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Stupid slinky
2010-07-15, 4:10 PM #1
I thought I was the only one so stupid I couldn't work a slinky .

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/slinky
2010-07-15, 4:13 PM #2
I found an old slinky in a drawer about 2 weeks ago.

I couldn't get it to work. :(
nope.
2010-07-15, 4:20 PM #3
You have to give it enough forward momentum. Escalators work great; the moving stairs unbalance the slinky.
2010-07-15, 5:25 PM #4
You also have to have the right length of step on the staircase, narrow steps work the best.

But yeah, hard as crap to work.
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2010-07-15, 5:30 PM #5
Ask Jim Carrey how to use the Slinky. :P
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2010-07-15, 5:31 PM #6
Based on the data gathered from this thread, I would conclude that, despite its standing as a profitable consumer product, the slinky ultimately failed in terms of perceived quality by the end user.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2010-07-15, 5:34 PM #7
2010-07-15, 5:39 PM #8
The best part of that episode is when zoidberg first shows what bender did to his slinky.
2010-07-15, 11:25 PM #9
Originally posted by Brian:
I thought I was the only one so stupid I couldn't work a slinky .

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/slinky


Spoiler tags don't really work in the first line, I read the whole thing when I hovered over the topic title. =p


Also, I don't remember having difficulties with slinky's, but I am glad you shared that site; it has the best grammar lesson ever:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
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2010-07-16, 4:29 AM #10
The proper way to use a semicolon is not to.
2010-07-16, 5:02 AM #11
What's the proper way to end a sentence, JM?
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2010-07-16, 5:33 AM #12
Slinky! Slinky! Everybody loves the slinky! GO SLINKY GO!
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2010-07-16, 5:34 AM #13
hahah I'm so glad someone posted Zoidberg using a slinky. I never had problems with them.
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2010-07-16, 7:48 AM #14
Quote:
What's the proper way to end a sentence, JM?


Parole.
2010-07-16, 8:12 AM #15
Originally posted by Freelancer:
What's the proper way to end a sentence, JM?


Typically a period. However sometimes there is an exclamation point or question mark. There is also the option of an ellipsis...


Although that doesn't always work.
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2010-07-16, 9:35 AM #16
He's talking about dangling prepositions.
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2010-07-16, 9:49 AM #17
Dangling prepositions are not an incorrect thing to end a sentence with.
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2010-07-16, 9:49 AM #18
:P
2010-07-16, 9:55 AM #19
I would also think he is, except, my sentence did not have a dangling preposition.

Perhaps 'to not' would have been more agreeable to Freelancer than 'not to', but in this case 'to' is not used as a preposition but as a repetition of an early verb.

There is a simple rule of thumb. If you can remove the preposition without changing the meaning of the sentence, it is dangling. "The proper way to use a semicolon is not." is not a complete sentence.
2010-07-16, 10:22 AM #20
Yeah but you're wrong because semicolons are awesome.
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2010-07-16, 10:25 AM #21
I wouldn't know, I've not had a colectomy.
2010-07-16, 10:28 AM #22
Don't you mean

I wouldn't know; I've not had a colectomy.
Warhead[97]
2010-07-16, 10:42 AM #23
No.
2010-07-16, 11:52 AM #24
Originally posted by JM:
I wouldn't know, I've not had a colectomy.


Perhaps you should, it seems that there's some kind of permanent obstruction up there.
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2010-07-16, 12:24 PM #25
I'd wager it's made of wood.
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2010-07-16, 1:48 PM #26
Originally posted by Chewbubba:
You also have to have the right length of step on the staircase, narrow steps work the best.

But yeah, hard as crap to work.

Yeah as far as I could figure, my stairs are too wide. :(
nope.
2010-07-16, 1:51 PM #27
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
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2010-07-16, 2:02 PM #28
Originally posted by Whelly:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon


You're a little late to the game


Originally posted by Deadman:
Also, I don't remember having difficulties with slinky's, but I am glad you shared that site; it has the best grammar lesson ever:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
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2010-07-16, 4:39 PM #29
Confirmation bias.

Quote:
That’s right. Written language doesn’t need semicolons. At all. So if you’re unsure of their use, just don’t use them. Simple. And, by the way, semicolon-peppered manuscripts are very -uhm – amateurish anyway, so just ease off on them, right?
2010-07-16, 8:06 PM #30
Someone should tell that guy to ease the hell up on the commas. :P
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2010-07-16, 8:18 PM #31
Looks like he's writing as he speaks, inserting commas where verbal pauses may be. Not great but not as bad as semicolons. :P

Anyway I hate semicolons. Better off with two sentences -- maybe an en dash.
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2010-07-16, 9:33 PM #32
em dash
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2010-07-16, 9:51 PM #33
You're right, en dashes are for things like compound adjectives. But **** it no one really cares except typographers that have nothing better to do
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2010-07-16, 10:08 PM #34
Originally posted by happydud:
He's talking about dangling prepositions.


nah i'll pass on the penis joke

i never had problems working a slinky... then again my slinky may have only worked for me every time purely out of fear
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2010-07-16, 10:29 PM #35
Originally posted by DrkJedi82:
nah i'll pass on the penis joke


you didn't
2010-07-16, 11:13 PM #36
Originally posted by JM:
Confirmation bias.


You realize that you're the one doing the confirmation bias atm, right?
Also this whole 'argument' came about because I found the article funny and had the audacity to show my appreciation in this thread =p
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2010-07-16, 11:44 PM #37
holy hell this is actually a grammar thread now
DO NOT WANT.
2010-07-17, 12:00 AM #38
Yeah, we had two of them for a while there
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2010-07-17, 3:08 AM #39
Christ, only Massassi could turn a thread about a slinky into a grammar discussion.

Honestly, who cares, it's the internet; there's far worse spelling/grammer to be seen. Something about the way these threads get derailed tells me you're all pretty boring; none of the fun silly threads actually stay that way for long. Ironic, because most of the time keeping threads serious is a pretty big problem on many forums. But nope, not Massassi.. :suicide:








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2010-07-17, 3:11 AM #40
Oh Xzero you minx
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