The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VIII

[Lord Baal]

Is there any practical way to suppress a gag reflex? Everytime I brush my teeth (I brush my tongue too, which is prob. what really sets it off) my gag reflex kicks in and I come sooo close to puking inside my mouth. Obviously this is unpleasant.

I have the same problem. I just suck it up.

 

[Phlegmak]

There must be a trope for this. You watch a tv show and X is true. However, all of the characters are totally missing the obvious clues and for some reason believe that Y or Z is true. Then, you want to scream at the tv screen, and your blood pressure is rising because it's so damned obvious that X is true.

For example, the character Michael Scott gets things so wrong so extremely often, it's actually mildly stressful for me to watch The Office because of the mistakes he makes about the staggeringly obvious.

So what trope would that be?

 

[Earthling]

I love what that says about modern society/culture/the Internet, the fact that "there must be a trope" when it sounds like you're describing:

Dramatic Irony

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I got a paper back saying I used the word "implicated" where it should have been "implied." What's the difference?

 

[Zack]

IMO implied sounds a lot better than implicated.

 

[Mad Man]

Where online can I buy a replica Egyptian sickle-sword for cheap?

 

[Cutlass]

Where online can I buy a replica Egyptian sickle-sword for cheap?

What's your definition of cheap?

 

[Mad Man]

What's your definition of cheap?

preferably $50 or under but anything under $100 will do.

 

[Cutlass]

http://kultofathena.com/product~item~AH4316~name~Large Egyptian Khopesh.htm

http://kultofathena.com/product~item~AH4317~name~Black Egyptian Kopesh.htm

 

[Mad Man]

http://kultofathena.com/product~item~AH4316~name~Large Egyptian Khopesh.htm

http://kultofathena.com/product~item~AH4317~name~Black Egyptian Kopesh.htm

Thanks Cutlass but I should probably shop around a little.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I got a paper back saying I used the word "implicated" where it should have been "implied." What's the difference?

Implicating tends to be implying a particularly close connection, and frequently involves an accusation of some wrongdoing.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Question: Suppose you make a video of a bunch of inflammatory stuff and put it online. Which is it, libel or slander?

 

[Karalysia]

Question: Suppose you make a video of a bunch of inflammatory stuff and put it online. Which is it, libel or slander?

Neither.

 

[kulade]

Question: Suppose you make a video of a bunch of inflammatory stuff and put it online. Which is it, libel or slander?

trollin'.

 

[GinandTonic]

I got a paper back saying I used the word "implicated" where it should have been "implied." What's the difference?

Implied. To assert without overtly stating.

Implicate. Where the evidence or testimony of the actor asserts overtly or implicitly the guilt of a third party or element.

"You ask where in the woods my wife is buried? I object to the implication I was her killer!"

"I was implicated in the case when it became clear the defendant borrowed the money from me to make good his escape".

 

[GinandTonic]

Neither.

Interesting and rather developing point of law. Legally it is one or the other, but there isnt the case law to address every circumstance.

 

[Cutlass]

Interesting and rather developing point of law. Legally it is one or the other, but there isnt the case law to address every circumstance.

Only to the point where people are actually harmed. Which isn't really a common thing in these situations. And you can't really slander public figures. There is a case out of the Yale Law School where people are named on an anonymous board in a way that adversely effected their career prospects. But that's a pretty extreme situation.

 

[GinandTonic]

Only to the point where people are actually harmed. Which isn't really a common thing in these situations. And you can't really slander public figures. There is a case out of the Yale Law School where people are named on an anonymous board in a way that adversely effected their career prospects. But that's a pretty extreme situation.

This side of the pond it's just about being wrong in the facts you assert. Harm goes to damages but is de jure irrelevant to the case at hand. Hence lots of litigation cases where the damages are irrelivant but the point is demand an apology or put the facts before the court with the looser, generally, to pay the costs. Say £5k damages and £250k costs. Piss the Judge off enough and he might not award costs if he were to feel a company was using its resources to bully some total irrelevance, but you'ld have to work at being a dick.

 

[Ulyaoth]

Is this image real? I'd imagine it's possible.

 

[Karalysia]

How do I go about convincing my professor to increase my grade from a B+ to an A?

I already complained that he graded me wrong and showed him where he made mistakes, he conceded that I was correct but said he used criteria separate from that and it didn't really affect my grade so it stays the same. I suppose I could continue whining about it, or complain to management.

My next plan is to beg him for an A and possibly weep profusely at some point. I doubt the success of this option.

At this point possibly sexual favors. A risky proposition.

If that fails I will threaten physical violence.

Thoughts? Suggestions?