Obvious things that recently Don Don'd you

Let's talk Aguachile Alley

Postby brittle » Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:11 am

blayk wrote:orcas aren't whales they're giant dolphins

bud, they're all just dogs who said fuckit and went back to ocean.
User avatar

brittle
 
Posts: 28746
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:59 pm

Postby tanaka » Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:24 pm

tanaka wrote:that reminds me of the struggles i used to have with chinese directional words, where 后 means behind in terms of space (后面), but is in the future in terms of time (后天 - day after tomorrow; 后来 - afterwards), whereas 前 is in front of us in space but behind in time (前面 - in front; 前天 - the day before yesterday etc.)

from that perspective, rather than the future being something ahead of you, it's actually the opposite: you can see the immediate past which is right in front of you, the future is still unknown, as if you're walking backwards into it with only past experience to guide you


just had a dondon that demolishes the theory in my previous post

前途 means something like future prospects (ahead + route) - which contradicts the idea that ahead/in front (in terms of space) in chinese is connected with the past in terms of time

and then i was thinking about time/space words in english and thought about the word "before" - what came before is behind you, but what lies before you in front, is that right?

then there's terms like "forefather"

anyway, i guess that's what happens when you come up with cheesy psuedo-profound east/west comparisons :(
User avatar

tanaka
 
Posts: 474
Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:09 am

Postby Jerry Lundegaard » Fri May 04, 2018 12:37 am

when my coworker said today that the sky was black as pitch it don don'd me that in this phrase and "pitch black" we are referring to tar, as in black as tar.

i dont know what the fuck i was thinking pitch was for my entire life but here we are. don donning away.
User avatar

Jerry Lundegaard
 
Posts: 11847
Joined: Wed May 05, 2010 10:22 pm

Postby brittle » Fri May 04, 2018 10:48 am

Same.

I thought pitch was sap. Just assumed pitch black had something to do with a tonal quality, like in music.
User avatar

brittle
 
Posts: 28746
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:59 pm

Postby pablito » Fri May 04, 2018 11:04 am

tanaka wrote:
tanaka wrote:that reminds me of the struggles i used to have with chinese directional words, where 后 means behind in terms of space (后面), but is in the future in terms of time (后天 - day after tomorrow; 后来 - afterwards), whereas 前 is in front of us in space but behind in time (前面 - in front; 前天 - the day before yesterday etc.)

from that perspective, rather than the future being something ahead of you, it's actually the opposite: you can see the immediate past which is right in front of you, the future is still unknown, as if you're walking backwards into it with only past experience to guide you


just had a dondon that demolishes the theory in my previous post

前途 means something like future prospects (ahead + route) - which contradicts the idea that ahead/in front (in terms of space) in chinese is connected with the past in terms of time

and then i was thinking about time/space words in english and thought about the word "before" - what came before is behind you, but what lies before you in front, is that right?

then there's terms like "forefather"

anyway, i guess that's what happens when you come up with cheesy psuedo-profound east/west comparisons :(

if you imagine a line of days, the earlier days are at the front of the line
*Offer temporarily suspended in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for understanding
User avatar

pablito
 
Posts: 14023
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:25 pm
Location: chicago illinois, pm me for address, come fucking fight me*

Postby Milk » Mon May 07, 2018 10:32 pm

Two recent ones

Sit Mix-a-lot is a play on Sir Lancelot (not very good to be fair). I blame this one on the fact i always read Lancelot the french way (silent T) because it's how i learned it first so the link wasn't obvious on pronunciation.


Sundaes ARE named after the day even though the reason for the name (and spelling) are disputed. I mean i guess this doesn't count as much i mean obviously i'd, y'know, realised it was pronounced the same but it's weird i never thought of checking it out until now and i guess if asked would have assumed there was no relation.


i know i had another one but i forgot what it was now.
I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
User avatar

Milk
 
Posts: 26735
Joined: Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:56 am
Location: Shut the fuck up Milk

Postby wintergreen » Mon May 07, 2018 11:49 pm

laureate, as in nobel laureate, refers to being crowned with laurels.

