The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
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@Applied-Mediocrity NodeBB bug? @ben_lubar
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@mott555 said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
NodeBB bug?
Norepro. It probably just means that your password is the same as @Applied-Mediocrity 's.
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@obeselymorbid
Can't be. I'd have gotten ORA-00001 in that case
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@sockpuppet7 said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra You just posted a formula to your passwords on the internet. Also, what is a site kubernetes name?
I typed "interleaved". My keyboard apparently thought that's not a word.
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@topspin Um, I know enough German to know that's not remotely close to "Go, fuck yourself". "Mit" = "with", and the root of "freundlichen" is "friend".
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@topspin Um, I know enough German to know that's not remotely close to "Go, fuck yourself". "Mit" = "with", and the root of "freundlichen" is "friend".
Linguee seems to agree with you.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@topspin Um, I know enough German to know that's not remotely close to "Go, fuck yourself". "Mit" = "with", and the root of "freundlichen" is "friend".
It's not? I must have been using it wrong for years.
It's a standard phrase roughly meaning best regards or sincerely yours, or whatever. But the joke is that in office speak you often enough do think "go fuck yourself" but have to reply friendly to whatever idiot anyway.
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@topspin Oh. A is me, I guess.
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@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
And I think that's beautiful.
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@topspin Oh. A is me, I guess.
No, it's just that due to every German's sense of humor being removed at birth that they start developing "phantom humor". It's easy to miss.
Filed under: Oberleitungsomnibus /
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@JBert Well, that, and to be fair it really relies on the reader knowing that "with kind regards" is a polite (and very common) way for Germans to say "go fuck yourself".
The English equivalent would probably be more like "Have a nice day."
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The English equivalent would probably be more like "Have a nice day."
Oh, shit!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The English equivalent would probably be more like "Have a nice day."
Oh, shit!
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The English equivalent would probably be more like "Have a nice day."
Oh, shit!
I say that regularly to most everyone I don't know...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The English equivalent would probably be more like "Have a nice day."
Oh, shit!
I say that regularly to most everyone I don't know...
Context and tone are pretty important in determining whether it's meant literally or whether it really means "go fuck yourself".
Also closely related:
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Are you telling me there might be an aquatic version of this?
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@topspin Um, I know enough German to know that's not remotely close to "Go, fuck yourself". "Mit" = "with", and the root of "freundlichen" is "friend".
with friendly greetings (or regards)
Although, maybe Germans think "go fuck yourself" whenever they write it.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
and the root of "freundlichen" is "friend".
Friendly moss?
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@Tsaukpaetra
Windows Problem Reporter Problem Reporterduh
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra think teenagers. They're very quick to find strange patterns in things.
To date only five people have figured out what Tsaukpaetra is. Everyone else I had to give extensive hints.
thinks
analyze string 'Tsaukpaetra' using knowledge of full name
pattern spotted, removing name from string
leftover letters forming dictionary word, probability of correct solution highFake edit: Reading the following discussion confirms solution.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@JBert Well, that, and to be fair it really relies on the reader knowing that "with kind regards" is a polite (and very common) way for Germans to say "go fuck yourself".
I don't know what the guy is talking about but that's definitely not the case. It's simply a standard phrase in business mails which is almost always used.
There are no hidden distinctions or qualifiers.
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@El_Heffe said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I'm sure he had heard of "dragons" though.
Edit: Ack! 'd!
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@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@JBert Well, that, and to be fair it really relies on the reader knowing that "with kind regards" is a polite (and very common) way for Germans to say "go fuck yourself".
I don't know what the guy is talking about but that's definitely not the case. It's simply a standard phrase in business mails which is almost always used.
There are no hidden distinctions or qualifiers.
Maybe not when you say it.
It just meaning have a nice day was kind of the joke.Have a nice day.
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@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@JBert Well, that, and to be fair it really relies on the reader knowing that "with kind regards" is a polite (and very common) way for Germans to say "go fuck yourself".
I don't know what the guy is talking about but that's definitely not the case. It's simply a standard phrase in business mails which is almost always used.
There are no hidden distinctions or qualifiers.
Maybe not when you say it.
It just meaning have a nice day was kind of the joke.Have a nice day.
You never say that. It's a phrase which is only used in written correspondence.
