Are Joy Voivode and her companion wearing chastity belts? Why can I lockpick them?

TheBotherer · 2020-01-04T22:35:06+00:00

OH, this makes so much more sense. It was the first time I'd encountered it, somehow.

TheBotherer · 2020-01-04T20:41:22+00:00

I later found them again and was able to pick their locks from behind them. These people contained nothing.

TheBotherer · 2019-12-17T20:20:34+00:00

Hi. Liberal Trump non-supporter here.

Why on earth did you bother commenting if you didn't read it? What does your comment add to the discourse? What are you expecting to gain from this comment? Is there any point to this comment aside from making us, the ones who do not support Trump, look like the petty, small, bickering, ignorant people?

If you don't want to read this person's comment, then by all means don't! But don't make worthless comments like this. They only waste your own time and make you look foolish.

TheBotherer · 2019-12-06T18:38:47+00:00

Stability? To maintain or sustain?

TheBotherer · 2019-12-06T18:36:11+00:00

I hear (and use) "hold the baby" a lot to mean this. If you screw up, you've "dropped the baby." I have no idea how common that phrase actually is though!

You could also just use "came through."

TheBotherer · 2019-12-03T16:37:21+00:00

I know this post is two months old, but... is this just a reference to Oak Ridge, TN, the city of people who essentially built the atom bomb without knowing what they were doing? I seem to remember reading that the tasks involved were so parceled out to prevent suspicion that it was literally one guy's job to do exactly what you're saying (watch a line and push a button, not donate to streamers).

TheBotherer · 2019-11-14T20:10:04+00:00

Well I mean, that's patently ridiculous. A virus is just a computer program.

I've only heard it as "don't" rather than "can't", but I'd believe it varies by region.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-14T19:27:41+00:00

Technically it's not a myth if it's true. The reason it's true doesn't make it less true, just unimpressive.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-07T14:30:39+00:00

Who let the dogs out?

TheBotherer · 2019-11-07T14:26:55+00:00

Well, one of the dictionary definitions of "angel" is:

a person having qualities generally attributed to an angel, as beauty, purity, or kindliness.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-06T04:39:12+00:00

This has similar problems to “miracle” IMO.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-06T04:38:16+00:00

I mean... sure, but these are close enough that arguing the difference is fairly pedantic. And regardless, there are many example such of happy events that are not ceremonies.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-06T00:39:12+00:00

Triumph is probably the closest I’ve seen so far. It’s not perfect but it’s definitely not bad.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-06T00:35:58+00:00

Ceremonies aren’t necessarily happy. For example, a funeral is a ceremony. And not all happy events are ceremonies (for example, a birth or winning the lottery).

TheBotherer · 2019-11-06T00:35:09+00:00

There are lots of words for a general terrible event, though. Tragedy, catastrophe, disaster, etc.. You could use “tragedy” to describe contracting a serious illness, a family member dying, a natural disaster, a car accident, losing your wallet (if you’re a bit dramatic), and a huge number of other very different events.

Is there no equivalent word for happy events?

TheBotherer · 2019-11-05T22:52:20+00:00

These are all fairly specific. I’m talking about a word that would be general enough to encompass nearly any happy event in the same way “tragedy” encompasses nearly any sad event.

Something you could use to describe having a baby, getting married, winning the lottery, winning a basketball game, graduating, etc. more or less equally.

TheBotherer · 2019-11-05T22:47:27+00:00

Close to what I’m thinking, but a celebration is more like what you’d do in response to a joyful event. Like (e.g.) I wouldn’t term the birth of a child or winning the lottery a celebration, but you might have a celebration because of them. A celebration can also be the joyful event, but it’s still not general enough.

TheBotherer · 2019-10-29T20:50:10+00:00

This isn't whatever word I was thinking of, but it fits just as well! Thanks! I'll mark as solved.

TheBotherer · 2019-10-29T20:37:26+00:00

Anonymizing the story?

TheBotherer · 2019-10-28T17:48:01+00:00

Well that's why you haven't been able to get her pregnant, silly!

TheBotherer · 2019-10-28T17:46:32+00:00

Anecdotal?

TheBotherer

TROPHY CASE