Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[Silicon Waffle]

I guess fresh_42 might have eaten some bad food for thought today. You sound totally different from what you did yesterday. Horrible!

 

[fresh_42]

I guess fresh_42 might have eaten some bad food for thought today. You sound totally different from what you did yesterday. Horrible!

No. Toothaches ...

 

[Silicon Waffle]

No. Toothaches ...

So you won't be able to bite me then.

 

[gjonesy]

Random thought, What would the world be like if people would be more accepting and tolerant, less judgmental with more open mindedness, not being fixed bigoted with a focused narrow minded ideology, less rigid, more open to opposing Ideas given the benefit of the doubt and yet maintain analytical objectivity? World changing perhaps?

 

[wolram]

Random thought, What would the world be like if people would be more accepting and tolerant, less judgmental with more open mindedness, not being fixed bigoted with a focused narrow minded ideology, less rigid, more open to opposing Ideas given the benefit of the doubt and yet maintain analytical objectivity? World changing perhaps?

Utopia maybe.

 

[Psinter]

So you won't be able to bite me then.

That's relative on who wants to bite you. You never know if fresh_42 looks like this: http://memegenerator.net/instance/59417216


EDIT:

I cannot argue with that.

 

[fresh_42]

That's relative on who wants to bite you. You never know if fresh_42 looks like this...

Or this: http://www.charliepunk.de/WebRoot/S...57C3/9CD7/C0A8/28BD/780F/muppets-t-shirts.jpg

 

[Psinter]

When you write a big lengthy forum post and someone replies you with only 2 words:

 

[Silicon Waffle]

That's relative on who wants to bite you. You never know if fresh_42 looks like this: http://memegenerator.net/instance/59417216

Sure I will think again.

EDIT:

I cannot argue with that.

I would laugh my x off if I happen to grade any of such a paper test's answers.

 

[1oldman2]

Here is a random thought, A friend and I were discussing meanings of old terms/words. The phrase "don't let the cat out of the bag" comes up and I say that refers to the cat O' nine tails which was kept in a bag on board ships. Friend says no way! where can I get the truth on this?. We also can't agree on "freezing the balls off a brass monkey". I say the "monkey" was a platform that held the cannon balls on old ships, Friend says no way!. Can somebody help me look smarter than my friend here, or give me an idea where to find this info?. Being somewhat bored I have taken the liberty of searching these phrases and it seems neither my friend or myself were likely correct. (File under things I learned today)

 

[WWGD]

Awesome! I want to build something out of that!

Just write a file and save it as a .pdf.

 

[Psinter]

Just write a file and save it as a .pdf.

Haha. Very funny. (-.-)

 

[WWGD]

Haha. Very funny.

Did you really expect a good joke from me :) ? C'mmon, you know me better.

 

[Psinter]

Did you really expect a good joke from me :) ? C'mmon, you know me better.

I'll take you here and then hear your jokes:

It's a joke.

That's why I hated History. It's only war, war, war and revolutions. And memorizing years. Booooriiiing!

So, what did you learn about Napoleon and Hitler's attempts to invade Russia?

Spoiler: Lesson

Come on, you can say it without looking at the spoiler.

 

[Sophia]

No. Toothaches ...

That's unpleasant, I'm sorry. I hope you'll be able to go to the dentist and solve it ASAP.

 

[Sophia]

Here is a random thought, A friend and I were discussing meanings of old terms/words. The phrase "don't let the cat out of the bag" comes up and I say that refers to the cat O' nine tails which was kept in a bag on board ships. Friend says no way! where can I get the truth on this?. We also can't agree on "freezing the balls off a brass monkey". I say the "monkey" was a platform that held the cannon balls on old ships, Friend says no way!. Can somebody help me look smarter than my friend here, or give me an idea where to find this info?. Being somewhat bored I have taken the liberty of searching these phrases and it seems neither my friend or myself were likely correct. (File under things I learned today)

Try googling the word / phrase + etymology

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Flash news on tv:
TPP signed : Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam...
The US estimates to earn $131B from this annually.
Disgraced ex-IMF chief joins Ukrainian bank.

