Obvious things that recently Don Don'd you

by **quinine** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:17 pm

"relatively," as in "relatively inexpensive", is not really a synonym for "somewhat", it's the same primary definition as "relative", i.e. "inexpensive [in relation to some other referent]"

"relatively speaking," however, can be used with an entirely different meaning

by **jewels** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:34 pm

Cherry candy is attempting to taste like maraschino cherries, not fresh cherries.

by **jewels** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:35 pm

Ted Pikul wrote:Wynona’s big brown beaver is not about Winona rider

by **brent** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:02 am

Quixotic wrote:
juxtaposition records wrote:just realized the opening theme for Twin Peaks are the chords from "Memory Motel" by the Rolling Stones

I don't know how obvious this was... I'm just gonna listen to this a whole bunch though.

holy shit i just had this realization now

by **Coca Cola** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:11 pm

That reggaeton one is rly funny. The beat is called dembow

by **futurist** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:46 pm

brent wrote:
Quixotic wrote:
juxtaposition records wrote:just realized the opening theme for Twin Peaks are the chords from "Memory Motel" by the Rolling Stones

I don't know how obvious this was... I'm just gonna listen to this a whole bunch though.

holy shit i just had this realization now

wow this is amazing. the song's themes are so on point this would be an amazing inspiration for badalamenti and lynch.

by **Mesh** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:03 pm

Musically, it's astonishing to think about. Thematically, I say eh. EH I SAY. Fine, eh.5 for the chorus lyrics.

by **futurist** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:08 pm

the context is different but the imagery is there

by **aububs** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:59 am

always thought it was "burying the lead", as in burying the leading story, hiding the important news

but it's "burying the lede", a lede being the opening part of a news story that summarises its main points

by **number none** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:21 am

no, you were closer the first time. It means you should start a story with the most newsworthy aspect, rather than "burying" it in the body

and it's only spelled that way to distinguish it from "lead" (as in the metal) because it was used in printing machines

by **aububs** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:26 am

damn even when I'm right, I'm wrong

by **Grey Poupon** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:30 am

the spelling bit is a cool factoid

by **Viz** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:27 am

number none wrote:no, you were closer the first time. It means you should start a story with the most newsworthy aspect, rather than "burying" it in the body

and it's only spelled that way to distinguish it from "lead" (as in the metal) because it was used in printing machines

And then there's "leading" which is the space between printed lines, which gets its name from it's the space of a lead bar.

by **hadlex** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 6:02 am

Just read the words "sealing wax" and realized I had always thought it was "ceiling wax"

by **Mesh** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:33 am

Viz wrote:
number none wrote:no, you were closer the first time. It means you should start a story with the most newsworthy aspect, rather than "burying" it in the body

and it's only spelled that way to distinguish it from "lead" (as in the metal) because it was used in printing machines

And then there's "leading" which is the space between printed lines, which gets its name from it's the space of a lead bar.

And then there's "kerning" which as we all know is bas

by **brittle** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 3:57 pm

the main reason i don't ever have any smooshed bug on my windshield anymore, even though i used to have a million a teenager, isn't because all the bugs are gone, it's because i don't spend my summers driving 30 miles at 75 mph to denver and back every night after work.

by **pana** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:00 pm

brittle wrote:the main reason i don't ever have any smooshed bug on my windshield anymore, even though i used to have a million a teenager, isn't because all the bugs are gone, it's because i don't spend my summers driving 30 miles at 75 mph to denver and back every night after work.

why not both?!
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-shows-global-insect-populations-have-crashed-last-decade-180971474/

by **brittle** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:18 pm

Oh I know it's a thing; just realized my windshield is not a valid representation of the decline.

by **brittle** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:22 pm

My parents just moved back to the neighborhood I grew up in, and after just two drives back, after dark, there's guts everywhere.

Before that, I feel like I hadn't squished a bug with my windshield in this century

by **Jefferson Zeppelin** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:40 pm

the names of the ducklings in Make Way for Ducklings (Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack) are in JKLMNOPQ. :shock:

I read this thousands of times growing up and dozens of times to my toddler in the last few weeks and I just realized this

by **Mesh** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:18 pm

Sleater-Kinney often sound a weird amount like Rush.

by **blurst of times** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:24 pm

learned/realized today that the word "mammal" is derived from "mammaries" and that most mammals have nipples.

amazingly, this don don arose out of a discussion about robert de niro's "i've got nipples focker, can you milk me?" line from meet the parents...

by **worrywort** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:01 pm

in boom boom boom boom's chorus it's "i wanna go boom boom" not "I wanna double boom"

by **Barthes Starr** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:37 pm

blurst of times wrote:learned/realized today that the word "mammal" is derived from "mammaries" and that most mammals have nipples.

amazingly, this don don arose out of a discussion about robert de niro's "i've got nipples focker, can you milk me?" line from meet the parents...

if you'd like to read a long academic take on it, this article is canon in the history of science
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/13ed/0 ... 12b432.pdf

by **Jefferson Zeppelin** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:54 pm

jewels wrote:
Ted Pikul wrote:Wynona’s big brown beaver is not about Winona rider

explain plz

by **jewels** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:35 am

Barthes Starr wrote:
blurst of times wrote:learned/realized today that the word "mammal" is derived from "mammaries" and that most mammals have nipples.

amazingly, this don don arose out of a discussion about robert de niro's "i've got nipples focker, can you milk me?" line from meet the parents...

if you'd like to read a long academic take on it, this article is canon in the history of science
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/13ed/0 ... 12b432.pdf

this is also helpful
https://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?t=89007

by **shacky** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:47 am

"pathetic" is usually misapplied and is actually the adjective form of "pathos" hence "apathetic"

by **jordana** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:27 am

quinine wrote:"relatively," as in "relatively inexpensive", is not really a synonym for "somewhat", it's the same primary definition as "relative", i.e. "inexpensive [in relation to some other referent]"

"relatively speaking," however, can be used with an entirely different meaning

What does relatively speaking mean then?

by **badhat** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:38 am

isnt “relatively speaking” just a different phrasing of the same idea.

my new apartment is relatively inexpensive

vs

my new apartment is inexpensive, relatively speaking, anyway.

by **Kaputt** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:10 am

worrywort wrote:in boom boom boom boom's chorus it's "i wanna go boom boom" not "I wanna double boom"

Woahhhhh. I was always so confused as to what a double boom was.

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