Random randomness

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:41 pm

Take that Mariah

https://brightside.me/video/a-live-perf ... nt-313960/

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:11 am

Another Windows 10 update, another program doesn't work.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:16 am

dbt1949 wrote:Another Windows 10 update, another program doesn't work.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:29 am

At least it's not "Another Windows 10 update, another Windows 10 doesn't work."

That has happened to me at home twice and twice while supporting computers at work. And it's not even like Windows 7 where you can go back to a pre-update version. You just get caught in an endless loop of "Windows encountered an error while trying to start... Windows could not revert to a previous version this operation has been canceled... Windows encountered an error while trying to start.." And then it won't even let you reload Windows over your existing installation. It's clean imagine or nothing.

I'm not bitter.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:44 pm

You know what's fun on a Friday afternoon? Waiting for a tow truck to take your MIL's car to the shop.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:21 pm

Today I learned the definitive pronunciation of GIF.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:29 pm

Jamaica in four weeks. Five days of pina coladas, soaking on the beach and blessed, blessed not thinking about emotional support, guidance for adult children, needy girlfriends or the emotional maelstrom that comes from too close proximity to ex wives.

Also, "pot brownies".

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:44 pm

Default wrote:Jamaica in four weeks. Five days of pina coladas, soaking on the beach and blessed, blessed not thinking about emotional support, guidance for adult children, needy girlfriends or the emotional maelstrom that comes from too close proximity to ex wives.

Also, "pot brownies".

Dude, I have snow you could be digging instead RIGHT NOW.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:45 pm

Max Peck wrote:Today I learned the definitive pronunciation of GIF.

He'll be dead soon and we can lay his obvious mistake down with him.

Is he French? Because that's about the only way I could see someone seeing "gif" and pronouncing it "jif".

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:50 pm

Or German. Or Georgian.

Sorry, just being a gerk.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:06 am

Blackhawk wrote:Or German. Or Georgian.

Sorry, just being a gerk.

The J and G letters have reversed pronunciations in the French alphabet. Obviously I'm not arguing that the G can never sound like a J, I'm saying that "gi" is a common letter combination in English and it is normally pronounced as in "gift" or "give".

I'm saying he made a mistake decades ago and now he's just being stubborn about it.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:12 am

My wife's maiden name was Giles and people called her everything from Gills to Geels to GAH- iles ....its a J sound people!! Ja Ja JA Giles.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:31 am

Daehawk wrote:My wife's maiden name was Giles and people called her everything from Gills to Geels to GAH- iles ....its a J sound people!! Ja Ja JA Giles.

All bets are off for proper names. For the record I thought it was guy-el-z

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:10 am

GreenGoo wrote:
Max Peck wrote:Today I learned the definitive pronunciation of GIF.
He'll be dead soon and we can lay his obvious mistake down with him.

Is he French? Because that's about the only way I could see someone seeing "gif" and pronouncing it "jif".

How do you pronounce gin and tonic? Digital logic? Egregious religion? Fugitive engineer? Tragic gigolo? Vaginal hygiene? Gigantic region? Imaginatively apologize?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:14 am

The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."

Default · Post by **Default** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 4:21 am

Holman wrote:
Default wrote:Jamaica in four weeks. Five days of pina coladas, soaking on the beach and blessed, blessed not thinking about emotional support, guidance for adult children, needy girlfriends or the emotional maelstrom that comes from too close proximity to ex wives.

Also, "pot brownies".
Dude, I have snow you could be digging instead RIGHT NOW.

Yeah, but do you have brownies?

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 6:58 am

The girlish gift giver girded himself with a girdle and gills as he gibbered and giggled about his girth in the gildhall. What a git.

His gizzard felt gimped as this whole thing was more like a gimballed gizmo in support of a gimmick rather than a gigaton of evidence.

Or is that measured in gigawatts? :Wink:

I accept that there are plenty of examples going either way, but I'm uncomfortable changing gift to jif just by dropping the t.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:48 am

Kraken wrote:The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."

That remains the best rationale for mispronouncing GIF.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:48 am

Kraken wrote:The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."

The first word in AWOL isn't Abe-sent.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:57 am

Max Peck wrote:
Kraken wrote:The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."
That remains the best rationale for mispronouncing GIF.

Agree completely.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:46 am

Max Peck wrote:How do you pronounce gin and tonic? Digital logic? Egregious religion? Fugitive engineer? Tragic gigolo? Vaginal hygiene? Gigantic region? Imaginatively apologize?

I don't know about .gifs, but I'm now a big fan of your flash fiction.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 1:12 pm

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:14 pm

dbt1949 wrote:

Minus one point for posting it as a PNG.

Default · Post by **Default** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:34 pm

Max Peck wrote:
dbt1949 wrote:
Minus one point for posting it as a PNG.

He is a choosey mother, isn't he?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:16 pm

So my wife emergency beeps me and when I go to see what the matter is, her dog laying next to her is hungry according to her and wants something to eat. As a matter of fact all three dogs on her bed want something to eat.
Of course there is plenty of dog food in bowels around the house as well as clean water.
One reason I never go to her bedroom armed when she beeps me.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:18 pm

Maybe they don't like eating out of bowels?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:53 pm

The way they spill it you would think so.
And who ever heard of a weenie dog that washes it's paws in their water bowl when ever she comes back in from the back yard.
Her mother must have been scared by a raccoon when she was pregnant.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:36 am

Can you really mispronounce an acronym? I mean, I feel like it's up to the speaker to decide, or just enunciate the letters individually in sequence. Not to mention you don't get to control an evolving language. Pronounce it however the hell you like... this debate is stupid. (I'm not calling you guys stupid for having it, I'm just tired of hearing about it in general.)

For the record I pronounce it with a hard G. I don't consider myself some kind of rebel. Likewise, I wouldn't correct you or argue with you if you pronounced it with a soft G.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:37 am

The pronunciation of GIF can lead to a silly argument, or an opportunity to explore etymology. Your choice -- either one can be fun.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:56 am

AWS260 wrote:Name of the Year 2017 time!

Some very strong contenders. Christian Joo could be a dark horse pick, although he's in the same bracket as Chardonnay Pantastico.

Voting has begun.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:56 pm

Well, this workday has been pretty much been a complete write-off from a productivity standpoint.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:07 pm

Kraken wrote:Maybe they don't like eating out of bowels?

You don't have dogs, do you?

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:59 pm

One of the small joys of gainful unemployment: sipping a cappuccino, reading the day's news, waiting for the new day to roll over and a shiny new game to unlock, because you don't need to worry about getting up and going anywhere in the morning.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:26 am

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:13 pm

That would be a more biting rejoinder if I hadn't already posted that comic in the game's thread myself.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:17 pm

OOps so did I .

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:47 pm

For all my talk about about packing lunches that cost under $2, I just had a burger, poutine fries, and small shake at what was supposed to be the best place around for a burger for $20 and the burger was simply OK and the fries were actually pretty bad.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:17 pm

168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:08 pm

Daehawk wrote:168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.

Hint: Don't take lunch advice from LordMortis.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:24 pm

Daehawk wrote:168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.

Can I have your stuff?