Vilageidiotx

The Deceleration of Independance

Sounds like something the from The Daily Show

England the 51st state.

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>We aren't really warriors

You have the biggest military in the world. I don't expect it to be filled with clones of Milhouse from the simpsons. The fact is, Britain isn't just going to hand itself over to you on a dinner platter.

@Mr_pink

We're a military-industrial nation, which isn't the same as a warrior nation. What I mean is we have a much more awkward relationship with war than your traditional warrior nation should. We're uncomfortable with the idea that we achieve things militarily. It's a trait we got from our British heritage really. We'll find excuses and fight our wars, but the concept of war itself is something we somehow look down on as base and lawless. Anglo-culture is the one that invented the hippy, for instance. That's not a trait you see in places like Ancient Rome or Japan.

And what I am saying is that you already handed yourself over. It is done. The days of Rule Britannia are over and replaced with the days of "America, what are we going to do today?"

England the 51st state.

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Yeah but that's because it's not a different country with a massively different culture and a government that largely did nothing for Scotland until the Scottish parliament came about. The fact of the matter is that England will never become a part of America. It's just not going to happen. In fact, the only forseeable way it could happen would be through conquest, which America probably isn't stupid enough to do considering Russia are headhunting for them.

@Mr_pink

Why would we need to conquer Britain? It's already ours economically, a military battle would be a waste of money.

America is less Genghis Khan and more Borg. We aren't really warriors, we just don't got the heart for it. What we do is assimilate. If you allow us to give you blue jeans and the Simpsons, it is done and you are one of us.

Ten easy ways to impress a girl.

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1. Inch #1
2. Inch #2
3. Inch #3...

@The Nexerus

There ain't nothing a girl likes more than a three-incher

So.

The weirdest response I ever got at a job interview was from when I applied to McDonalds when I was still in college. They turned me down because I didn't have any experience in food preparation. I had job experience that showed that I wasn't come crack head who quit every job they got a couple of weeks into being hire, but it wasn't the specific experience they wanted.

How the fuck can anybody ever get job experience if McDonalds requires it? That shit was unnatural.

'resumptive pronouns'

They need ellipsis experts to study the linguistic style of William Shatner.

Guinea pigs

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But what does that mean!?

*shakes voilently*

WHAT DOES IT MEAN

@scribz

The secret is to pick a set of numbers that sound important.

Like 4 and 5 because that is the end of World War II and not accepting those numbers would be a Nazi thing to do.

'resumptive pronouns'

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Your syntax professor sounds like a pretty cool guy, although that's a really specific thing to be studying and I can't imagine there are many career moves out of that field, but still, he's alright in my book.

@mdk

That's why he is a teacher. Academics is like a gladiatorial career. Everyone who enters picks what specific specialty they are going to pursue. Then they enter the arena and duke it out. The losers become unemployed, those who performed well enough to get a consolation prize are awarded with a teaching job at high schools and community colleges, the runners up get comfy professorships, and the winner gets to be the guy that documentaries and news programs interview when they need an expert.

When you want to make a Spam thread but decide against it

Get steel toed socks and sandals. You will never have to buy work boots again.

'resumptive pronouns'

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Lolol good observation.

A lot of it is because of movement in syntax. Things get wonky.

But anything you can do in a language is grammatical. Like ending sentences with prepositions in english. The only things you "shouldn't" do are what constitute structural errors. Misusing "'s" is a structural error . you can get away with it if such errors are common ('could of'), but you risk leaving the grey zone of grammaticality and generating word-salad.

And grammaticality is just defined as whatever a native speaker would say. That gets subjective pretty quickly.

@Doivid

Oh no, i'm not saying grammar has no place. What I meant is that grammar is the means to an end, not the end itself. The end is effective language. You can have a grammatically sound sentence that is ineffective and hard to read, and you can have an effective sentence that breaks away from accepted grammatical rules.

I suppose its like any other school, you need to know the rules so you can transcend them.