better the dad in the bottle than the dad drinking the bottle
― mh, Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:38 (six years ago) link
In terms of the use of "Scotch"... I think it's just narrow-mindedness and/or superiority on my part that causes the annoyance there, because of course one simply says whisky here in Scotland to refer to Scotch whisky. Maybe the same applies to some of those other terms too, I guess, as I glossed over that they're more commonly used in the USA, so fair enough. I'll try to keep my irritation in check... and leave the offending FB groups, they're probably the real problem.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
if you just order “whisky” here you get some sort of well liquor that is brown and probably adheres to a legal definition of the term
― mh, Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
tbh cheap bourbon >>> cheap scotch
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:55 (six years ago) link
Oh hell no
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
there’s some john barr scotch variety for $15/bottle at my local shop that’s probably better than bourbon at that priceI think in general nobody’s exporting anything drinkable at less than export price sooo
― mh, Friday, 19 January 2018 00:51 (six years ago) link
hot garbage from deep within fedoraland.
electric miladiland
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 19 January 2018 01:13 (six years ago) link
“architecting”
― mh, Friday, 19 January 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
✓ xp
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, January 18, 2018 8:13 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haaaa
― marcos, Friday, 19 January 2018 03:55 (six years ago) link
golf clap/slow clap
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 19 January 2018 05:27 (six years ago) link
"draw" for "drawer"
most commonly encountered in the phrase "top draw"
― Number None, Friday, 19 January 2018 08:06 (six years ago) link
Venn this: the people who say ‘draw’ to mean ‘drawer’ and the people who say ‘brought’ to mean ‘bought’.
PERFECT FUCKING CIRCLE.
― kim jong deal (suzy), Friday, 19 January 2018 10:22 (six years ago) link
dj dingleberry is top draw and a top drawer on the festival circuit
― faust apes (NickB), Friday, 19 January 2018 10:28 (six years ago) link
and the people who say ‘brought’ to mean ‘bought’.australia has a phenomenon of overcorrection in which over-60s who say ‘bought’ mean ‘brought’, usually while complaining about swear words or the internet
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 19 January 2018 11:30 (six years ago) link
― brain (krakow), Thursday, January 18, 2018 6:41 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
FWIW in the US bourbon is probably substantially more popular than scotch so you have to specify scotch. For related reasons, just saying "whiskey" sounds sort of old-timey to me, like you're going into some western saloon that would only have one or two kinds of whiskey behind the bar.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 19 January 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
"concerning" as a gerund, not a preposition, as in, "Trump's temper is concerning." It's a bureaucrat's way of saying "worrying."
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
or disturbing!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 19 January 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
Saying whisky/whiskey here would just invite the question whether you mean bourbon, Scotch, Irish, Tennessee, rye, moonshine, etc., all of which are different things.
I drink bourbon all the time (usually not caring which), but would need a specific occasion and a knowledgeable guide to navigate Scotch whiskies.
If I were to ask for bourbon and ginger and get served Jack Daniel's (which is Tennessee whiskey, most definitely not bourbon whiskey), I would object with vigor.
― godzillas in the mist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 19 January 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
tennessee whiskey is bourbon that someone poured through some charcoal before aging
― mh, Friday, 19 January 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
I maintain some sentimental preference for the notion that Bourbon whiskey is made in Kentucky. Which Tennessee is not.
Blah blah California Champagne, vodka martini, yadda yadda, I'm not really up in arms about it.
― godzillas in the mist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 19 January 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
"Rest in Power" is starting to grate when used in every facebook post about every cool person that dies
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
oh my god tell me about it
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:12 (six years ago) link
Yep
― Moodles, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
agree
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
not heard that. Good.
― Badgers (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
"Terrified"/"Terrifying" in the political context, typically used by liberals. Stop being so fucking terrified of everything. If you are literally an immigrant forced to hide out from ICE, then I accept "terrified." Otherwise it's ridiculously melodramatic.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
ugh, Rest in Power is awful, what is that meant to correct about rest in peace?
― rob, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
How much would you have to hate a deceased person not to wish them peace
― very stabbable gaius (wins), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
It's a political radical thing, maybe originating with Black Panthers? I think the idea is don't "rest in peace" rather your legacy should continue to impact things. But it gets really overused.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
No more than moderately xp
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
I may have mentioned this before: when some rent-a-cop or service person ‘needs’ you to do a thing.
― kim jong deal (suzy), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
srsly why is it always about their needs
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
I almost started a thread about 'good faith / bad faith' last night. we'll see how today works out
― flappy bird, Thursday, 1 February 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
Taking sides: "Peak ______" vs. "None more ______."
― I will finish what I (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
hit me with some examples. leaning toward Peak
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
i'll take 'peak _____' over 'sneak peak'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
None more is worse because it's just lifting a joke from a movie. At least "peak ___" was original the first time some writer used it.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
what is None More from
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link
oh you younginshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx6fwfBKCIQ
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
oh, I mean yeah obviously. is this a new phenomenon?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:53 (six years ago) link
I saw today a picture of a conflict between a cat and a bald eagle described as "Peak Maine."
A tattoo of a Starbucks cup is described as "Peak Seattle."
A cheesy Old Bay crab biscuit purchased at the Renaissance Faire (sic) has been described as "None More Maryland."
― I will finish what I (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
If it can be proven that none more _ came from a movie made in the late seventies or whatever then I'll stop fping ppl for a whole week
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
it totally did
― Entrepreneurial Jism Unshackler (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 8 February 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
Ok starting from when i posted that tho
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 February 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
When someone says something didn't "land". Like you didn't get it. This expression is fine for jokes but it's horrible in any other application
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 8 February 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
ooo cosign on that one
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 February 2018 00:57 (six years ago) link
Critics calling things “airless”
― President Keyes, Thursday, 8 February 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
I thought there was something particularly awful about this phrase in this context, but also bad in general:
Woman found holding her own eyeballs
WYFF News 411 hours ago · FollowAn Upstate community is in shock after a 19-year-old was found holding her eyeball and then gauged the other one out outside a church. Here's what we know: http://bit.ly/2E9n0W9
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Thursday, 8 February 2018 02:55 (six years ago) link
gauge awayyou can gauge away
― Entrepreneurial Jism Unshackler (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 8 February 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link