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(You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, etc.)
I regularly have 'gosh, I wish that very funny man hadn't died' moments. Sigh.
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Can we get a consensus that 'funny' is the most misleading link descriptor by quite some way?
Oh yes, but it goes beyond link descriptors to cover its application in the rest of the world too.
So we all have people/sites that we trust to point us at things we'll find interesting or useful. Think of Russell as your native guide
It's not just the links, its the whole package of presentation, disscetion and discussion of ideas that occurs (there could be a degree of cognitive bias going on though). As you said the internet is a big place and the effort required to keep up with our native guides and check they don't lead us into the quicksands of kool-aid can be significant (I think Ian D referred to binge thinking in a thread some time back). I'd hate to have an amazon type ranking system for native guides, but is a guide for guides or some other system feasible to warn us should Russell start to channel Garth George?
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Can we get a consensus that 'funny' is the most misleading link descriptor by quite some way?
Yes. Also see "hey I heard this funny joke", which turns out to be racist or similarly stupid.
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Do you think that tedious technical content should be tagged NSFP?
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Yes. Also see "hey I heard this funny joke", which turns out to be racist or similarly stupid.
I just recently picked up an email correspondent who's into forwarding jokes. Some of them are just hilarious!!!!!!1 And not at all racist or sexist or generally making me feel like I need to puke. Plus she sends these petitions about causes that I care deeply about and/or are likely to make a material difference in people's lives. On occasion she'll even forward the most beautiful and thought-provoking meditations or poems. The Internet is a marvel, I tell you.
But seriously, I'm going to have to have *that* conversation with this person obviously, but I've put it off partly because I don't remember how it goes in its tactful version, and partly because in 2009 it's so rare to find people who will do that. It's almost got a retro kitsch nostalgia value.
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But seriously, I'm going to have to have *that* conversation with this person obviously, but I've put it off partly because I don't remember how it goes in its tactful version, and partly because in 2009 it's so rare to find people who will do that.
Yeah, it's been years since I last had to do that, tell a co-worker that her hilarious climate-change denial emails were unwelcome. I'd send you a copy of my response, but it's only appropriate if you want that person to burst into tears and then never speak to you again.
But it's been a couple of weeks since I had to tell a 'friend' on Facebook to stop sending me invitations to 'send a message to Jesus' or give a Twitter followfriday advice on what to do with the rest of a soon to be shortened life.
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It's almost got a retro kitsch nostalgia value.
I have one of Those People myself. I often enjoy it in terms of retro kitsch. And if the thing he sends is particularly egregious (let's just say that this person lives in a town in the rural US with a population of about 3,000 people, and I'll let your imagination fuel the rest), I can always have a wee debate with him. Usually it ends up with me calling him a right-wing nutcase, and he calls me a communist lunatic, and we both shake our heads ruefully, and all is then right with the world. (Of course, he is related to me and I am sincerely very fond of him, so that might be a bit different.)
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Emma asked :
So, what word do we use for something that evokes both 'that is beautiful' and 'that is sexually arousing'?
I always thought that "erotic" covers this - although dictionary definitions seem to focus on the "sexually arousing" part rather than the "beautiful" part.
If something is sexually arousing, but is not beautiful, would it be described as erotic ? I don't think so.
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I'd send you a copy of my response, but it's only appropriate if you want that person to burst into tears and then never speak to you again.
I think I'd have no problem achieving that goal, but I think one such missive worded by Emma would be great entertainment value and possible worth framing in one's office. I suggest you add it to the PAS merchandising pool.
But it's been a couple of weeks since I had to tell a 'friend' on Facebook to stop sending me invitations to 'send a message to Jesus'
Wait: is it possible to send messages to Jesus? Somebody get me a pen. Lois: cancel my appointments for the afternoon. I want to get this one just right.
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I always thought that "erotic" covers this - although dictionary definitions seem to focus on the "sexually arousing" part rather than the "beautiful" part.
Unfortunately, I have real issues with the word 'erotica', which is drifiting to mean 'pornography I approve of'.
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Or tasteless parades of buff silicon down the main drag.
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Or tasteless parades of buff silicon down the main drag.
I think that might be a track on the new Sufjan Stevens album.
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Just to cap off the deficiency, I'm imagining Alanis warbling "isn't it erotic, don't you think?"
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Just to cap off the deficiency, I'm imagining Alanis warbling "isn't it erotic, don't you think?"
And with her track record, it wouldn't be.
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Fiona Apple might have pulled it off.
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I recall a question on the old My Word radio programme on 'sensual' vs 'sensuous'.
Apparently one was coined by somebody (Milton!) who wanted to talk about the senses and decided the other had gotten too kinky.
Apparently sensuous was supposed to be the technical one.
Also, re: boobies:
The Onion - U.S. Children Still Traumatized One Year After Seeing Partially Exposed Breast On TV -
Thanks for the tugid member link, Emma - but, with all due respect to those of the male persuasion, dicks just aren't as aesthetically pleasing as breasts, are they? I was thinking before about what would shock me (my own personal NSFW, I guess), and I have to say that the only thing that has offended my sensibilities in the last wee while, is a video - on someone's cellphone - of people weeing and pooing and vomiting in each others bodily orifices. Now that I went ewwwwwwwww to.
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In my mind NSFW stood for "not suitable for work" i.e. if the boss wanders past and you are looking at this you are going to be hard pressed to say if it is for any work related purpose ..
That was one of the advantages of working as a web designer. If the boss wanders past, just hit "View Source" and say, "My, they do make interesting use of CSS on Fleshbot". Um, whatever that is.
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But seriously, I'm going to have to have *that* conversation with this person obviously, but I've put it off partly because I don't remember how it goes in its tactful version, and partly because in 2009 it's so rare to find people who will do that. It's almost got a retro kitsch nostalgia value.
You just need to work for a large corporation. People do that all the time. Still.
You know what I really hate? <No Steve, what do you really hate?>
I hate the trend in these forwarded emails to turn already asinine jokes into reality-based asinine jokes. ("Reality" as in reality tv.)Has anyone noticed this? Instead of just telling the joke as a story, they will often be relayed as if they are an occurrence. For example, if the joke's punchline involves someone (usually a woman) saying something stupid that gets them laughed at by all, there will be an attempt to pass it off as something that actually happened on a Sydney radio show or somesuch.
Why this need to make everything "real"? What does it say about our society?Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go chase some kids off my lawn.
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...with all due respect to those of the male persuasion, dicks just aren't as aesthetically pleasing as breasts,
No argument there.
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chase some kids off my lawn
Astroturf, of course.
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Thanks for the tugid member link, Emma - but, with all due respect to those of the male persuasion, dicks just aren't as aesthetically pleasing as breasts, are they?
Oh, I don't know, I think there are eminents ancient sculptors and painters who'd beg to differ.
But while searching for those pictures I found the perfect compliment to the 50 Lire coin I posted in the last thread. It's like the same guy seen from the front, really - imagine having that on your coinage, by golly.
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Astroturf, of course.
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NSFW - four letters.
The human hand - four knuckles.
Coincidence? Or tattoo idea?
(tried to find a picture of this one, but you'd be surprised at the results you get googling for "NSFW tattoo". Or perhaps not.)
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imagine having that on your coinage
So optimistic exaggeration is timeless?
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