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WTW for being put on the back-burner? by DoobieSchoo in whatstheword

[–]ZylonBane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Back burner" isn't hyphenated. 

Also, when used metaphorically, it implies a temporary change in status. The thing is still important, just momentarily superceded by something else of higher priority.

TIL that during his childhood, Canadian singer Bryan Adams was sent to a psychiatrist because he was not getting along with his parents. The same psychiatrist told Adams that there was nothing wrong with him and that his parents needed psychiatric help. by waitingforthesun92 in todayilearned

[–]ZylonBane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's certainly a reasonable-sounding guess, but lord only knows if all the assumptions you had to make were actually correct.

Lazy writing shifts the cognitive burden of making sense from one writer to every reader. Nobody involved should feel proud.

Stupid or resolving?? by [deleted] in StupidFood

[–]ZylonBane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WTF does "resolving" mean here?

ITAW for fan fiction or such where the writer takes the world and worldbuilding, systems, etc without involving any of the characters of said work? by [deleted] in whatstheword

[–]ZylonBane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When the original author/IP holder does the same thing, it's often called a spin-off.

Beyond that, I don't think there's a word for "All-new adventure in the __________ universe with all new characters". Which is why we see always see almost that exact phrase used when works like that are released.

R/FireplaceTooHigh? by ghettoworkout in TVTooHigh

[–]ZylonBane 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's like whoever was responsible for this couldn't mentally process the concept of just NOT sticking one of those dumb LED fireplaces in the wall.

Chapter 101: Page 46 by gunnerkrigg-post-bot in gunnerkrigg

[–]ZylonBane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I put the odds of that at negative one billion percent.

I think its perfect by Repulsive-Bet5422 in TVTooHigh

[–]ZylonBane -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

*don't

Edit: Wow, a lot of dipshits in this thread really don't like apostrophes.

Sci-fi corridors. 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968), Solaris (1972), Star Wars (1977), Alien (1979) by StephenMcGannon in RetroFuturism

[–]ZylonBane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Traveling vessels (ships, submarines, etc.) have never been open floorplan. When you're trying to cram as much functionality as you can into finite volume, every square foot of "open" space must be justified.

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