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Stabbie said:
I know Japanese people have trouble pronouncing the letter L. Instead they pronounce it like an R. According to the stereotype, Chinese people do it the other way around, they pronounce the R as an L. True or not?
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True as the l and r sound are interchangeable in some Asian dialect. For example say Gojira with an L instead of the R. Sounds an awful lot like Godzilla, hence the mistranslation
 
batbeg said:
Okay, so in Liar, Liar Jim Carrey is talking with his receptionist, and is forced to admit that he could have given her a raise but simply didn't want to. She then recounts a story of a burglar injuring himself "on the job", saying that he was awarded $6,000, and asking him if that is justice. Carrey says "No... I would've gotten him 10." As she leaves he yells after her that he misunderstood the question.

Did he lie? Or are we to imagine he literally didn't understand the question?
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Mind blown.
 
batbeg said:
Okay, so in Liar, Liar Jim Carrey is talking with his receptionist, and is forced to admit that he could have given her a raise but simply didn't want to. She then recounts a story of a burglar injuring himself "on the job", saying that he was awarded $6,000, and asking him if that is justice. Carrey says "No... I would've gotten him 10." As she leaves he yells after her that he misunderstood the question.

Did he lie? Or are we to imagine he literally didn't understand the question?
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I think it's more how his character interprets justice- not a matter of right or wrong, but to what extent can he use (or abuse) the law for his client's gain. So if his client doesn't get the most possible, he failed to get 'justice' by his ideals.
 
Charron said:
I think it's more how his character interprets justice- not a matter of right or wrong, but to what extent can he use (or abuse) the law for his client's gain. So if his client doesn't get the most possible, he failed to get 'justice' by his ideals.
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I appreciate that, but he's an intelligent man, which is why I find it hard to believe he'd misunderstood her meaning in the context. It's worded in such a way that it seems like he shouldn't have been able to literally say it as such. At least that's how I felt.
 
Charron said:
I think it's more how his character interprets justice- not a matter of right or wrong, but to what extent can he use (or abuse) the law for his client's gain. So if his client doesn't get the most possible, he failed to get 'justice' by his ideals.
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I think what hes implying is that Carreys character lied about "misunderstanding" to save face which contradicts his predicament. Its just a flaw in the script.
 
Charron said:
I think it's more how his character interprets justice- not a matter of right or wrong, but to what extent can he use (or abuse) the law for his client's gain. So if his client doesn't get the most possible, he failed to get 'justice' by his ideals.
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Yes.
And his "I misunderstood the question" was true.
He didn't know why she was askign the question, and thus he didn't realize his (honest) response to the question would result in her being pissed off enough to leave.

Of course, had he understood what the question was actually about (and why she asked it), he still would have been unable to do anything to change his answer.

She asked the question to prove a point.
She knew the answer. He cared more about some schlub getting the most out of a lawsuit than he did about actual justice and fairness. Fairness such as her getting paid well for all the work she does.

Or perhaps he WOULD have been able to offer a different answer.
If he understood the question differently (as a direct "You fight for jerks who deserve nothing but don't pay me well when I deserve it. Do you think that's fair?") he probably would have been able to say that he didn't want to pay her well, but that he knows it's not fair.
 
Stabbie said:
A friend of mine says I walk like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction :lol Is that a compliment?
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well Pulp Fiction fucking rocks and Vincent Vega is one bad ass mother fucker so, yes I'd take it as one.
 
Messypandas said:
I think what hes implying is that Carreys character lied about "misunderstanding" to save face which contradicts his predicament. Its just a flaw in the script.
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Yeah, this is where I'm going with it. It's clearly a contradictory comment that he uses to try and get her to come back... or in other words, a lie. He understood her intent, he understood her question. That he went with it in a different direction because of his own values of "justice" is irrelevant - surely he didn't misunderstand the question, though.
 
How can one fool the windows search option? I use my laptop for college and I'm afraid my friends will find the trannysurprise videos.
 
Here's a question. Will I get banned for bumping an 8-month old thread with a link to a documentary about American schools to say that the Belgian school featured was my school and I even appear in it? Don't want to take any risk being a junior.
 
Stabbie said:
Here's a question. Will I get banned for bumping an 8-month old thread with a link to a documentary about American schools to say that the Belgian school featured is my school and I even appear in it? Don't want to take any risk being a junior.
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Not worth it.
 
Jamesfrom818 said:
Not worth it.
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Yeah I thought so, though I read the thread when it was created and wanted to say it back then, but my account wasn't approved until last month (about damn time, I've waited 4 whole years).
 
Ok, I have my own dumb question. Driving home from work just now on a two-lane street, a cop flashed his lights at me, I moved over to the right lane, and he pulled over the guy who had been in front of me, with no further signals to me.