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@Rhywden okay, fine, you win the .
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The pipe really sells this one for me.
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@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@JBert Well, that, and to be fair it really relies on the reader knowing that "with kind regards" is a polite (and very common) way for Germans to say "go fuck yourself".
I don't know what the guy is talking about but that's definitely not the case. It's simply a standard phrase in business mails which is almost always used.
There are no hidden distinctions or qualifiers.
Maybe not when you say it.
It just meaning have a nice day was kind of the joke.Have a nice day.
You never say that. It's a phrase which is only used in written correspondence.
I say that. Do you not say that?
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@anotherusername said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@JBert Well, that, and to be fair it really relies on the reader knowing that "with kind regards" is a polite (and very common) way for Germans to say "go fuck yourself".
I don't know what the guy is talking about but that's definitely not the case. It's simply a standard phrase in business mails which is almost always used.
There are no hidden distinctions or qualifiers.
Maybe not when you say it.
It just meaning have a nice day was kind of the joke.Have a nice day.
You never say that. It's a phrase which is only used in written correspondence.
I say that. Do you not say that?
"Mit freundlichen Grüßen"? No one says that. It is solely, singularly and exclusively restricted to its use as a formal end to a formal written correspondence.
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@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Have a nice day.
You never say that. It's a phrase which is only used in written correspondence.
False, there are people who say this, however, no one has ever said it and meant it.
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@Gribnit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Have a nice day.
You never say that. It's a phrase which is only used in written correspondence.
False, there are people who say this, however, no one has ever said it and meant it.
Not even then. We have plenty of farewell-formulas for that purpose. You will not find a single instance where someone uses this verbally.
Well, unless you count someone using text-to-speech.
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@Rhywden Language barrier. People in the U.S. do say "Have a nice day", but all of those who do so are either forced to or irredeemably evil, and no-one means it.
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@Gribnit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden Language barrier. People in the U.S. do say "Have a nice day", but all of those who do so are either forced to or irredeemably evil, and no-one means it.
That would be translatable nearly 1:1 to "Einen schönen Tag noch!".
No, "Mit freundlichen Grüßen" is one of those formal statements you never find outside a letter. Just like you probably won't find much use for "To whom it may concern" in a speech.
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@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
To whom it may concern
I can use this when walking into a room full of people one of whom I suspect to be the person I need to talk to, and I plan now to do so as soon as an opportunity presents. Although, it will be nearly-shouted vs spoken.
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@Gribnit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden Language barrier. People in the U.S. do say "Have a nice day", but all of those who do so are either forced to or irredeemably evil, and no-one means it.
When I say it, I mean it.
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gribnit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden Language barrier. People in the U.S. do say "Have a nice day", but all of those who do so are either forced to or irredeemably evil, and no-one means it.
When I say it, I mean it.
Liar.
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gribnit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Rhywden Language barrier. People in the U.S. do say "Have a nice day", but all of those who do so are either forced to or irredeemably evil, and no-one means it.
When I say it, I mean it.
Well, I believe you. After all, you never said that it had to be a nice day for them.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
It's my name....
My brain always parses your username as
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@PJH said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
google("Rifca Stanescu");
google("Shem, Tia Davies");Well that was a waste of incognito mode :(
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@Rhywden said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Karla I wonder what it does when there are two people crossing the street from opposite directions...
Nobody?
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@boomzilla said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I actually prefer CS Lewis's other writings, especially the Screwtape Letters.
The Screwtape Letters is the best.
Mr. WIrt:
Professor Lewis, your writings have an unusual quality not often found in discussions of Christian themes. You write as though you enjoyed it.Lewis:
If I didn't enjoy writing I wouldn't continue to do it. Of all my books, there was only one I did not take pleasure in writing.Mr. WIrt:
Which one?Lewis:
The Screwtape Letters. They were dry and gritty going. At the time, I was thinking of objections to the Christian life, and decided to put them into the form, 'That's what the devil would say.' But making goods 'bad' and bads 'good' gets to be fatiguing.--- (part of an interview with C. S. Lewis, held on the 7th May 1963 in Lewis's rooms in Magdalene College, Cambridge. The interviewer is Mr. Sherwood E. Wirt of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Ltd.)
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@boomzilla said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The pipe really sells this one for me.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town...