Raithe 22,401 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,428 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I was not aware that the word "moist" had been cancelled. When did this happen and why? I think it's a perfectly cromulent word. I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,240 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Probably around the same time as "ignorant". Apparently it gives people the sads. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) Apparently over the last decade it's become one of those words that a lot of people react to in a "slightly icky, sexual awkward way" when its used. Helped by a certain creep of some pop-culture and characters shuddering when they hear it. The evolution of language and how swear words happen I imagine. https://nautil.us/blog/-why-is-there-so-much-hate-for-the-word-moist Edited January 17 by Raithe 1 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
InsaneCommander 3,088 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 10,052 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 It's enough to make my eyes moisten. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,797 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 26 minutes ago, Raithe said: Not quite sure being an MBT will be an advantage in a tennis match. Turret can't traverse quick enough to serve effectively, I'd imagine. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
teknoman2 3,328 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Raithe said: its funny though how most people i know that followed that field of study are so much more inclined to choose fiction over fact... and present it as fact too The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand. Link to post Share on other sites
InsaneCommander 3,088 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlsnot 8,378 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 21 minutes ago, InsaneCommander said: I do not trust enough to click on the broken link. Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 10,052 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, InsaneCommander said: My understanding was the naming was intentional to get more vikings to settle in Greenland. False advertising: some things never change... "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
Raithe 22,401 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to post Share on other sites
ShadySands 7,915 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, rjshae said: My understanding was the naming was intentional to get more vikings to settle in Greenland. False advertising: some things never change... That's what we were taught but I never thought to look it up for myself until now... well, tomorrow, maybe. Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to post Share on other sites
Azdeus 1,907 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 10 hours ago, Malcador said: Not quite sure being an MBT will be an advantage in a tennis match. Turret can't traverse quick enough to serve effectively, I'd imagine. Just sabot that ball and you've got a killer serve Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlsnot 8,378 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, ShadySands said: That's what we were taught but I never thought to look it up for myself until now... well, tomorrow, maybe. The way I remember it, based off memory and no looking it up, there was a viking who was exiled from Iceland. Erik the Red, maybe? I think it was Lief Erickson's dad. Anyway, he sailed off and found a chunk of pretty hard land, but sold it as Greenland to get people to sail west. It probably was a bit less harsh than it is today, because there is some evidence there was a warming trend around the time. But it was still pretty harsh and the settlements didn't last long. Pretty sure I am off on some facts, but that might be the gist. edit: I was closer than I thought! Here is the medieval warming period that made it more hospitable: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age Edited January 19 by Hurlshot Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 10,052 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 19 hours ago, teknoman2 said: its funny though how most people i know that followed that field of study are so much more inclined to choose fiction over fact... and present it as fact too Wasn't Hitler an artist and an author? Yeah, humanities. I suppose I just satisfied Godwin's Law. Hurrah. 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,797 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 10,052 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 1 2 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
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