I kept on going, not thinking anything of it, then a few blocks on the thought occurred to me that he might have been trying to pull both of us over. Is this likely given that he made no other signals, didn't use his loudspeaker, and did nothing when I passed by him pulling over the other guy, and stopped at a red light just in front of him?

Any thoughts?
 
Rayo said:
how much does it cost to get a sleeve tattoo? shoulder to wrist of something tribal. $300?
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Depends on the detail. The more complex it is, the more expensive. But a full sleeve is going to cost you far more than $300. A basic, black and white tribal sleeve might go for around $800. I have a half sleeve with alot of color and fair amount of detail which I got done at different intervals, and all together cost me around $700. And this was with knowing half the artists who did it (they gave me a deal) and the other half being done in Argentina where the exchange rate meant i was paying a third of what I would in the US.

Cyan said:
Ok, I have my own dumb question. Driving home from work just now on a two-lane street, a cop flashed his lights at me, I moved over to the right lane, and he pulled over the guy who had been in front of me, with no further signals to me.

I kept on going, not thinking anything of it, then a few blocks on the thought occurred to me that he might have been trying to pull both of us over. Is this likely given that he made no other signals, didn't use his loudspeaker, and did nothing when I passed by him pulling over the other guy, and stopped at a red light just in front of him?

Any thoughts?
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Very unlikely, he probably would have yelled something or tried to signal you when you started driving away if he wanted to pull you over as well. Or radioed in to have someone else pull you over.
 
Cyan said:
Ok, I have my own dumb question. Driving home from work just now on a two-lane street, a cop flashed his lights at me, I moved over to the right lane, and he pulled over the guy who had been in front of me, with no further signals to me.

I kept on going, not thinking anything of it, then a few blocks on the thought occurred to me that he might have been trying to pull both of us over. Is this likely given that he made no other signals, didn't use his loudspeaker, and did nothing when I passed by him pulling over the other guy, and stopped at a red light just in front of him?

Any thoughts?
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Fugitive!
 
missbreedsiddx said:
Very unlikely, he probably would have yelled something or tried to signal you when you started driving away if he wanted to pull you over as well. Or radioed in to have someone else pull you over.
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That's kind of what I thought, there's just this little nagging voice of doubt.
 
Cyan said:
Ok, I have my own dumb question. Driving home from work just now on a two-lane street, a cop flashed his lights at me, I moved over to the right lane, and he pulled over the guy who had been in front of me, with no further signals to me.

I kept on going, not thinking anything of it, then a few blocks on the thought occurred to me that he might have been trying to pull both of us over. Is this likely given that he made no other signals, didn't use his loudspeaker, and did nothing when I passed by him pulling over the other guy, and stopped at a red light just in front of him?

Any thoughts?
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No. For one thing, one cop car is never going to pull over two cars at a time without backup. It's just not smart.

Almost certain that he was always aiming for the guy in front of you, flashed his lights to get you to move out of the way, which you did. If he wanted you pulled over he would have stayed behind you until you did so.
 
BladeWorker said:
What would GAF do...?

...If someone in your circle of friends passed away suddenly, but because of commitments you have made to clients at work, attending the funeral becomes all but impossible, without losing your job: what do you tell your friends? What do you tell the deceased friend's family?
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A heartfelt, personal statement to the family is worth more than being able to say "present" at the service.

Easy to say, harder to believe, but, imo, it's true. Say your peace to the family and loved ones, and screw the opinion of anyone else. Sucks that work won't let you attend though.


...If you've grown up and formed lifelong friendships with people who have come to rely on a community organization for support and strength, and you've benefitted from its programs for 18 years and volunteered for said organization for 10, and then discover that one of its board members has been misappropriating funds: what do you tell your friends? What do you say to the other board members?
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You tell them what you know. You bear no responsibility for the actions of the offending
individual. All you can do, if you feel so obliged, is to continue to devote yourself to the cause, in spite of those who betrayed it.

...If the fellow who stalked you and assaulted you -and others- in high school tries to establish contact on Facebook, 10 years later: aside from blocking the contact, what do you say? Do you warn others?
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You give his name, date of birth, and believed address to me, and I go and have a talk with him...

Though you can also file an "official" police report too. I prefer my way though...

...If you work tirelessly to throw friends' birthday parties, arrange special nights out when they need a pick-me-up, drop everything and run when they wind up in the hospital, send them care packages and visit them when they're time zones away from everyone they ever knew, and answer the phone at 3AM when they're having a meltdown, and they don't write or call to wish you happy birthday: what do you say to your friends?