 

[Psinter]

Probably trivial to some of you, but today I learned:

When people are grieving, do not throw your story on top of theirs.

Sympathy is the ability to express ‘culturally acceptable’ condolences to another's plight.
Empathy is the ability to place yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand relate as best as you can to how that person feels in the situation.
Don’t assume that you know what others feel – listen to what they say, and remember to listen closely.

And realized I'm terrible at supporting. And probably will continue to be. But I'll try to get better. No promises thought.

 

[Psinter]

Dammit, this is random thoughts! I thought this was Today I learned thread.

 

[Ibix]

Dammit, this is random thoughts! I thought this was Today I learned thread.

So remind me - what do I do here? Tell you a story about a time I posted on the wrong thread, or offer ways to help spot which thread you are on?

 

[fresh_42]

"don't let the cat out of the bag"

We have the same idiom. However, without "not". Let the cat out of the bag. This let's me conclude that it is pretty old. It means to reveal your intentions, sometimes bad ones. Who let the cat out the bag cannot pretend anymore to have a rabbit, i.e. food in it.

 

[fresh_42]

That's unpleasant, I'm sorry. I hope you'll be able to go to the dentist and solve it ASAP.

Thank you. It helped. Just back from a small surgery.

 

[Psinter]

So remind me - what do I do here? Tell you a story about a time I posted on the wrong thread, or offer ways to help spot which thread you are on?

Hehe. I'll take the story anytime.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

You can me the latter and tell Psinter the former.

 

[Psinter]

TPP signed : Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam...

They finally did it eh? Pft, I'm not even going to comment.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

They finally did it eh? Pft, I'm not even going to comment.

I was excited after hearing it on the TV as I thought I would be having more open chances to choose what enslaving system I would work for as well as which noble slave I could later become.
I certainly expect my government to level up the country's living standard higher enough such that people will have better better lives while we can still keep our investors.

 

[Psinter]

I was excited after hearing it on the TV as I thought I would be having more open chances to choose what enslaving system I would work for as well as which noble slave I could later become.

You are funny, I'll give you that. I couldn't have expressed it better.

You are ready. I hereby bestow you, Silicon Waffle, with the technique that has been passed down for generations:

Internet Secret Technique: Sarcasm!

You are now a fully fledged sarcastic warrior like me. I'm proud of you and I know this isn't even your final form. In time, with practice, you will learn other Internet Secret Techniques like Heavenly Sarcasm, Godly Sarcasm, and so on. Make good use of it.

Don't know if I said it already, but I'm proud of you. *tears* They grow so fast.

 

[Sophia]

I was excited after hearing it on the TV as I thought I would be having more open chances to choose what enslaving system I would work for as well as which noble slave I could later become.
I certainly expect my government to level up the country's living standard higher enough such that people will have better better lives while we can still keep our investors.

TTIP, TTP... I really don't want to be negativistic, but somehow I don't believe that politicians want the best for us. I don't want to bring any conspiracies here because I'm not that type of person. But I have no bright visions for near future of the planet as far as normal people are concerned. This will only be good for those who are already rich.
I have no facts to support this claim. These are only my subjective feelings. Will not argue with anyone who claims the opposite.

 

[Sophia]

We have the same idiom. However, without "not". Let the cat out of the bag. This let's me conclude that it is pretty old. It means to reveal your intentions, sometimes bad ones. Who let the cat out the bag cannot pretend anymore to have a rabbit, i.e. food in it.

We've got "don't buy cat in the bag". That means don't buy something if you are not sure about the quality or don't let someone fool you.

 

[fresh_42]

We've got "don't buy cat in the bag". That means don't buy something if you are not sure about the quality or don't let someone fool you.

Yes, we have this one, too. I guess all these idioms date back to the Middle Ages.