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[soakrates]

Fool-proof even makes more sense...


I've always thought "intensive purposes" actually made more sense than "intents and purposes". What does it actually mean to say "For all intents and purposes, I am a good business owner" versus "I am a good business owner"? It doesn't seem to add anything. While "intensive" refers to things which are intense; it makes sense to say "for any intense purpose, I am a good business owner". And this would have a meaning like "For anything really important, I am a good business owner".

"For all intents and purposes" is just a shorter way of saying, "this isn't necessarily true, but it's close enough to being true that we may as well act like it is."

 

[Lost Fragment]

I only recently found out that "presumptuous" doesn't mean "to presume too much." I was like "holy shit, that explains so much."

 

["God's Beard!"]

It's a troll.

It's a art form.

 

[QisTopTier]

The FGC needs to read more books.

 

[Venfayth]

The FGC needs to read more books.

Needs more underboob avs.

 

[atomic moth]

Tier vs Tear vs Teir

 

[Karsticles]

"For all intents and purposes" is just a shorter way of saying, "this isn't necessarily true, but it's close enough to being true that we may as well act like it is."

Which is a longer way of saying things like: "basically", "essentially", "mostly", "pretty much", etc. I understand what it means contextually. I understand how it's used. I don't understand its literal value. It's a phrase that solely has meaning because of learned acceptance. Taken literally, something actually being the case could also be a purpose, so the sentence doesn't mean what people use it for.

 

[kirblar]

The FGC needs to read more books.

I aced my SAT verbal. Bask in my literate glory.

 

[Frantic]

snip

Needs a 'try and' in there somewhere. It's 'try to', not 'try and'! You're trying to do something, people!

 

["God's Beard!"]

The FGC needs to read more books.

Do magazines count? I read a copy of PEOPLE this morning but I I took a nap after about ten pages because looking up words was tiring me out.

 

[QisTopTier]

I aced my SAT verbal. Bask in my literate glory.

Me too I finished it in 15 minutes and walked out the class :lol

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";52698849]Do magazines count? I read a copy of PEOPLE this morning but I I took a nap after about ten pages because looking up words was tiring me out.[/QUOTE]

You are getting there! Keep it up.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

One day I want to use "for all intensive purposes" and mean it.

 

[Azure J]

The FGC needs to read more books.

Bradygames is all the book learnin' I need. Fite me son

 

[Venfayth]

One day I want to use "for all intensive purposes" and mean it.

For all intensive purposes there's no reason to use it.

 

[atomic moth]

I took my SATs back when you maxed out at 1600. I feel bad for people who have to write essays.

 

[SolarPowered]

The FGC needs to read more books.

I'll start again when I can get a kindle.

 

[QisTopTier]

I probably have the worst grammar on GAF though. Dropping out of HS at 15 has pretty bad side effects -_-

I'll start when I can get a kindle.

I want one super badly T-T

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Spelchek must be having a hell of a time with this paige

I took my SATs back when you maxed out at 1600. I feel bad for people who have to write essays.

I wrote about the X-men

3 out of 4 possible points!

 

[kirblar]

I took my SATs back when you maxed out at 1600. I feel bad for people who have to write essays.

Same. Although I was good at Essays- got a bunch of 4/5s on my AP tests. I just hate writing.

 

["God's Beard!"]

I have a copy of 1Q84. I haven't read it, but it has a nice cover so I keep it on my coffee table so people think I'm cultured.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

The FGC needs to read more books.

And eat better.

 

[enzo_gt]

I have a copy of Atlas Shrugged on my desk. Fall back.

Spoiler

I hear its good or influential or something, dunno never read it

 

[Dahbomb]

I took my SATs back when you maxed out at 1600. I feel bad for people who have to write essays.

Same here.

 

[soakrates]

Which is a longer way of saying things like: "basically", "essentially", "mostly", "pretty much", etc. I understand what it means contextually. I understand how it's used. I don't understand its literal value. It's a phrase that solely has meaning because of learned acceptance. Taken literally, something actually being the case could also be a purpose, so the sentence doesn't mean what people use it for.

*shrug* The value of the phrase isn't a point of contention with me. I was just trying to clarify what it means.

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";52699338]I have a copy of 1Q84. I haven't read it, but it has a nice cover so I keep it on my coffee table so people think I'm cultured.[/QUOTE]
If you really wanted people to think you were cultured, you'd put "Infinite Jest" right next to it.

 

[vulva]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";52699338]I have a copy of 1Q84. I haven't read it, but it has a nice cover so I keep it on my coffee table so people think I'm cultured.[/QUOTE]

I liked what I read of it, I got about 300 pages in and then just stopped for some reason.

 

[QisTopTier]

Same. Although I was good at Essays- got a bunch of 4/5s on my AP tests. I just hate writing.

I scored top 200 in the US on SAT testing but if I had to write an Essay I would of gotten WAY LOWER I just don't have the willpower to write longwinded things about nothing. I tend to sum things up and be like WELL THERE YA GO. Now if there was something you could actually WRITE about then it's easy.

