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Posted 14 April 2007 - 08:04 PM

Okay, so this is thread where you ask a question that has been bugging you and cannot find the answer elsewhere. This thread is so you don't have to Ask Barend, and you might even get a real answer!

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(I love those threads, but I wanted some people to answer a question, and my chances weren't good in Q&A...)

I'll start it off... Why the hell is (was?) Harry Potter so popular?

EDIT: Object pronouns are one of the pillars of the English sentence. So how did I forget one?

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Posted 14 April 2007 - 09:33 PM

Because it has some of the qualities of an epic, while having more modern ideology and stuff... I dunno. My World Literature professor was trying to tell us why Harry Potter was popular by comparing it to epics.

Honestly, I think it was just original enough and definitely detailed enough to be newish, and it's in a subject nearly everyone's fascinated with to some degree (magick) and it put magick into the now instead of the ancient times. And I'm glad it was as popular as it was, because before Harry Potter, I felt like no one read ANYTHING anymore, and now at least I do know that people haven't lost the ability to read, because they've all read at least 6 books. Soon to be 7.
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Posted 15 April 2007 - 12:00 AM

One of my close friends
did a Tife Ass thing to me,

Like hooking up with a guy i like

and then documenting it.
What do i say and how do i act toward her?


Help!!!!





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Posted 16 April 2007 - 06:20 PM

Tife Ass?
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 06:45 PM

QUOTE (TheOrator @ Apr 14 2007, 08:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Okay, so this is thread where you ask a question that has been bugging you and cannot find the answer elsewhere. This thread is so you don't have to Ask Barend, and you might even get a real answer!


real answer?

SLANDER!!!!
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Posted 18 April 2007 - 03:24 PM

real answer to slander?

class action lawsuit
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Posted 23 April 2007 - 11:15 PM

At what point does one cease to be a newb? Is it after a certain length of time elapses that the much-hated label can be shaken off, or is it the level of experience or knowledge acquired that allows a person to move up in the ranks?

And no, I'm not talking about gaming.
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Posted 24 April 2007 - 12:20 AM

Just do what I do:

Shake your head.
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Send him a "ha, n00b, I lulled" letter via the good ol' common mail system.

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Posted 17 May 2007 - 03:40 PM

Spoon:

What's with your name, anyway? What does it mean? Where does it come from?

Myself:

How is it I'm just now noticing that 'Review Whole Topic' Button at the bottom? That's awesome!

EDIT: And when was my 200th post? How did I miss it?

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Posted 17 May 2007 - 06:59 PM

QUOTE (TheOrator @ Apr 14 2007, 09:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll start it off... Why the hell is (was?) Harry Potter so popular?


I dont know. I think it sucks ass. Allan Rickman has the sexiest voice in the history of voices, so I can sit through the movies well enough. Ok now I'm just rambling.
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Posted 17 May 2007 - 07:18 PM

I, uh, kinda just made it up. Someone once accused me of it having to do something with heroine?? But really the true story is it's just randomness that stuck. :-P
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Posted 19 May 2007 - 01:16 AM

How the hell did I get over 2000 posts? I go away for months on end, this doesn’t calculate…
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Posted 19 May 2007 - 01:52 AM

Partly because you post a lot of meaningless posts. Mostly because when you do get on, you tend to have something to say about everything. tongue.gif
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Posted 19 May 2007 - 09:38 AM

QUOTE (Jane Sherwood @ Apr 24 2007, 05:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
At what point does one cease to be a newb? Is it after a certain length of time elapses that the much-hated label can be shaken off, or is it the level of experience or knowledge acquired that allows a person to move up in the ranks?


I'd personally say that its when you and other people have climatis you being in a group/forum/game/thing, so its a very subjective call.
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Posted 19 May 2007 - 10:38 AM

QUOTE (TheOrator @ Apr 14 2007, 09:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Why the hell is (was?) Harry Potter so popular?


My theory is that the story is just about the most sickeningly cute thing in the world, next to a litter of newborn puppies. (I think the insult-based humor also helps, because it makes the story seem less sickening, while maintaining the cuteness. Plus it's really easy to read.)Cuteness will get you everywhere.

This is supported by Harry Potter's current declining popularity, as far as I can tell. J.K. Rowling is trying to make Harry grow up and make the story more mature, but I don't think she quite knows how. Instead, cuteness is getting replaced by really, really blatant emoness, which is not nearly as attractive. And while it was just a cute story about an orphan boy faintly abused (Although you'll note the abuse is never really serious or dangerous) by his relatives finding friends and acceptance at school while overcoming problems, it worked. But it's becoming less and less like that, and with Harry's decision to leave school, the appeal is completely gone for me, because now there aren't going to be any other themes than the simple Good vs. Evil, good always wins thing that's been going on. I just hope to god Harry dies, because he's beginning to get on my nerves a lot, although I suppose it's too much to hope Ginny does too.

Oh, and question: What's electronegativity?

For that matter, why are these quantum number things so useful for understanding chemistry?

Well, I DO need an aswer to them.


Also, how appropriate is it to find the original date the episode where Colonel Tigh first appeared without an eye aired, then declare that "Talk Like Colonel Tigh Day", wear an eyepatch, and make anti-cylon racist slurs all day?

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