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Re: Daylight Saving Time
« Reply #45 on: April 04, 2006, 08:11:12 pm »
Being a rationalist is no obstacle to experiencing joy.

But people, come on, do you really give a fuck if people say Daylight Savings instead of Daylight Saving?  Even nitpicking pedants need to pick their battles.
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Re: Daylight Saving Time
« Reply #46 on: April 04, 2006, 08:14:53 pm »
Quote from: wombat on April 04, 2006, 08:11:12 pm
But people, come on, do you really give a fuck if people say Daylight Savings instead of Daylight Saving?  Even nitpicking pedants need to pick their battles.

Choose their battles.

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Re: Daylight Saving Time
« Reply #47 on: April 04, 2006, 08:15:11 pm »
Didn't say it does.  But a strong rationist could have issues with wonder (due to explaining or seeking explanations for everything), faith (needing reasons to believe or trust) and miracles (again with the explanation).

These things have led me to joy but are happily not the only way to get there.
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #48 on: April 04, 2006, 08:41:46 pm »
Thanks for the clarification, Jough. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to the store where I will get a buggy and load it up with pop.

God I love American regionalism.
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Re: Daylight Saving Time
« Reply #49 on: April 04, 2006, 09:01:56 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on April 04, 2006, 08:14:53 pm
Choose their battles.

Pick their noses.

Why can't a beautiful explanation be a source of joy?
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #50 on: April 04, 2006, 09:13:51 pm »
Quote from: Mite on April 04, 2006, 08:41:46 pm
Thanks for the clarification, Jough. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to the store where I will get a buggy and load it up with pop.

God I love American regionalism.

Up here in the PNW we don't seem to have many quirks like that.  Though our ladies may speak with "Creaky Voice" and you might find a "Can Foods" aisle at the QFC.
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #51 on: April 04, 2006, 09:41:10 pm »
I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #52 on: April 04, 2006, 09:45:46 pm »
Quote from: Mite on April 04, 2006, 09:41:10 pm
I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

Well to toss salad is...


Oh you meant.


Uh, nevermind.
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #53 on: April 04, 2006, 09:47:13 pm »
Quote from: misterqueue on April 04, 2006, 09:45:46 pm
Well to toss salad is...

Finally we're getting somewhere.

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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #54 on: April 04, 2006, 09:47:20 pm »
Quote from: Mite on April 04, 2006, 09:41:10 pm
I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

Clearly we all need to take a page from Infinite Jest* and carry around little stickers that say "fewer" to correct the express lane signs at grocery stores.


*Actually  take two or three. There's plenty to choose from.
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #55 on: April 04, 2006, 09:54:34 pm »
Quote from: Mite on April 04, 2006, 09:41:10 pm
I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

Does 'ice cream' bother you?  Of course not.  All the people who know it used to be 'iced cream' are dead. This is a natural language change process.  Take a deep breath and forget about it.
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #56 on: April 04, 2006, 10:03:41 pm »
Quote from: wombat on April 04, 2006, 09:54:34 pm
Does 'ice cream' bother you?  Of course not.  All the people who know it used to be 'iced cream' are dead. This is a natural language change process.  Take a deep breath and forget about it.

"I feel like such a free spirit, and I'm really enjoying this so-called 'iced cream.'"


C. Montgomery Burns is not dead!
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #57 on: April 04, 2006, 10:09:20 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on April 04, 2006, 10:03:41 pm
"I feel like such a free spirit, and I'm really enjoying this so-called 'iced cream.'"


C. Montgomery Burns is not dead!

Well he was. But then he was taken to a better hospital where his condition was upgraded to "alive."

Also, for lunch today I got 6 kinds of nasty on some frenched fried potatoes.
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Re: Daylight Saving Time
« Reply #58 on: April 04, 2006, 11:34:12 pm »
Quote from: wombat on April 04, 2006, 09:01:56 pm
Why can't a beautiful explanation be a source of joy?

This is a lovely way to put it. A truly good explanation is beautiful; the human mind, for example, is a structure that gives me much more joy now that I understand it, even the paltry bit I can understand. Explanations are beautiful, and the search for explanations is beautiful.

(The other example that comes to mind is technology. I rather prefer actually understanding how my computer works to, say, declaring that my computer is unknowable or just assuming my computer runs on tiny gnomes extracted from the Earth's core; that, and it allows me secondary benefits like, say, being able to fix my computer when something goes wrong.)
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Re: Daylight Saving Times
« Reply #59 on: April 04, 2006, 11:36:17 pm »
Quote from: wombat on April 04, 2006, 09:54:34 pm
Does 'ice cream' bother you?  Of course not.  All the people who know it used to be 'iced cream' are dead. This is a natural language change process.  Take a deep breath and forget about it.

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