[-] roscoe@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It means puzzled and/or confused.

Many authors seem to think it means amused mixed with some confusion or puzzlement or something else like that.

Some dictionaries have started to include definitions along those lines, which is correct to do if that is becoming a common usage. But that makes the word bullshit because it no longer conveys a clear meaning. Unlike some words that gain new meanings through misuse, it's usually not clear which meaning is intended from context. Usually I can easily imagine a character's response to something to be either of these definitions so I often can't understand the author's intention. I often find myself taken out of the story while I try to understand which meaning I should use. Because of this I think the word has become useless and shouldn't be used.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 10 points 7 months ago

I vote for this to become official.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Absolutely, I shouldn't have used cheap as a synonym for bad, or vice versa, that's my mistake.

There are a lot of very good wines at low price points, especially from underappreciated regions. A little experimentation will result in finding some great value.

The same goes for the whiskey. There are a lot of distilleries out there with great offerings far below the price of the big names everyone recognizes. Especially when you take fads into account. Many bourbons and Japanese whiskeys that used to be good buys are now ridiculously priced.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago

I get what you're saying, but assuming you're talking about medical doctors, they're a bad example. I know three doctors well and they're all dumber than a sack of hammers. Becoming a doctor doesn't require much intelligence, it requires the ability to stay in school long enough (and being able to tolerate gross stuff from other people's bodies).

What do you call someone who got all Ds in medical school? Doctor.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think it started with people saying "I would like to (do something very illegal) to (some person) in Minecraft." Thinking that saying "in Minecraft" would shield them from any repercussions because they only wanted to do it in a simulated environment. Eventually some people would just shorten it to things like "...in Minecraft" and leave the obvious part unsaid.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

No, I'm asking for an example. Just one.

I'm not asking for any more arguments. I understand your position completely.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And what about those assholes that never wanted to pay? Just pay the kid you cheap ass. I see your cars, your lights are on, I know you're home motherfucker.

I identified so hard with that "I want my two dollars" kid from Better Off Dead.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had a paper route when I was 12.

The work itself wasn't important but learning responsibility and the value of money was important.

It was the first time I did anything completely on my own without being directed in some way by a parent, teacher, coach, etc. Without that job and after-school/summer jobs I had when I was older there is a good chance I would have made poor financial decisions in early adulthood.

With 18 year-olds getting credit cards shoved in their face the day they show up for orientation, after probably signing up for student loans, it's probably a good idea for them to have earned money on their own for a while.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Are the novels good? I'm not interested in any of the tabletop stuff but I'd love to have a shitload of books to read.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Normally you're right. It seems like every day there is a new revolutionary battery tech with no real estimate when it'll ever be in use. But in this case, according to the article, deliveries will start next month which means they're already in production.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 12 points 2 years ago

So I can gamble, drive an exotic car on a track, operate heavy machinery, and fire automatic weapons all in one weekend? I think it's time for a trip.

[-] roscoe@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago

I've never been this jealous of kids.

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