Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[oberth]

I advocate for a free-for-all. Say acronyms however you like imho. We should be thinking of them less as words anyhow, & remembering they're an initialism

Besides, I didn't even know that one until now

1. i'm an army brat
   
2. how old are you?

But we don't say CIA like a word. It's really up for grabs this whole thing lol

how would you pronounce that 'word'

 

[Mojochi]

How old are you?

50

how would you pronounce that 'word'

sē-ə

As in, the CIA likes to seeya

I mean we do it with NASA & FEMA

 

[JD]

GIF is an acronym for "Graphics Interchange Format." "Graphics" is pronounced with a hard G. Therefore "GIF" is pronounced with a hard G. Case closed.

I always wondered what it stood for.
Now that is making me reconsider my usual pronunciation.

 

[oberth]

50
sē-ə

As in, the CIA likes to seeya

I mean we do it with NASA & FEMA

it's a three letter abbreviation and part of the alphabet soup - cia, fbi, atf, nsi, dea, epa, irs, fca (all of which can arrest you)

would good morning sir, i'm special agent mojochi, seeya. you are under arrest. even work?

 

[Mojochi]

Maybe not, but I'd be much more fond of the EPA if they got called EEPAH!

 

[oberth]

Maybe not, but I'd be much more fond of the EPA if they got called EEPAH!

you think that had given walter peck an edge over dr venkman? i bet he still would have called him names in the mayor's office

 

[itsmeelysemarie]

I would sleep wrong the night before an important event.

 

[Mojochi]

We always think of it as a blessing to die in your sleep. I assume we're thinking it spares the person having to face their death consciously... but are we really thinking that through? Facing it subconsciously, in your sleep? Sounds like potentially the worst goddamn nightmare you'll ever have

 

[Colonel Midnight]

^ Well, it’s certainly your last…

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Oddish]

you think that had given walter peck an edge over dr venkman? i bet he'd still would have called him names in the mayor's office

I don't even know how exactly Venkman knew that Peck didn't have a dick.

We always think of it as a blessing to die in your sleep. I assume we're thinking it spares the person having to face their death consciously... but are we really thinking that through? Facing it subconsciously, in your sleep?

Generally, people consider it a blessing because it's presumably quick and painless. If you were in pain, you would likely awaken.

Regarding whether dying unaware and in your sleep is good or bad depends on your attitude toward death, and how you conceive the afterlife to be.

 

[oberth]

and how you conceive the afterlife to be.

easy: non-existand

 

[scotpens]

it's a three letter abbreviation and part of the alphabet soup - cia, fbi, atf, nsi, dea, epa, irs, fca (all of which can arrest you)

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We always think of it as a blessing to die in your sleep. I assume we're thinking it spares the person having to face their death consciously... but are we really thinking that through? Facing it subconsciously, in your sleep? Sounds like potentially the worst goddamn nightmare you'll ever have

Reminds me of that old joke: I want to die peacefully in my sleep like Grandpa -- not screaming in terror like his passengers!

 

[JD]

I think given the choice, I'd rather not know my death was coming. I don't want to have to sit around dreading it, and thinking about it, I'd much just have it happen quick, without ever having a chance to even realize it's happening.

Maybe not, but I'd be much more fond of the EPA if they got called EEPAH!

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[Oddish]

easy: non-existand

Then a quick and painless cessation of existence (I won't say "departure" because you don't think you go anywhere) should suit you fine, I expect.

While I don't agree with your afterlife beliefs, I'm fine with an easy transition as well.

 

[oberth]

^if you insist on an afterlife try riverworld - makes as much sense as everything else on offer

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Been freezing my ass off here in Seattle.

But you know, it’s a good kind of freezing my ass off…

 

[Oddish]

Funny, I'm about 15 km north of Seattle, and it's not that bad here. Just rainy.

 

[auntiehill]

Broiling in a drought-ridden urban hell.

 

[Aragorn]

Is credit card score a sham? Mine dropped 36 points because my usage increased 5% this month. It tells me over 30% usage is bad, so I go to see what my usage is...... and it's at 11%.

 

[Oddish]

I don't know. I don't know how those scores work, other than that you have to do something truly special to get over 800.