mother always wanted her daughters to be teachers, and none of us were, but I do it sometimes outside the classroom. I hope she approves.
I’m surprised that no one mentioned ending a sentence with a preposition.
What are you looking for?
What was he thinking of?
“I’m surprised that no one mentioned ending a sentence with a preposition.
What are you looking for?
What was he thinking of?”
When we first moved to
(in Bill Murry’s voice from Ghostbusters II)
Southern California’s beautiful San Fernando Valley,
our new friends would say something like the following...
“Clean up your room already.”
When speaking to their sister.
Ending a sentence with “already” sounded so funny.
We were from Texas.
Word.
Empower women is really giving external power to something that should be internal.
Right. Which is why the vagina hats are worn on the head. To get that external power.
This book I am annotating (published in 1977) says ending a sentence with a preposition is OK. I mostly disagree with him about things that he says are NOT OK, because the language has moved on since then. Even in the last few years, I have had to give way on lots of language issues.
I think of ending a statement with “already” as a New York City thing. It’s kind of short for “Okay, okay. You convinced me already.”
Southern California has a few ex-New Yorkers, I’m sure.
Once heard an actor (can’t remember who or what play) use it incorrectly on purpose, putting it in the wrong place in the sentence. The way he said it showed he was trying to copy someone but not quite getting it right. Nobody laughed but me. Mostly tourists, I guess.
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