i don't think i'd ever stopped to wonder about that before.
User avatar

wintergreen
 
Posts: 11591
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:57 pm

Postby joe » Tue May 08, 2018 12:04 am

Milk wrote:Sit Mix-a-lot is a play on Sir Lancelot


somehow never realized this
User avatar

joe
 
Posts: 39446
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:14 pm
Location: horse kingdom

Postby jenmichaeljarre » Tue May 08, 2018 5:08 pm

you ever get that thing when you realize that this cute girl you were really into in college actually sent you a huge pass that one night, like 15 years ago, when you were campfiring with friends on a hill, and you never got it until now ?
Last edited by jenmichaeljarre on Wed May 09, 2018 4:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar

jenmichaeljarre
 
Posts: 727
Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 4:52 pm

Postby FourLegsGood » Wed May 09, 2018 1:18 am

Wrong thread maybe but I've been saying assuaging (ah-sway-jing) as (ah-saw-jing) my whole life
User avatar

FourLegsGood
 
Posts: 13838
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:20 pm
Location: Ultra Ninja Secrets

Postby joe » Wed May 09, 2018 3:10 am

jenmichaeljarre wrote:you ever get that thing when you realize that this cute girl you were really into in college actually sent you a huge pass that one night, like 15 years go, when you were campfiring with friends on a hill, and you never got it until now ?


Oh god I refuse to think about this
User avatar

joe
 
Posts: 39446
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:14 pm
Location: horse kingdom

Postby hbb » Wed May 09, 2018 3:47 am

jenmichaeljarre wrote:you ever get that thing when you realize that this cute girl you were really into in college actually sent you a huge pass that one night, like 15 years go, when you were campfiring with friends on a hill, and you never got it until now ?


walking backwards into the future with only past experience to guide you
User avatar

hbb
 
Posts: 31738
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:10 pm
Location: The Void

Postby board ghost » Wed May 09, 2018 4:27 am

i was told at my 10 year reunion that several band girls had wanted a piece back then

i was absolutely stunned and it made me re-evaluate a lotta shit
There’s no path to a satisfying conclusion at this point.
User avatar

board ghost
 
Posts: 54280
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:26 pm

Postby Annie May » Thu May 10, 2018 1:41 am

Today when i was taking a walk i saw one of those small planes with an ad banner and i realized 'prop plane' is short for propellor plane
Life's a journey :)
User avatar

Annie May
 
Posts: 15360
Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:14 pm

Postby bugsbunnyseance » Fri May 11, 2018 1:54 am

Realized tonight that the ‘symbiote’ aliens are called that because they have a ‘symbiotic’ relationship with their hosts.
User avatar

bugsbunnyseance
 
Posts: 2616
Joined: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:37 am

Postby separator » Sat May 12, 2018 9:09 am

steely dan - deacon blues

:x
User avatar

separator
 
Posts: 31523
Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:22 pm

Postby terminus » Sat May 12, 2018 9:22 am

steely daniel
it's interesting, the posts
User avatar

terminus
 
Posts: 7380
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:55 pm
Location: booted as the fuck

Postby Autarch » Mon May 14, 2018 8:27 pm

just realized that "schwing" from waynes world is supposed to be like the sound of a sword being unsheathed.
User avatar

Autarch
 
Posts: 23342
Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:13 am
Location: In these times of economy

Postby Autarch » Mon May 14, 2018 8:30 pm

just realized waynes world was really ahead of its time in terms of spoofing public access tv.
User avatar

Autarch
 
Posts: 23342
Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:13 am
Location: In these times of economy

Postby blues » Tue May 15, 2018 7:33 am

not exactly a don don but it just occurred to me how mindbogglingly strange it is that we havent found life anywhere else outside of earth
blues
 
Posts: 5647
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:22 pm

Postby mcwop23 » Tue May 15, 2018 7:47 am

blues wrote:not exactly a don don but it just occurred to me how mindbogglingly strange it is that we havent found life anywhere else outside of earth



pluto has gone from this to this the past 24 years


Image


i think we’ll get there soon enough
wendy wrote:
colin meloy doesn't need to die
User avatar

mcwop23
bitchez ain't shit but pups and licks
 
Posts: 96239
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:56 pm
Location: Jacksonville, FL

Postby Kenny » Tue May 15, 2018 7:51 am

There's a cool quote that I'm not gonna google to find out who said it but it's something like "There's two answers: Either we are alone as life in the universe, or we are not, and both are mindblowing"

I also think that there are probably things that are alive that we don't have a conception of as being alive, or maybe ways to register it
Last edited by Kenny on Tue May 15, 2018 7:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
[PEACE] [LOVE] [UNITY] [RESPECT] (stay posi)

You are a sacred being of light projected into reality for a purpose. Demand the right to your moment in this holographic gift with no rules, no borders, except for those you choose to accept and live by.

