(01-14-2011, 02:53 AM)Didzo link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192139#msg192139 date=1294986012]
made a rage comic, first one :|
http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuu...lass_rage/
And then all of a sudden and hour and a half were gone.
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The same thing happens to me with tvtropes.
Quote: Merc link=topic=2632.msg192149#msg192149 date=1294992546]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=2632.msg192146#msg192146 date=1294991606]
[quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192139#msg192139 date=1294986012]
made a rage comic, first one :|
http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuu...lass_rage/
And then all of a sudden and hour and a half were gone.
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The same thing happens to me with tvtropes.
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Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
(01-14-2011, 09:41 AM)Eightball link Wrote: [ -> ]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
(01-14-2011, 09:50 AM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192167#msg192167 date=1295016111]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
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Scout defense mode
(01-14-2011, 09:50 AM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192167#msg192167 date=1295016111]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
[/quote]
Data sets determined by volume. Everyone knows who's dragging us down.
There's only one solution people.
Eat dictionaries, shit thesauruses.
(01-14-2011, 09:50 AM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192167#msg192167 date=1295016111]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
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Hmm quite yes I also find that graph shallow and pedantic.
(01-14-2011, 11:13 AM)Kor link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Caffeine link=topic=2632.msg192168#msg192168 date=1295016604]
[quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192167#msg192167 date=1295016111]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
[/quote]
Data sets determined by volume. Everyone knows who's dragging us down.
There's only one solution people.
Eat dictionaries, shit thesauruses.
[/quote]
We should make a topic for just raising the reading level.
(01-14-2011, 04:59 PM)Surf314 link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Kor link=topic=2632.msg192176#msg192176 date=1295021619]
[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=2632.msg192168#msg192168 date=1295016604]
[quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192167#msg192167 date=1295016111]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
[/quote]
Data sets determined by volume. Everyone knows who's dragging us down.
There's only one solution people.
Eat dictionaries, shit thesauruses.
[/quote]
We should make a topic for just raising the reading level.
[/quote]
I'd post some Hemingway just to throw off the entire process.
(01-14-2011, 04:59 PM)Surf314 link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Kor link=topic=2632.msg192176#msg192176 date=1295021619]
[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=2632.msg192168#msg192168 date=1295016604]
[quote author=Eightball link=topic=2632.msg192167#msg192167 date=1295016111]
Meh :|
EDIT: Weirdly, the site with the highest average reading level that I've searched so far is ugcleague.com.
Its a video gaming forum, and its likely analyzing every thread, all the quote pyramids, misspellings, grammatical mistakes, and obscure game specific terms that probably default to the lowest level.
I find that graph shallow and pedantic
[/quote]
Data sets determined by volume. Everyone knows who's dragging us down.
There's only one solution people.
Eat dictionaries, shit thesauruses.
[/quote]
We should make a topic for just raising the reading level.
[/quote]
SHALLOW AND PEDANTIC
I now present a font size 5 small list of SAT vocabulary (
copy pasta sauce):
 1. abate: reduce or lesson
 2. abdicate: give up a position
 3. aberration: something unusual, different from the norm
 4. abhor: to really hateÂ
 5. abstain: to refrain from doing somethingÂ
 6. adversity: hardship, misfortuneÂ
 7. aesthetic: pertaining to beautyÂ
 8. amicable: agreeableÂ
 9. anachronistic: out of the context of time, out of date
 10. arid: very dry
 11. asylum: sanctuary, place of safety
 12. benevolent: friendly, helpfulÂ
 13. bias: a prejudice towards something or against something
 14. boisterous: enthusiastic, loud
 15. brazen: bold
 16. brusque: short, rude
 17. camaraderie: togetherness, trust, group dynamic of trust
 18. canny: careful
 19. capacious: very large, spacious
 20. capitulate: surrender
 21. clairvoyant: can predict the future
