Bartmanhomer's Ultimate Random Banter Thread #219

[Peelee]

My rule is that chicken, fish, and ground beef should be cooked completely. Beef, pork, and lamb can be cooked medium rare.

Rare burgers are better than rare steaks (with certain exceptions, of course). I will die on this hill.

Uncooked bacon is also delightful, though I usually only do that when cutting it into large bits for other dishes

Go back and read the entirety of the "diet mountain dew" post. Also check out the link in my sig.

Eh, if I have to read an article on how to detect someone's use of sarcasm, I'm just not gonna tell detect their sarcasm.

[enderlord99]

Eh, if I have to read an article on how to detect someone's use of sarcasm, I'm just not gonna tell detect their sarcasm.

...I wouldn't exactly call it an "article" but I can still add a TL;DR if you want.

[Peelee]

...I wouldn't exactly call it an "article" but I can still add a TL;DR if you want.

For what it's worth, I do actually appreciate that courtesy. Thanks!

[Kyrell1978]

The doctor said not to eat chicken anymore because apparently it contains salmonella{.}

You should probably switch to pork chops then.

[enderlord99]

You should probably switch to pork chops then.

Trichinella is even worse than salmonella (I think) and I wasn't looking for suggestions anyway.

[Kyrell1978]

Trichinella is even worse than salmonella (I think) and I wasn't looking for suggestions anyway.

It is indeed worse, sir. It is indeed.

[Insane Jeenyus]

The doctor said not to eat chicken anymore because apparently it contains salmonella{.}

Sam? and Ella? who are they??

Trichinella is even worse than salmonella (I think) and I wasn't looking for suggestions anyway.

Trichinosis or the tricky work as I call it, is indeed a very bad thing. Very much yes. Just bear in mind that this parasite existed when pigs wallowed in their own fecal matter. Today's farms are almost clean.

either problem can be cured though.

[Teddy]

...I wouldn't exactly call it an "article" but I can still add a TL;DR if you want.

Why don't you use blue text, though? Sure, it's almost entirely restricted to these boards, but the chances of it being misunderstood are next to none. Especially since you don't have to read the entire sentence to see it.

Sam? and Ella? who are they??

Nono, they're talking about Ella the Salmon. Easy mistake to make, though.

Trichinosis or the tricky work as I call it, is indeed a very bad thing. Very much yes. Just bear in mind that this parasite existed when pigs wallowed in their own fecal matter. Today's farms are almost clean.

either problem can be cured though.

Emphasis on "almost", though. Sweden has one of the most restrictive laws animal handling (with lots of focus on hygiene) in the world, and we're still strongly recommended to never eat undercooked pork. Sure, the risk of trichinosis might be low, but there's no way of telling beforehand whether the meat is infected or not.

[enderlord99]

Why don't you use blue text, though? Sure, it's almost entirely restricted to these boards, but the chances of it being misunderstood are next to none. Especially since you don't have to read the entire sentence to see it.

I use the same method everywhere, because I like that method and want it to catch on.

[Rockphed]

Why don't you use blue text, though? Sure, it's almost entirely restricted to these boards, but the chances of it being misunderstood are next to none. Especially since you don't have to read the entire sentence to see it.

I use the same method everywhere, because I like that method and want it to catch on.

To quote Rawhide:

The blue text = sarcasm is a nasty habit. I call it this because some people assert that blue text is required or official whenever you do sarcasm.
It's not.

Please don't use colours this way. Preferably, try not to be sarcastic. Sarcasm is not only difficult to convey correctly on the internet, it's insulting. If used against another poster, it can constitute flaming. There are much better ways to express yourself.

Also relevant to this discussion:

Spoiler: XKCD

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In other words, using weird typography or weird text coloring to try to convey meaning is trying to place the onus of good communication on your listener. Take responsibility for you communication instead.

Edit: On to more happier topics! I recently saw an image I would like to forget. Any suggestions on things I can watch, listen to, or read that will help?

[LaZodiac]

Edit: On to more happier topics! I recently saw an image I would like to forget. Any suggestions on things I can watch, listen to, or read that will help?

My cure all to things like this is to just binge videos until you pass out. I recommend watching my stuff.

[Bartmanhomer]

I thought of a wonderful idea, what if this forum have it's own movie? The name of the movie is called Giant In The Playground The Movie. It will be a box office hits and it will win an Oscar for Best Pictures. What do everybody think of this idea?

[Peelee]

I use the same method everywhere, because I like that method and want it to catch on.

[SZbNAhL]

Or an authoratative body enforces its own standards on everyone else (prime meridians, scientific units and spellings of words* come to mind).

*Okay there are actually multiple sets of spellings now, but at least they're standardised on a national level.

[Peelee]

Or an authoratative body enforces its own standards on everyone else (prime meridians, scientific units and spellings of words* come to mind).

Yes, no issues were ever caused by an using two different systems of scientific units.

[Teddy]

To quote Rawhide:

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In other words, using weird typography or weird text coloring to try to convey meaning is trying to place the onus of good communication on your listener. Take responsibility for you communication instead.

While I can kinda get behind the "Don't use sarcasm" sentiment, there is no actual board rule against sarcasm itself, so people are free to use it (for as long as they don't break any other board rules) and will use it if they feel that's the best way to express their persona. And for as long they will, it's better they use some weird typography that is at least consistent and mostly well-understood to mean sarcasm, and will look distinct enough for the people who haven't learned that yet to realise something is off about this sentence.

