Random Thoughts X: Impromptu Interpretations

[The_J]

I've realized that this thread, it is various iterations, might be the only place on the internet where "like" means pretty much the opposite.

TBH, not "liking" there anything normally, because I think it's just weird.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I think that "liking" those posts means "I read your post and commiserate."

 

[The_J]

I agree, and I see that, but it still feels wrong for me .

 

[Hygro]

When my posts there get liked I take it as a validation of whatever happened and never as a celebration of my misfortune.

 

[Synobun]

When my posts there get liked I take it as a validation of whatever happened and never as a celebration of my misfortune.

I'm specifically celebrating your misfortune.

 

[Ferocitus]

The term Hmmmmm refers to the pre-linguistic system of communication posited to have been used by archaic Homo. It is an acronym for
Holistic (non-compositional),
manipulative (utterances are commands or suggestions, not descriptive statements),
multi-modal (acoustic as well as gestural and facial),
musical, and
mimetic.

Sounds dubious to me.

 

[cardgame]

 

[Takhisis]

The term Hmmmmm refers to the pre-linguistic system of communication posited to have been used by archaic Homo. It is an acronym for
Holistic (non-compositional),
manipulative (utterances are commands or suggestions, not descriptive statements),
multi-modal (acoustic as well as gestural and facial),
musical, and
mimetic.

Sounds dubious to me.

Hmmmm, no.

 

[Synobun]

@hobbsyoyo

 

[tjs282]

Replace "Husband" with "(Pre)teenage sons", and that's pretty much my experience.

Drives me nuts — especially when they start asking questions about the story later.

("Well if you'd just listened to the dialogue in the first place, you — and I — might now have more of a clue, mightn't we?")

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Replace "Husband" with "(Pre)teenage sons", and that's pretty much my experience.

Drives me nuts — especially when they start asking questions about the story later.

("Well if you'd just listened to the dialogue in the first place, you — and I — might now have more of a clue, mightn't we?")

Reminds me of the early days when my housekeeping helper started coming. She said, "Go ahead and watch your soap, I won't bother you."

But then she started yapping during the show, and finally I told her, "Unless something is on fire, talk to me in the commercials."

She never did get that, so now I just either record it or watch it online. What non-soap watchers just don't understand is that these shows are not repeated, unless special episodes on holidays. The vast majority of them are shown once, and that's it, forever.

 

[amadeus]

I was in the shower after work, like clockwork, and I thought again about the Bible... sort of.

Do you think Romans would often forget to chisel in “A.D.” on personal cheques after the birth of Christ? I remember how often I’d write in the wrong year until mid-January.

Also, when Romans went to get their chariots fixed, did the guys at the chariot place try to sell them a new air filter? I know every time I went into Valvoline they’d try to get me on that. I finally acquiesced once, then the next time I was in they still tried to sell me one.

 

[W|M]

jesus predated banking, though the romans would have probably kept on writing the wrong year elsewhere until mid-march

 

[amadeus]

I imagine they had some kind of bank in the Roman Empire.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I imagine they had some kind of bank in the Roman Empire.

They did. And no, they wouldn't have worried about "AD" because that isn't how they reckoned time.

The Roman calendar had fewer months than we have, and their new year started at a different time than ours does. Furthermore, they reckoned the years from the founding of Rome, aka A.U.C. The birth of Jesus meant nothing to them in terms of the calendar until Christianity became the official religion.

The Romans had their dishonest, unethical merchants, just as every era does.

 

[warpus]

She never did get that

I hate dealing with people who won't shut up. From my experience this is usually a problem because they aren't comfortable with silence. Could also be a case of a narcissist who loves the sound of their own voice. Usually it just seems to be somebody who was brought up thinking that silence = awkward.

This goes hand in hand with people who love talking about themselves and commandeer any conversation and steer it away from whatever was being discussed and make it all about them. You tell them about rocketry and they say: "That reminds me of this time in 6th grade when I..."

 

[thecrazyscot]

They did. And no, they wouldn't have worried about "AD" because that isn't how they reckoned time.

The Roman calendar had fewer months than we have, and their new year started at a different time than ours does. Furthermore, they reckoned the years from the founding of Rome, aka A.U.C. The birth of Jesus meant nothing to them in terms of the calendar until Christianity became the official religion.

The Romans had their dishonest, unethical merchants, just as every era does.

@amadeus was clearly making a joke...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I hate dealing with people who won't shut up. From my experience this is usually a problem because they aren't comfortable with silence. Could also be a case of a narcissist who loves the sound of their own voice. Usually it just seems to be somebody who was brought up thinking that silence = awkward.

This goes hand in hand with people who love talking about themselves and commandeer any conversation and steer it away from whatever was being discussed and make it all about them. You tell them about rocketry and they say: "That reminds me of this time in 6th grade when I..."

In her case, I think it's just a matter of disrespect and not bothering to remember. Or thinking that whatever she had to say just couldn't wait.

Most of it could. I get that when a person has something they want to say and don't want to forget so they just say it so it's out there, but things got to the point where it seemed like she was just waiting for the show to resume to start talking, and perturbed because I wasn't answering.

As I said, if it's too important to wait... but anecdotes about her mother, her wife, their kids and grandkids, her other clients... no. Not important enough to interrupt when asked not to.

Start telling me about rocketry, and it's something I'm very interested in. I even have a school anecdote about rockets. But not during my soap opera!

@amadeus was clearly making a joke...

Which clearly makes it illegal to offer some accurate information...

Want humor associated with the Romans? Read Lindsay Davis' Falco series. It's about a detective in the reigns of the Flavian emperors; Falco works as an 'informer' for Vespasian and Titus, has cases in Rome and in various areas of the Empire, has a crazy-exasperating-funny family, and I got hooked on it back in college when my Classical History instructor let me borrow one of his books.

Lindsay Davis puts in an incredible amount of research into her books, consulting historians and archaeologists, and she visits actual archaeological sites to be sure her details are as historically accurate as possible.

 

[thecrazyscot]

Which clearly makes it illegal to offer some accurate information...

Want humor associated with the Romans? Read Lindsay Davis' Falco series. It's about a detective in the reigns of the Flavian emperors; Falco works as an 'informer' for Vespasian and Titus, has cases in Rome and in various areas of the Empire, has a crazy-exasperating-funny family, and I got hooked on it back in college when my Classical History instructor let me borrow one of his books.

Lindsay Davis puts in an incredible amount of research into her books, consulting historians and archaeologists, and she visits actual archaeological sites to be sure her details are as historically accurate as possible.

Do you honestly not see how the inaccurate information is part of the joke? Thank you for the book recommendations, but at a time in my life when I have little time and energy for reading full books, I appreciate historical humor where I can find it.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Do you honestly not see how the inaccurate information is part of the joke? Thank you for the book recommendations, but at a time in my life when I have little time and energy for reading full books, I appreciate historical humor where I can find it.

Do you honestly not see that I DON'T CARE.

Yes, I got the "joke." But I've spent too much time online watching people spread misinformation and not taking the effort to look things up. I took the opportunity to explain a couple of things and recommend a wonderful historical mystery series that is simultaneously intriguing, uses real history as the basis of a lot of the mysteries she has her protagonists solve, incorporates many real historical figures, and has a healthy dose of humor. You do realize that others are also reading this thread, right? And that any time I recommend a book or movie or TV show or piece of music, I'm recommending it to anyone reading the post, not just the person I quoted?

Read it or don't. I really couldn't care less. There are some short stories available free or cheap on Kindle, including one involving some of Falco's family and Pompeii. It's a good read.

As always, YKMV.