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2017-10-26, 07:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Any tips on breaking the habit of interrupting people?
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2017-10-27, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-27, 08:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-28, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Nah, they don't give us tips at my job. But that's working at a dining hall for you.
RE: interrupting people - I dunno, that's not a huge problem for me, usually. If I accidentally interrupt someone, I'll usually back off and let them keep talking. If I need to get a word in, I'm louder than almost everyone I know and can generally just talk over them (not that it comes up often).
In what ways do you find yourself interrupting people?Avatar by FinnLassie
A few odds and ends.
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2017-10-28, 09:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
What's the plural of "Miss Hayes"?
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2017-10-28, 09:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-28, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
For most proper nouns that end in "s", I'd say just add "es" onto the end, but that looks really awkward here. (Miss Hayeses?)
You could always add an apostrophe-s, though that's technically wrong. (Miss Hayes's).
I'd suggest rewording it somehow, unless (and maybe even if) that's basically unavoidable (address names on a letter, etc).
Sure they do. You've never heard someone refer to a family as "The [surname]s"?Avatar by FinnLassie
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2017-10-28, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
If it's the Hayes family, Hayeses. If it's specifically multiple unmarried Hayes ladies, you would do the title instead - Misses Hayes. Pretty sure that's how it works for titles.
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2017-10-29, 12:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Hail to the Lord of Death and Destruction!
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2017-10-29, 03:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
By 'proper nouns' I'm referring to names specifically AS proper nouns. Using Hayes as a descriptor like that makes it a not-proper noun. 'Miss Hayes' also implies the use of the word as a specific entity rather than a familial unit.
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Cut me some slack I just had brain surgeryLast edited by HalfTangible; 2017-10-29 at 03:47 PM.
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2017-10-30, 12:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
I always feel guilty setting up my pets to have nasty things done to them, even if it's necessary nasty things.
Hail to the Lord of Death and Destruction!
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2017-10-31, 03:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
I wrote a program that actually works and wasn't copied from a workbook!
It's a fairly simple PHP thing, it does prices for me (basically, cost of service plus surcharge and gratuity and tax, minus any discounts). Fixed a few wrinkles - services can be fixed or hourly, so I have code for both, and I stopped it from displaying fees that are 0. I don't actually have anything to deal with negative numbers, but those really shouldn't happen anyway.
It's kind of long for what it does (92 lines), but a lot of that is that I've got a ton of input variables and a lot of lines where I'm doing essentially the same thing to a bunch of different variables. I'm inputting 10 numbers and one boolean and outputting 7, in 2 different formats depending on said boolean variable.Hail to the Lord of Death and Destruction!
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2017-10-31, 07:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
I feel like that cosplay is more common in Halloween nowadays.
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2017-10-31, 09:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-31, 09:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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My dog runs into screen doors.
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2017-10-31, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-31, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-31, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
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I have an extended signature now. God knows why.
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2017-11-01, 01:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-01, 01:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
My desire for pizza is healthy; my desire for more pizza afterwards is not healthy.
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2017-11-01, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Halloween was awesome yesterday. I went to the Halloween Parade as Carnage and so many people like my costume. Although many people mistaken my costume as Spider-Man. One person mistaken my costume as a Power Ranger. But other than that it was great.
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2017-11-01, 03:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Last edited by enderlord99; 2017-11-02 at 02:11 PM.
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2017-11-01, 05:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-02, 02:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2017-11-02, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Last edited by HalfTangible; 2017-11-02 at 05:02 PM.
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2017-11-03, 01:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
I found a plastic figurine of Kanaya from Homestuck; it doesn't seem to be particularly accurate, though.
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I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2017-11-03, 07:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
No.
FWIW years ago it was noticed that American men interrupt far more than American women (I think women are just more conscious about doing it), maybe things have changed since then, but regardless, either strike a blow for equality or call it reparations and keep interrupting!
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2017-11-03, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-03, 03:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217
Well, yeah. If you're not apologizing every five seconds, what kind of Canadian are you?
Remember, the correct response to "Stop apologizing too much!" is "Sorry."
On a more serious note, I'll see what I can do advice-wise, as I tend to have the opposite problem (i.e. I never manage to get my two nonexistent cents in). The best I can give is probably just try and wait for a natural stopping point in a conversation. Whether it's just one-on-one, or involving other people, it's generally better to just take things slow. And, yeah, that does sometimes mean you miss a chance to make a relevant comment, but that's something that you just learn to live with.
Unfortunately, this is something that you really have to get a feel for on your own... it's not really teachable, per se.The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2017-11-03, 06:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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