Mock the Stupid medly
Sep. 13th, 2006 01:34 amI occasionally read some
mock_the_stupid. It's sometimes funny, though often a bit repetitive. I try to avoid it, because I always want to say "Ah, but what if..." and "If you define the words like this, it's not stupid" and "I think I said that once" and "It's a natural mistake, it needs to be ironic or at least punny"
But half a dozen items tonight made me think they were worth propagating abbreviated versions thereof.
Firstly, a wonderful example of out-out-out-out-pedanting
Student: I measured my heartrate like you said, but it doesn't change however I run.
Teacher: Hmm.
Student: Could my pacemaker be effecting it?
Teacher: *headdesk*
Poster #1: "Affecting"?
Poster #2: No, actually, it really should be effecting it -- or she'd be dead.
Poster #1: I think she meant "have an effect on", ie. affect.
Poster #2: I'm sure she did, but I think she *should* have meant "effect" ie. "cause to exist"
Poster #1: But it should beat anyway, if irregularly.
Poster #2: Ah, yes, it *affects* the heart *beat* but it *effects* the heart *rate* -- there would be no constant measurable rate otherwise.
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But half a dozen items tonight made me think they were worth propagating abbreviated versions thereof.
Firstly, a wonderful example of out-out-out-out-pedanting
Student: I measured my heartrate like you said, but it doesn't change however I run.
Teacher: Hmm.
Student: Could my pacemaker be effecting it?
Teacher: *headdesk*
Poster #1: "Affecting"?
Poster #2: No, actually, it really should be effecting it -- or she'd be dead.
Poster #1: I think she meant "have an effect on", ie. affect.
Poster #2: I'm sure she did, but I think she *should* have meant "effect" ie. "cause to exist"
Poster #1: But it should beat anyway, if irregularly.
Poster #2: Ah, yes, it *affects* the heart *beat* but it *effects* the heart *rate* -- there would be no constant measurable rate otherwise.