Without Labour there is no Rest; nor without Fighting can the Victory be Won ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

WOAH CLICK HERE
User avatar

Kenny
"Two Phones" Maccabee
 
Posts: 28676
Joined: Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:04 am
Location: The whole pub loving it

Postby aububs » Tue May 15, 2018 7:52 am

yeah we're getting there slowly but it's also weird that aliens haven't found us

there must be super advanced aliens out there

maybe they're ignoring us
astonishing vigils
User avatar

aububs
 
Posts: 14264
Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:18 pm

Postby mcwop23 » Tue May 15, 2018 7:54 am

aububs wrote:
there must be super advanced aliens out there

maybe they're ignoring us



well yeah
wendy wrote:
colin meloy doesn't need to die
User avatar

mcwop23
bitchez ain't shit but pups and licks
 
Posts: 96239
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:56 pm
Location: Jacksonville, FL

Postby Kenny » Tue May 15, 2018 7:58 am

I agree on the contacting part, but I think the odds of seeing evidence of extraterrestrial life is higher

Edit: I googled it and the real quote is cooler and by Arthur C Clarke:
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
Last edited by Kenny on Tue May 15, 2018 7:59 am, edited 1 time in total.
[PEACE] [LOVE] [UNITY] [RESPECT] (stay posi)

You are a sacred being of light projected into reality for a purpose. Demand the right to your moment in this holographic gift with no rules, no borders, except for those you choose to accept and live by.

Without Labour there is no Rest; nor without Fighting can the Victory be Won ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

WOAH CLICK HERE
User avatar

Kenny
"Two Phones" Maccabee
 
Posts: 28676
Joined: Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:04 am
Location: The whole pub loving it

Postby Kenny » Tue May 15, 2018 7:58 am

us being the only living things observable is basically all theists have
[PEACE] [LOVE] [UNITY] [RESPECT] (stay posi)

You are a sacred being of light projected into reality for a purpose. Demand the right to your moment in this holographic gift with no rules, no borders, except for those you choose to accept and live by.

Without Labour there is no Rest; nor without Fighting can the Victory be Won ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

WOAH CLICK HERE
User avatar

Kenny
"Two Phones" Maccabee
 
Posts: 28676
Joined: Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:04 am
Location: The whole pub loving it

Postby hbb » Tue May 15, 2018 8:17 am

universe wrote:Space is very big and very old and we’ve been able to monitor it for like the cosmic equivalent of a nanosecond. The odds of us coexisting with and making contact with an advanced civilization are literally astronomical.


When you think about it, there is only one post/username
User avatar

hbb
 
Posts: 31738
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:10 pm
Location: The Void

Postby blues » Tue May 15, 2018 8:58 am

i love you guys
blues
 
Posts: 5647
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:22 pm

Postby HotFingersClub » Fri May 18, 2018 8:52 am

Possibly quite niche X-Men related Don Don:

The Juggernaut, who seeks to murder his step-brother Professor X, is named Cain Marko

Cain Marko
Marko, Cain
Mark of Cain
User avatar

HotFingersClub
 
Posts: 3557
Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:31 am

Postby HotFingersClub » Fri May 18, 2018 8:53 am

Image
User avatar

HotFingersClub
 
Posts: 3557
Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:31 am

PreviousNext

Return to Aguachile Alley

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: beefbroth inthe shitpipes, brent, Brother Kenny, dadrocksampler, Eyeball Kid, Giuseppe Castiglione, Google [Bot], hells bells, jalapeño ranch, jems, jon, mcwop23, Modern Life is Rubbish, nosebleeds, qwerty, rahulikkus, Reliable Tradesman, seafoam, trampoline and 215 guests