 22. collaborate: work together
 23. compassion: sympathy
 24. compromise: meeting in the middle, settling differences
 25. condescending: patronizing
 26. conditional: contingent upon something else, contingent upon
 27. conformist: someone who follows the majority
 28. convergence: coming together
 29. deleterious: harmful
 30. demagogue: rabble-rousing leader
 31. digression: straying from main point
 32. diligent: hard-working, dedicated
 33. discredit: dishonor someone, prove something untrue
 34. disdain: to regard with scorn
 35. divergent: moving apart, going in different directions
 36. empathy: feeling someone elseâs feeling
 37. emulate: following someone else's example
 38. enervating: tiring
 39. ephemeral: fleeting, temporary
 40. evanescent: not lasting long
 41. exemplary: outstanding
 42. extenuating: something that makes the situation not as bad
 43. florid: ornate
 44. forbearance: patience, restraint
 45. fortitude: strength
 46. fortuitous: lucky
 47. foster: promote, aid
 48. fraught: filled with
 49. frugal: thrifty
 50. hackneyed: clichéd
 51. haughty: being arrogant, talking down to people
 52. hedonist: person who acts in pursuit of pleasure
 53. hypothesis: unproven theory, educated guess
 54. impetuous: rash, impulsive
 55. impute: to assign or attribute to someone
 56. inconsequential: without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter
 57. inevitable: unavoidable, definitely going to happen
 58. intrepid: fearless
 59. intuitive: knowing something by instinct
 60. jubilation: extreme happiness, joy
 61. lobbyist: person who takes one side or the other, and persuades government     officials
 62. longevity: long (particularly long life)
 63. mundane: boring, ordinary
 64. nonchalant: casual, calm, at ease
 65. opulent: wealthy
 66. orator: speaker
 67. ostentatious: flaunting wealth
 68. parched: freed from water, dried up
 69. perfidious: disloyal
 70. pragmatic: practical
 71. precocious: gifted/talented beyond one's years
 72. pretentious: being self important, thinking you are better than others
 73. procrastinate: to delay, often unnecessarily
 74. prosaic: ordinary
 75. prosperity: wealth
 76. provocative: causes a fuss, inflammatory, likely to get people riled up
 77. prudent: careful, wise
 78. querulous: irritable, prone to argument
 79. rancorous: hateful, unpleasant
 80. reclusive: hermit, withdrawn
 81. reconciliation: coming back together after a disagreement
 82. renovation: being new, being redone
 83. restrained: controlled, not free
 84. reverence: deep respect
 85. sagacity: wisdom
 86. scrutinize: to look at carefully
 87. spontaneous: being impulsive, acting without thinking
 88. spurious: false, untrue
 89. submissive: mild, meek
 90. substantiate: to confirm, prove
 91. subtle: shy, small, not showy
 92. superficial: shallow
 93. superfluous: unnecessary, too much
 94. surreptitious: secret
 95. tactful: polite
 96. tenacious: persistent stubborn
 97. transient: temporary, impermanent
 98. venerable: respectable because of its age
 99. vindicate: to free from blame
100. wary: careful, watchful
^ Dude, yo gonna lower our average sentence length, man!
I dont think I can accurately describe the level of boredom I experience at work, and IRC has been dead like the last 3 weeks, where the hell are all of you D:
(01-18-2011, 02:31 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ]I dont think I can accurately describe the level of boredom I experience at work, and IRC has been dead like the last 3 weeks, where the hell are all of you D:
I'd be back on IRC if my job didn't require my hands at all times, or if I could figure out how to solder with the power of my mind.
(01-18-2011, 02:35 PM)Kirby, the Spyro link Wrote: [ -> ]if I could figure out how to solder with the power of my mind.
Id pay good money to watch that
(01-18-2011, 02:37 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Kirby, the Spyro link=topic=2632.msg192685#msg192685 date=1295379327]
if I could figure out how to solder with the power of my mind.
Id pay good money to watch that
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So would my employers. =)
(01-18-2011, 02:31 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ]I dont think I can accurately describe the level of boredom I experience at work, and IRC has been dead like the last 3 weeks, where the hell are all of you D:
I've been locked in a underground room for the past few months. I have 70 functioning computers at my command, none of them on THE internet.
(01-18-2011, 02:31 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ]I dont think I can accurately describe the level of boredom I experience at work, and IRC has been dead like the last 3 weeks, where the hell are all of you D:
Sorry, I'm trying to actually listen in class and not use my laptop this semester, so I can't help you =(