Things that make you laugh...

[bilby]

Of course the AI transcriber thinks "surely your client..." is "Shirley, your client..."

 

[Angry Floof]

Of course the AI transcriber thinks "surely your client..." is "Shirley, your client..."

My thought exactly.

 

[Thomas II]

 

[Arctish]

 

[unapologetic]

Mini-rant:
Spellcheck on iidb keeps trying to make me capitalize 'christianity'.

I think it's correct. It's a name, you capitalize names. Firefox is flagging it as a spelling error.

That is beside the point.
I refuse to show christianity even that much respect.
I wrongly assumed it was iidb's spellcheck.

 

[bilby]

Mini-rant:
Spellcheck on iidb keeps trying to make me capitalize 'christianity'.

I think it's correct. It's a name, you capitalize names. Firefox is flagging it as a spelling error.

That is beside the point.
I refuse to show christianity even that much respect.
I wrongly assumed it was iidb's spellcheck.

Why are you giving Christianity the power to overrule your use of correct English grammar?

By refusing to treat the word "Christianity" as a proper noun, you are showing it to be important to you in a way that other proper nouns describing factually incorrect belief systems are not.

I am reminded of a conversation with my brother when we were both in our early twenties. He was horrified that I had bought a (IMO very stylish) black shirt, because he thought people might mistake me for a fascist. I responded that I wasn't about to let fascists dictate what clothes I can or can't wear. Anyone who knew me knew I wasn't a fascist, and I am not responsible for preventing strangers from making errors of fact. (It was also a very comfortable and stylish shirt that I was convinced would make me irresistable* to the ladies).

Why are you letting Christians dictate which nouns you can capitalise?

If you want to explicitly attack Christianity, then merely refusing to capitalise the word seems somehow weak and inadequate. You could at the very least call cult members "christains", with it's undertone that they are a stain on humanity, for example.

Of course, you will still need to add "christainity" and "christain" to your browser's spellcheck, or accept that it will keep trying to "correct" you.












* Several decades later, I must admit that throughout the shirt's short (but epic) lifespan, the ladies managed, unaccountably and incomprehensibly, but with one hundred percent success, to resist it. Perhaps they were worried that I might be a fascist.

 

[unapologetic]

Why are you giving Christianity the power to overrule your use of correct English grammar?

By refusing to treat the word "Christianity" as a proper noun, you are showing it to be important to you in a way that other proper nouns describing factually incorrect belief systems are not.

Wherever did you get the idea that I respect English grammar?
You are saying that showing disrespect for christianity is to a degree, respecting christianity.
So our disrespect for god is to a degree, respecting god.
And our disrespect for Rump is to a degree, respecting trump.
I will show my respect for you in the same vain: Frack You bilby.
(you will note that neither your nor my names are capitalized in this forum)

Why are you letting Christians dictate which nouns you can capitalise?

Why would I let spellcheck or you dictate what I must capitalize?

refusing to capitalise the word seems somehow weak and inadequate.

True, it's weak, so what. It makes me happy.

you will still need to add "christainity" and "christain" to your browser's spellcheck,

I did not know that was possible.

 

[bilby]

Why are you giving Christianity the power to overrule your use of correct English grammar?

By refusing to treat the word "Christianity" as a proper noun, you are showing it to be important to you in a way that other proper nouns describing factually incorrect belief systems are not.

Wherever did you get the idea that I respect English grammar?

Wherever did you get the idea that I had the idea that you respect English grammar?

I was making a suggestion, not an observation.

You are saying that showing disrespect for christianity is to a degree, respecting christianity.
So our disrespect for god is to a degree, respecting god.

Yes. Actively caring about these things gives them an importance they don't deserve.

And our disrespect for Rump is to a degree, respecting trump.

Well, Trump does actually exist. And has a malign influence on our lives. He deserves notice, and disrespect, because he is real.