What would YOU do, GAF?
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This one stumps me. You either keep being the one people can rely on, or you say "f*ck 'em". I still waiver between the two.
 
suffah said:
You know those little white plastic strips in the collar of dress shirts? Are you supposed to remove them?
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No it's a collar stay. It keeps your collar stiff and fresh looking all day. Remove them when you wash your shirts so it doesn't get warped. You can also get metal ones that don't lose their shape.
 
deadbeef said:
No it's a collar stay. It keeps your collar stiff and fresh looking all day. Remove them when you wash your shirts so it doesn't get warped. You can also get metal ones that don't lose their shape.
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Cool thanks. Every now and then I'll find one and pull it out subconsciously. Figured they were there for a reason.
 
Boogie said:
No. For one thing, one cop car is never going to pull over two cars at a time without backup. It's just not smart.

Almost certain that he was always aiming for the guy in front of you, flashed his lights to get you to move out of the way, which you did. If he wanted you pulled over he would have stayed behind you until you did so.
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Ok, that makes sense. Thanks, man.
 
Cyan said:
Ok, that makes sense. Thanks, man.
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Didn't we have a thread about this just recently?

Cops DO pull over multiple people at a time. They drive past you, signal you to pull over, and go to their next target.
 
Where's that (I think recent) gif from, with a black kid laughing with his mouth open to the side, looking around, in a manner like "oh shiit, what a buuurn". Someone must know what I'm talking about! :P
 
Falt said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13591900

This should help, although it hasn't been updated since 2008. Still, I'm pretty sure all recent titles are prepped to install.
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Thanks. Following a trail of links from that post to other forums and beyond, I see there is a site called Game Installs that focuses on this matter for both X360 and PS3 games.
batbeg said:
Yeah, this is where I'm going with it. It's clearly a contradictory comment that he uses to try and get her to come back... or in other words, a lie. He understood her intent, he understood her question. That he went with it in a different direction because of his own values of "justice" is irrelevant - surely he didn't misunderstand the question, though.
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Perhaps he could understand the question and answer it as she wanted under normal circumstances, but when he says he misunderstood it what he's really meaning is "My instinctual understanding of the question differed from what you intended!" in a way that's not so much a mouthful.
 
deadbeef said:
No it's a collar stay. It keeps your collar stiff and fresh looking all day. Remove them when you wash your shirts so it doesn't get warped. You can also get metal ones that don't lose their shape.
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...holy shit, really?
 
I'm not really any good at drawing, but I want a tablet regardless. As it's just something stupid for me to get, is it particularly bad if I go for a cheap one? Will I notice any lesser quality? I guess, also, any recommendations might be useful.
 
I was also thinking about buying a tablet for my friend. I didn't want to go overboard on the spending so do you think the Wacom brand will suffice? I've been looking around and it's got pretty good reviews for it's cost.

...If you work tirelessly to throw friends' birthday parties, arrange special nights out when they need a pick-me-up, drop everything and run when they wind up in the hospital, send them care packages and visit them when they're time zones away from everyone they ever knew, and answer the phone at 3AM when they're having a meltdown, and they don't write or call to wish you happy birthday: what do you say to your friends?
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I don't know, some of my friends do this sometimes to me too. But to be honest, I think they do it because they forget, not because they don't appreciate what you do for them. Though it may defeat the purpose of knowing one's birthday, reminding them a week or even a day before your birthday would help them remember. Yeah yeah, they shouldn't forget, but everyone needs a little reminding sometimes.
 
Messypandas said:
I've typically heard Wacom tablets recommended as the best value-for-money tablets. I recently purchased the Wacom Bamboo as the sorta newb starter kit and thought it was excellent value for money. Although i still feel more comfortable doing my speed-paintings with a mouse for some reason:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000VZZCSO/
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Seems good, thanks for the suggestion buddy. Will I be able to download the necessary drivers/software on the internet somewhere, do you know...? I'd like to be able to use it with my netbook as well as my PC, so the lack of a CD drive is my only concern now.
 
When a woman misses her period she knows she's pregnant. How soon after she becomes pregnant does she get her period again? Does it wait until the baby is born?
 
aztrex said:
When a woman misses her period she knows she's pregnant. How soon after she becomes pregnant does she get her period again? Does it wait until the baby is born?
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Should do, though she might "spot" a little now and again.

There can be other factors in a woman missing her period, by the way. Some women continuously take their pill to avoid it (don't think this is recommended), some have such light periods it could be almost totally unnoticeable sometimes, especially due to diet and stuff.
 
fistfulofmetal said:
actually. Revolutions was better than Reloaded. Reloaded is the worst of the bunch.
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Aw, did the creators not prepare you for the Architect in the many, many, many trailers in which they showed everything worth showing except the clue?


Revolutions was worse, plotwise.
 
How does Globe and the national Enquirer get away with the slanderous bullshit they spew out every time they have a new issue. I mean FUCK.
 
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