Also relevant to this discussion:

Spoiler: XKCD

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Is it really relevant, though? If people wanted to be misunderstood, they wouldn't use blue text to start with...

Edit: On to more happier topics! I recently saw an image I would like to forget. Any suggestions on things I can watch, listen to, or read that will help?

Have you tried Brain Bleach?

As a software engineer who often have to interface different hardware, I can attest to this being very much true. One could probably prove that the number of active standards within a single scope grows logarithmically to the number of clients as the number of clients grow within the scope. The world attempts to standardise, but the number of active standards will never converge toward a constant number

[Qwertystop]

Been a while since I said much here, but I've been skimming/lurking. I can't remember - did I mention the job? I know I didn't mention the move.

[WarKitty]

In other words, using weird typography or weird text coloring to try to convey meaning is trying to place the onus of good communication on your listener. Take responsibility for you communication instead.

I always saw it as more a way of making up for the lack of non-lexical signals in writing.

[LaZodiac]

Been a while since I said much here, but I've been skimming/lurking. I can't remember - did I mention the job? I know I didn't mention the move.

Congrats on both of those things Qwerty!

[Tvtyrant]

To quote Rawhide:



Also relevant to this discussion:

Spoiler: XKCD

Show

In other words, using weird typography or weird text coloring to try to convey meaning is trying to place the onus of good communication on your listener. Take responsibility for you communication instead.

Edit: On to more happier topics! I recently saw an image I would like to forget. Any suggestions on things I can watch, listen to, or read that will help?

Are you also against tones in spoken english? Because I believe quite the opposite of what you are saying, that colored text representing tones is far closer to spoken English and is an efficient way to increase information conveyance.

[Kyrell1978]

Are you also against tones in spoken english? Because I believe quite the opposite of what you are saying, that colored text representing tones is far closer to spoken English and is an efficient way to increase information conveyance.

I think that's a pretty fair analogy. I never use the colored text thing myself, but I do try to throw one of the little smiley emoji things behind it to let every one know that I'm joking.

[Tvtyrant]

I think that's a pretty fair analogy. I never use the colored text thing myself, but I do try to throw one of the little smiley emoji things behind it to let every one know that I'm joking.

I'm on board with emojis, they do much the same thing.

I find it interesting to think that the amount of writing we consume has increased dramatically with each generation since the Crusades, so it of course has to evolve ways to express information in more concise ways.

[Bartmanhomer]

I only use colored text in RPG games in this forum. That's the only time that I use in this forum. I always use emojis in this about by 99% of the time.

[HalfTangible]

Just got home from the vet.

So about a week ago, my dog started having massive bouts of diarreha. Friday he stopped being able to walk, and Sunday I took him in to the vet. They did some tests, found it was likely he had cancer both in his small intestine and in his spleen.

Even before we knew that, though, you could tell he was in so much pain. He wouldn't stop trembling and looked half-dead. Poor boy couldn't stand up and could barely lift his head.

So... we put him down.

... he was old. Unlike last year (where one of our dogs died of lymphoma) we knew this one was coming. He lived a long, happy life and was the sweetest dog we ever had.

Of the three we've owned, this one was primarily mine. It hurts a lot to know that he's gone. But I think I'll be okay.

[enderlord99]

Recently, my brother started laughing so hard he sounded like two chickens having a (straight) marital dispute into a megaphone.

[Kyrell1978]

Just got home from the vet.

So about a week ago, my dog started having massive bouts of diarreha. Friday he stopped being able to walk, and Sunday I took him in to the vet. They did some tests, found it was likely he had cancer both in his small intestine and in his spleen.

Even before we knew that, though, you could tell he was in so much pain. He wouldn't stop trembling and looked half-dead. Poor boy couldn't stand up and could barely lift his head.

So... we put him down.

... he was old. Unlike last year (where one of our dogs died of lymphoma) we knew this one was coming. He lived a long, happy life and was the sweetest dog we ever had.

Of the three we've owned, this one was primarily mine. It hurts a lot to know that he's gone. But I think I'll be okay.

Hey, that sucks. I hope everything turns out alright for you.

[2D8HP]

Why don't you use blue text, though? Sure, it's almost entirely restricted to these boards, but the chances of it being misunderstood are next to none. Especially since you don't have to read the entire sentence to see it.....

Bluetext is an abomination!

Not only commiting vile acts of grievous sarcasm, but flaunting doing so?

For shame!

[Mith]

Bluetext is an abomination!

Not only commiting vile acts of grievous sarcasm, but flaunting doing so?

For shame!

ION, I am a student again! It'll sure invoke the old Chinese curse of interesting times.

For my first day of classes, my sole class is cancelled. So not particularly interesting. But there is tomorrow.

[enderlord99]

I just managed to get a Twitch streamer to say "I just won a math debate" on-stream. I think he was just humoring me, but he might have legitimately fallen for it; I can't tell.

[2D8HP]

I just managed to get a Twitch streamer to say "I just won a math debate" on-stream. I think he was just humoring me, but he might have legitimately fallen for it; I can't tell.

Huh?

Also, huh?

A wha?

And a, can you translate what you just posted?