If you are unfortunate enough to live in the United States of America, the same is probably true of Christianity. Maybe my privilege is showing.

I will show my respect for you in the same vain: Frack You bilby.

Still weak. I am an Australian, you can't offend me with foul language. And euphemisms make me laugh. I would have much more respect if you had said "Fuck You bilby", or even "Fuck you, cunt", the latter being a particularly high form of praise amongst close friends in my part of the world.

I assume, given that this is the "Things that make you laugh" thread, that you understand that I am not being in any way serious here. If you thought I was being genuinely critical, than I apologise for the misunderstanding.

(you will note that neither your nor my names are capitalized in this forum)

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - ralph Waldo emerson.

I remain Unapologetic, unapologetic.

Why are you letting Christians dictate which nouns you can capitalise?

Why would I let spellcheck or you dictate what I must capitalize?

You don't have to let spellcheck dictate anything. And obviously you should let me dictate what you should do, because I am infalable infalible inffalible never wrong.

refusing to capitalise the word seems somehow weak and inadequate.

True, it's weak, so what. It makes me happy.

Good.

you will still need to add "christainity" and "christain" to your browser's spellcheck,

I did not know that was possible.

Most spellcheck programs allow you to add words to their dictionary; If you right-click the word that it has marked as wrong, you may see 'Add to dictionary' or similar as an option.

 

[unapologetic]

Yes. Actively caring about these things gives them an importance they don't deserve.

Christianity (beginning of sentence) already has an importance it doesn't deserve. Does exist. And is a pain in my ass, so can't be ignored.

unfortunate enough to live in the United States of America, the same is probably true of Christianity.

Yes, I am thusly unfortunate.

you can't offend me with foul language.

I did not mean to offend through using a euphemism.
FRACK, is not a euphemism. It is an actual curse in the Battlestar Galactica universe. Didn't want you to take it too seriously.
And an actual curse in parts of Pennsylvania and other places where Fracking was used to extract oil.

I remain Unapologetic, unapologetic.

I wouldn't ask for an apology.

you may see 'Add to dictionary'

Ah. Thank you for that. Problem gone.

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

Actually, in BSG it is spelled frak.

 

[Wiploc]

Mini-rant:
Spellcheck on iidb keeps trying to make me capitalize 'christianity'.

I think it's correct. It's a name, you capitalize names. Firefox is flagging it as a spelling error.

These are flagged as wrong: buddhist, jew, methodist, hindu.

These are accepted as correct: heathen, cretin.

It seems to me that Buddhist should be capitalized because it is based on a person's name. The same goes for Christian.

Jew, Methodist, and Hindu are capitalized because they are huge well-known groups? If not that, then because we give special deference to religions?

Heathens are a huge well-known group too, though. Maybe this is a collective noun, referring to a group of country religions. We might capitalize the individual religions, but not the group?

Failure to capitalize cretin seems to me merciful. It is originally based on a real island, Crete, but the word is disparaging, an insult, and no longer generally directed at people from Crete.

I try not to capitalize god. When I find myself wanting to capitalize it, I substitute Jehovah. I don't mind capitalizing that, because it is a name.

If enough brownshirts tried to bully me into captalizing god, that's when I would quit capitalizing Christianity.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Mini-rant:
Spellcheck on iidb keeps trying to make me capitalize 'christianity'.

I think it's correct. It's a name, you capitalize names. Firefox is flagging it as a spelling error.

These are flagged as wrong: buddhist, jew, methodist, hindu.

These are accepted as correct: heathen, cretin.

It seems to me that Buddhist should be capitalized because it is based on a person's name. The same goes for Christian.

Jew, Methodist, and Hindu are capitalized because they are huge well-known groups? If not that, then because we give special deference to religions?

Heathens are a huge well-known group too, though. Maybe this is a collective noun, referring to a group of country religions. We might capitalize the individual religions, but not the group?