The things that fucked me up in school were always the few sentences and turn into a full 5 page plus story type thing.

 

[ponpo]

1Q84 is Murakami's weakest novel rEaL rAp.

Also Triforce claimed he's like Neo because he can see games from a code standpoint.

 

[kirblar]

I have a copy of Atlas Shrugged on my desk. Fall back.

Spoiler

I hear its good or influential or something, dunno never read it

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

.

 

["God's Beard!"]

I liked what I read of it, I got about 300 pages in and then just stopped for some reason.

I know what you mean. Alternating characters every chapter? If I wanted to read game of thrones I'd go read game of thrones. And why do that when I could watch the show? What a ripoff.

 

[SloaneRisette]

Spelchek must be having a hell of a time with this paige



I wrote about the X-men

3 out of 4 possible points!

You mean you wrote about how Logan is top tier and Storm is booty butt cheeks, right?

 

[toddhunter]

We need a tear list of the worse grammar mistakes

Please dont. If those loosers want to make mistakes than I could care less.

 

[Dahbomb]

Please dont. If those loosers want to make mistakes than I could care less.

Fuck there are at least 3 mistakes here that should be in the tear list.

Also Triforce claimed he's like Neo because he can see games from a code standpoint.

What a fucking tool this guy is. He just loves feeling himself.

 

[SolarPowered]

1Q84 is Murakami's weakest novel rEaL rAp.

Also Triforce claimed he's like Neo because he can see games from a code standpoint.

Never read that, but I remember enjoying The Wind-Up bird chronicle even though the size of the book intimidated the crap out of me.

 

[Ragingnight]

Illiterate tier

Could/Should/Would of
Their instead of there and vice versa
Full proof
Tier vs Tear
More better/bigger/faster etc.


High School drop out tier

Irregardless
Your vs You're
Mahvel
I vs Me (Mike Ross and me are going to the beach)
Dat and Da vs That and The


Didn't get high scores on SAT tier

Affect vs Effect
Literally vs figuratively
Intensive purposes
Sudoku vs Seppuko

What about Dah?

Spoiler

kappa

 

[kirblar]

I scored top 200 in the US on SAT testing but if I had to write an Essay I would of gotten WAY LOWER I just don't have the willpower to write longwinded things about nothing. I tend to sum things up and be like WELL THERE YA GO. Now if there was something you could actually WRITE about then it's easy.

The things that fucked me up in school were always the few sentences and turn into a full 5 page plus story type thing.

There's actually been a lot of talk recently about how schools teach kids the absolute wrong things about how to write, and how colleges/businesses have to un-academic-ize their writing once they're out of hs/college.

 

[CrazyTank940]

.

Atlus Shrugged is totally the one about the orcs, isn't it

Spoiler

Kappa

 

[Dahbomb]

I scored top 200 in the US on SAT testing but if I had to write an Essay I would of gotten WAY LOWER I just don't have the willpower to write longwinded things about nothing.

How do you score top 200 in the SAT when people get perfect scores regularly?

 

[Fersis]

IPW Harrison streaming some SFIV
Very good Cody player for those who care.

 

[enzo_gt]

1Q84 is Murakami's weakest novel rEaL rAp.

Also Triforce claimed he's like Neo because he can see games from a code standpoint.

What the fuck does that even mean?

 

[Frantic]

Also Triforce claimed he's like Neo because he can see games from a code standpoint.

Wow.

...how does that work?

 

[SolarPowered]

What the fuck does that even mean?

He thinks he is Mike Z.

Well... it's that or he thinks he is Amadeus Cho.

 

[TheChits]

HoldBacktoBlock interview with Moons. Looks like Modok is here to stay

 

["God's Beard!"]

Never read that, but I remember enjoying The Wind-Up bird chronicle even though the size of the book intimidated the crap out of me.

Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World is my favorite novel.

 

[QisTopTier]

How do you score top 200 in the SAT when people get perfect scores regularly?

When you are one of the people with perfect scores or near perfect scores that year. I got a scholarship out of it /shrug

 

[Busaiku]

How could you not have Bring vs Take on your ranking.
That is among the worst.

Or among vs between.

 

[kirblar]

What the fuck does that even mean?

It means he saw this thread.

 

[Dahbomb]

When you are one of the people with perfect scores or near perfect scores. I got a scholarship out of it /shrug

I think way more than 200 people get top scores... or at least that's how it was when I was taking 1600 SAT. I guess it's harder now with the 2400 scale. Private schools got perfect SAT scores like it was nothing, I personally knew many people who got perfects.

 

[haunts]

Spooky was telling me Chris G goes into training mode and hits himself with jamming bomb and does Soul Fists backwards -- event corrects the combo midway through when it wears off.

 

[atomic moth]

When you are one of the people with perfect scores or near perfect scores that year. I got a scholarship out of it /shrug

You must play Tekken

 

["God's Beard!"]

I never took the SAT, I tested out of everything at my school's entrance exams.

Spooky was telling me Chris G goes into training mode and hits himself with jamming bomb and does Soul Fists backwards -- event corrects the combo midway through when it wears off.

Heart of a champion.