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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84255 on: August 31, 2015, 06:09:12 am »

Because i was in s hurry and the store only had fancy notebooks left
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84256 on: August 31, 2015, 07:29:12 am »

Girlfriend decided it would be a great weekend entertainment idea to let her straighten my hair and put makeup on me.
According to her, I looked great on it :v
Thankfuly it was temporary, but I have to admit I look positively fabulous with eyeliner.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84257 on: August 31, 2015, 08:15:02 am »

College applications AAAAAAAAAAALLTHEESSAYQUESTIONSARESTUPIDAAAAAAAA!!!
but seriously how in the fuck do they expect people to write 250 words about what their favorite word is and why

Say your favourite word is "Irrelevant" because of its many real-life applications regarding people who assign meaning to silly things.

If that was given to me as an essay question, I'd probably write something incredibly snarky. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer, after all.

The point is obviously not what your favorite word is, or even why. The actual question is unimportant.

It's just an easy question that requires no research, used to test your writing skills. Can you create a coherent essay about a simple topic? Can you spell properly, use proper grammar and punctuation? Can you express your ideas clearly? etc.

Asking something that most people probably never think about such as what your favorite word is probably just gives them more interesting essays to read, which is important when you've probably got to go through hundreds of them.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84258 on: August 31, 2015, 08:49:38 am »

How about "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
The song is 321 words long. You'd be penalized a bit for excessive length (same as my tall tale), but it'd probably be worth it.
How many is it if you cut out the "Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay"s?

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« Reply #84259 on: August 31, 2015, 11:01:27 am »

Asking something that most people probably never think about such as what your favorite word is probably just gives them more interesting essays to read, which is important when you've probably got to go through hundreds of them.

It also prevents the use of "canned" essays, because the applicant probably hasn't done an essay on the subject before, so they can't just dust it off, fix whatever they got dinged on last time, and submit it.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84260 on: August 31, 2015, 11:10:49 am »

Asking something that most people probably never think about such as what your favorite word is probably just gives them more interesting essays to read, which is important when you've probably got to go through hundreds of them.

It also prevents the use of "canned" essays, because the applicant probably hasn't done an essay on the subject before, so they can't just dust it off, fix whatever they got dinged on last time, and submit it.

Somebody needs to work out  a way to undermine this.
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« Reply #84261 on: August 31, 2015, 01:25:03 pm »

Saw a trash bag sitting right on top of the train tracks. Not sure who would leave something like that right there. It sounded like it was full of cans. Didn't want a train to hit that, so I moved it. Not five minutes later, the train came.


Welp, there's my good deed for the day. So, what now, do I get to punch an orphan or something?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84262 on: August 31, 2015, 01:34:12 pm »

Saw a trash bag sitting right on top of the train tracks. Not sure who would leave something like that right there. It sounded like it was full of cans. Didn't want a train to hit that, so I moved it. Not five minutes later, the train came.


Welp, there's my good deed for the day. So, what now, do I get to punch an orphan or something?
Nah, you just absolved yourself of one fort.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84263 on: August 31, 2015, 01:36:00 pm »

WHY? Why the sodding hell would they do that?

New Deus Ex game. Pre-order advert. Turns out, even if you do pre-order, you are missing out on content.

10/10 would boycott again.
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« Reply #84264 on: August 31, 2015, 01:38:13 pm »

WHY? Why the sodding hell would they do that?

New Dues Ex game. Pre-order advert. Turns out, even if you do pre-order, you are missing out on content.

10/10 would boycott again.
Dues Ex.
Yup.
If that was a typo, it was a really good one.
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« Reply #84265 on: August 31, 2015, 01:40:45 pm »

Sorry, I apparently can't spell.
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« Reply #84266 on: August 31, 2015, 01:41:47 pm »

Sorry, I apparently can't spell.
Bah.  You can spell just fine.  The marketers made a typo.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84267 on: August 31, 2015, 01:47:44 pm »

Asking something that most people probably never think about such as what your favorite word is probably just gives them more interesting essays to read, which is important when you've probably got to go through hundreds of them.

It also prevents the use of "canned" essays, because the applicant probably hasn't done an essay on the subject before, so they can't just dust it off, fix whatever they got dinged on last time, and submit it.

Somebody needs to work out  a way to undermine this.

Easy! Stock essay about how you have no favourite words, as words are utilitarian, and defined by their usefulness in context...

Do I win all the college places yet?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #84268 on: August 31, 2015, 01:50:37 pm »

Asking something that most people probably never think about such as what your favorite word is probably just gives them more interesting essays to read, which is important when you've probably got to go through hundreds of them.

It also prevents the use of "canned" essays, because the applicant probably hasn't done an essay on the subject before, so they can't just dust it off, fix whatever they got dinged on last time, and submit it.

Somebody needs to work out  a way to undermine this.

Easy! Stock essay about how you have no favourite words, as words are utilitarian, and defined by their usefulness in context...

Do I win all the college places yet?
Heh.
I'm so tempted to do this if it comes up.
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« Reply #84269 on: August 31, 2015, 01:52:40 pm »

Asking something that most people probably never think about such as what your favorite word is probably just gives them more interesting essays to read, which is important when you've probably got to go through hundreds of them.

It also prevents the use of "canned" essays, because the applicant probably hasn't done an essay on the subject before, so they can't just dust it off, fix whatever they got dinged on last time, and submit it.

Somebody needs to work out  a way to undermine this.

Easy! Stock essay about how you have no favourite words, as words are utilitarian, and defined by their usefulness in context...

Do I win all the college places yet?
Heh.
I'm so tempted to do this if it comes up.

If so, I demand to be used as a citation.
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