Failure to capitalize cretin seems to me merciful. It is originally based on a real island, Crete, but the word is disparaging, an insult, and no longer generally directed at people from Crete.

I try not to capitalize god. When I find myself wanting to capitalize it, I substitute Jehovah. I don't mind capitalizing that, because it is a name.

If enough brownshirts tried to bully me into captalizing god, that's when I would quit capitalizing Christianity.

Capitalize proper names like US Navy but not navy. But what is considered proper name? I'm reading in AP about iodine deficiency and they do not capitalize cretinism.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I am reminded of a conversation with my brother when we were both in our early twenties. He was horrified that I had bought a (IMO very stylish) black shirt, because he thought people might mistake me for a fascist. I responded that I wasn't about to let fascists dictate what clothes I can or can't wear. Anyone who knew me knew I wasn't a fascist, and I am not responsible for preventing strangers from making errors of fact. (It was also a very comfortable and stylish shirt that I was convinced would make me irresistable* to the ladies).

OMG, did I just become a fascist? I ordered a black jacket (as in weather, not as in formal) a couple of days ago.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Heathens are a huge well-known group too, though. Maybe this is a collective noun, referring to a group of country religions. We might capitalize the individual religions, but not the group?

Exactly. "Heathen" is a description, not a name. The size of the group has nothing to do with it.

I try not to capitalize god. When I find myself wanting to capitalize it, I substitute Jehovah. I don't mind capitalizing that, because it is a name.

If enough brownshirts tried to bully me into captalizing god, that's when I would quit capitalizing Christianity.

I typically capitalize "God" in reference to the Christian entity. I do not capitalize "god" as in a generic divine entity. The fact that the group and individual names match doesn't make them the same word.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Capitalize proper names like US Navy but not navy. But what is considered proper name? I'm reading in AP about iodine deficiency and they do not capitalize cretinism.

I have always understood it to be that you capitalize anything that is a name of a singular entity. Not merely a description. Anybody can have a navy, but there is exactly one organization "US Navy". There is exactly one religion "Christian". But "heathen" is a description of exclusion, not an entity at all. We live on "Earth", but if we found a similar planet it would be earthlike.

 

[Thomas II]

 

[bilby]

I am reminded of a conversation with my brother when we were both in our early twenties. He was horrified that I had bought a (IMO very stylish) black shirt, because he thought people might mistake me for a fascist. I responded that I wasn't about to let fascists dictate what clothes I can or can't wear. Anyone who knew me knew I wasn't a fascist, and I am not responsible for preventing strangers from making errors of fact. (It was also a very comfortable and stylish shirt that I was convinced would make me irresistable* to the ladies).

OMG, did I just become a fascist? I ordered a black jacket (as in weather, not as in formal) a couple of days ago.

I have not heard of Jews or communists being beaten up by the "blackjackets".

 

[ZiprHead]

I am reminded of a conversation with my brother when we were both in our early twenties. He was horrified that I had bought a (IMO very stylish) black shirt, because he thought people might mistake me for a fascist. I responded that I wasn't about to let fascists dictate what clothes I can or can't wear. Anyone who knew me knew I wasn't a fascist, and I am not responsible for preventing strangers from making errors of fact. (It was also a very comfortable and stylish shirt that I was convinced would make me irresistable* to the ladies).

A black shirt makes you a facist???

One of my favorite dress shirts is black. Looks great with a red tie and my taupe sport coat.

 

[bilby]

A black shirt makes you a facist???

It was the original fascist uniform, and is still used by fascists in some quarters as a symbol of their beliefs, and a way to identify each other without using overt symbols or language that might identify them to non- or anti-fascists.

 

[SLD]

A black shirt makes you a facist???

It was the original fascist uniform, and is still used by fascists in some quarters as a symbol of their beliefs, and a way to identify each other without using overt symbols or language that might identify them to non- or anti-fascists.

I’m wearing a black sweater today. Does that count?