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Quatermass wrote:
JakeG wrote:
Let people make the gags they want; I find them funnier then your constant references to British comedy episodes that everyone has seen on TV about 6,000 times. It is like when I was at school and some kid I didn't know came up to me in class and said 'Oh did you see the Young Ones last night? Rick said this and then Vivian said this and...blah blah' HINT: It was funnier when Rik Mayall said it.
Oh, and whilst we are at it, you know the phrase 'omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina'? Well, it is meant to be ironic, so don't take it so literally in all of your posts.
Oh, and whilst we are at it, you know the phrase 'omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina'? Well, it is meant to be ironic, so don't take it so literally in all of your posts.
I didn't know the phrase until I looked it up, but I use Latin not just to say profound things, but also as stealth insults. If you want this yourself, why don't you get a book called Extreme Latin by Henry Beard?
The point is that you can sometimes come across as a sanctimonious git. Why do you want to insult people with stealth? Do you think people can't work out what you are trying to say when you post Latin phrases? The point of 'omnia dicta...' is that by insulting in Latin; you don't sound any more intelligent or witty i.e. a rose is still a rose by any other name and so is a 'f**k you' or a 'shut the f**k up'. Nobody is fooled, they are just left wondering what the point of posting in Latin is.
I took Latin in school and have no wish to read 'Extreme Latin' or use it for the purpose of making insults.
Quatermass wrote:
And as for my annoying people with British comedy references, I have had this happen in real life. However, certainly you have annoyed people in real life by constantly referring to whatever your interests are, hmm? So your annoyance at me being repeatedly quoting British comedy is the pot calling the kettle black, most likely. If you want, I will no longer post in this thread.
That wasn't the point; the point was that just because you have your own favourite style of comedy, it doesn't mean you can maneouvre every comedy or humorous thread into conforming to it. Other peoples' style of comedy annoys you and I was just pointing out that not everybody finds you funny either but I guess you just have to let people post what they want to and quit trying to control threads.
I tend not to annoy people in real life, I don't really speak to that many people. Unfortunately I tend to annoy people on the internet though but not on purpose. I wasn't having a go at your interests; I like a lot of British comedy too including a lot of shows you have mentioned e.g. Blackadder, Monty Python, The League of Gentlemen etc.
Quatermass wrote:
0_equals_true, I have long found out that people need information or they do not understand. And intent can often be relevant, though that in the case of this thread, it probably isn't. I apologise for pissing you off.
Well, as the adage goes, if you have to explain a joke...
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JakeG wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
JakeG wrote:
Let people make the gags they want; I find them funnier then your constant references to British comedy episodes that everyone has seen on TV about 6,000 times. It is like when I was at school and some kid I didn't know came up to me in class and said 'Oh did you see the Young Ones last night? Rick said this and then Vivian said this and...blah blah' HINT: It was funnier when Rik Mayall said it.
Oh, and whilst we are at it, you know the phrase 'omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina'? Well, it is meant to be ironic, so don't take it so literally in all of your posts.
Oh, and whilst we are at it, you know the phrase 'omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina'? Well, it is meant to be ironic, so don't take it so literally in all of your posts.
I didn't know the phrase until I looked it up, but I use Latin not just to say profound things, but also as stealth insults. If you want this yourself, why don't you get a book called Extreme Latin by Henry Beard?
The point is that you can sometimes come across as a sanctimonious git. Why do you want to insult people with stealth? Do you think people can't work out what you are trying to say when you post Latin phrases? The point of 'omnia dicta...' is that by insulting in Latin; you don't sound any more intelligent or witty i.e. a rose is still a rose by any other name and so is a 'f**k you' or a 'shut the f**k up'. Nobody is fooled, they are just left wondering what the point of posting in Latin is.
I took Latin in school and have no wish to read 'Extreme Latin' or use it for the purpose of making insults.
Quatermass wrote:
And as for my annoying people with British comedy references, I have had this happen in real life. However, certainly you have annoyed people in real life by constantly referring to whatever your interests are, hmm? So your annoyance at me being repeatedly quoting British comedy is the pot calling the kettle black, most likely. If you want, I will no longer post in this thread.
That wasn't the point; the point was that just because you have your own favourite style of comedy, it doesn't mean you can maneouvre every comedy or humorous thread into conforming to it. Other peoples' style of comedy annoys you and I was just pointing out that not everybody finds you funny either but I guess you just have to let people post what they want to and quit trying to control threads.
I tend not to annoy people in real life, I don't really speak to that many people. Unfortunately I tend to annoy people on the internet though but not on purpose. I wasn't having a go at your interests; I like a lot of British comedy too including a lot of shows you have mentioned e.g. Blackadder, Monty Python, The League of Gentlemen etc.
Quatermass wrote:
0_equals_true, I have long found out that people need information or they do not understand. And intent can often be relevant, though that in the case of this thread, it probably isn't. I apologise for pissing you off.
Well, as the adage goes, if you have to explain a joke...
Sanctimonious git? While I do enjoy scatological humour, it is just too damned easy to do it in a thread like this. So it is a matter of creativity instead of morality.
As for Latin, I rarely explain what my posts mean. Merae fabulae sunt, et eas esse tales scis! You could understand what that means, and when people ask, I just tell them the (sanitised) truth: that the phrase means that there is a disconnection between reality and their statements. Besides, how many times does, say, Terry Pratchett put bad Latin into his Discworld novels, or Goscinny and Uderzo put Latin phrases into Asterix, and expect little kids to catch up?
Anyway, I do not maneouvre every humorous thread into my image. Most of the time, I just ignore them.
I am glad to see we share some interests. In fact, you might be interested to know that I recently managed to purchase the entire box-set of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Unfortunately, I am a bit of a control freak.....
Now, if only this thread were three items.....
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