Pet Peeves

[puniraptor]

you didn't say there were not relevant, you said they were a fictitious representation of how many times around the sun we have obtained ant that your birthday just signifies that you have completed that many "years"(revolutions) and are starting your age + 1 years of life and which is based on a fictitious way of counting our perceived time in this universe.

and then you said that consciousness is infinitely more viable than the view of birthdays being in any way relevant and that if the earths revolution was twice as fast or vice versa then you are way "older" or "younger" than you are right now and that  birthdays mean nothing other than our fictitious meaning for them.

I present the above as quantitative evidence that consciousness is fiction

[puniraptor]

if you tell me The Terminator is fiction, I just might become unglued.

[The Big Train]

well we are all plugged into the matrix so sadly the terminator is fiction too 

[puniraptor]

I would say that time is a tool we created to measure change in a system, it is no more "fictitious" than a ruler or a scale.

[The Big Train]

thats why I said that the answer depends.

[SdK]

I watched the theory of everything and good will hunting last night.

I'll recuse myself from this debate prior to entering as I don't want to make anyone feel bad about themselves.

[puniraptor]

pet peeve: typing the word "consciousness". what a rough rider

[puniraptor]

pet peeve: the word "therefore" if you feel that writing or saying this word adds value, you are already mumped

[puniraptor]

I was edit a technical document from a predecessor and I had to delete 12 therefores out of only like 4 pages.

I almost imploded

[puniraptor]

there is one very specific grammatical exception to the ban on it's use, but I will refrain from sharing for fear of abuse.

[michigancat]

Puni how do you feel about the word "utilize"?

[puniraptor]

Puni how do you feel about the word "utilize"?

17,500 scoville units

home grown jalapeno, sup habanero

I wouldn't use it and would always delete given the chance, but I woudn't force anyone to move their desk to the conference room over it.

[puniraptor]

Puni how do you feel about the word "utilize"?

17,500 scoville units

home grown jalapeno, sup habanero

I wouldn't use it and would always delete given the chance, but I woudn't force anyone to move their desk to the conference room over it.

in the context of using it in place of "use" or a synonym. I do think utilize has a somewhat distinct meaning that is of use in certain technical forms. It's abuse rate is high, people think more syllables means more smarter.

[puniraptor]

on second thought, utilize has no value. I was thinking of "utilization".

[puniraptor]

I will listen to a podcast on this subject and let the liberal media tell me what to think

[puniraptor]

on second thought, utilize has no value. I was thinking of "utilization".

this is a strange position, I revoke it and return to my original statement. I won't delete it so the weight of my past actions shames me into improvement.

[sys]

you've already come out against irregardless, puni, so you may as well end this charade.

[puniraptor]

you've already come out against irregardless, puni, so you may as well end this charade.

irregardless is a hard line on the other side of which is 59 tomahawk missiles

[puniraptor]

what if you said irrespective instead? try it.

doesn't it feel good?

[sys]

no.  irrespective is a soft weaselly word for soft weaselly times.  irregardless stands resolute, demanding attention and deference.

[puniraptor]

what about "regardless"? give her a spin.

doesn't it feel nice? don't you feel powerful using a word that doesn't immediately double negative it's own self into oblivion?

[sys]

why would i use a word that demonstrates it's lack of regard only the once, when a powerful and melodic word stands at the ready, twice as lacking in regard?

i wouldn't, of course.

[puniraptor]

irrespectlessness

[puniraptor]

i don't know where to go from here

[SdK]

Ir is Spanish for "to go"