Interesting Links for 11-08-2020

[andrewducker]

Every British swear word has been officially ranked in order of offensiveness

(tags:swearing language offensive )

'Godzilla' was a metaphor for Hiroshima, and Hollywood whitewashed it (by cutting twenty minutes from the original film)

(tags:Godzilla movies nuclearweapons history censorship )

Why Wikipedia Decided to Stop Calling Fox a 'Reliable' Source

Spoilers: because they aren't
(tags:Wikipedia FoxNews )

Scientists discover the perfect way to make tea! It is, of course, in the microwave

(tags:tea microwave china )

Are *you* the unnecessary pedant?

(tags:language comic funny )

If you could see your brain's world-modelling system it would be incredibly embarrassing

I have to fight mine all the time
(tags:thinking conspiracy models funny comic )

Doctor Who fans "healed something" in me, says Christopher Eccleston

(tags:christophereccleston drwho fandom )

Imperial! Marching! Ducks!

(tags:ducks StarWars video )

Which glowing legendary cat are you? (A personality quiz generated by an AI. Made me giggle a lot)

(tags:quiz cats ai ViaDrCross )

Comments

[jack]

Which glowing legendary cat are you?

Purring Otterbear
Larger and more solitary than many shifting mammals your size, you are nevertheless playful and comical. Adorable, too!

If you could see your brain's world-modelling system it would be incredibly embarrassing

They got me :(

Are *you* the unnecessary pedant?

Too often. Not so much with colloquial grammar, but my brain still pings at anything "not right" a lot, which is often good but sometimes bad.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, my brain pings about some things, but I try not to take them out on other people too much.

I _am_ a "Less Vs Fewer" pedant. In that I can't help but point out to people who try to be pedantic about it that "this rule does not correctly describe the most common usage of today or the past and in fact arose as an incorrect generalization of a personal preference expressed by a grammarian in 1770".

[cmcmck]

There's not half enough pedantry about in my opinion! :o)

[purplerabbits]

Jargonoath
You are an enormous, terrible monster, capable of the very most destructive of forces. Surprisingly good at hugging, you're the dimly glowing ruler of the deep blue sea, an absolute monarch in a realm utterly devoid of annoyance.

But the questions in that quiz just broke me with laughing :-)

[andrewducker]

I got the same one!

And yes, absolutely fabulous questions.

[ninetydegrees]

I read pedant as pendant and have therefore lost all my pedantic credentials on the spot. I shall now focus on living up to my reputation as a purring Otterbear.

[andrewducker]

Otterbears are much more popular than pedants, so that will probably work out much better for you.

[cybik]

I'm surprised by the ranking of swearwords because 'bitch' is really quite low down, but I've always thought of it as much worse than 'fanny'! I know it's extremely subjective, of course.

[andrewducker]

I'd have thought so too - calling someone a bitch seems a lot worse than calling them a fanny.

Hipster Tabby

[agoodwinsmith]

You are extremely reclusive, much more into the indie scene, and somehow incredibly agile despite having pointy things all over your legs. You are perpetually surprised at the low quality of the coffee at the Dunkin Donut, which apparently decided to be taken seriously as a craft coffee shop. Surprisingly good at sports!

I think this is me right up to the Dunkin Donut moment. Often surprised by low quality coffee, though. Also: sports? Pffff.

[f4f3]

They call me The Phantom.
Or they would, if, you know, they called me anything.

As a Glaswegian, I think there should be a specific swear word ranking for the West Coast of Scotland. We tend to be more, um, liberal with the profanity. As Frankie Boyle said in his latest stand up, "The use of f*cking in a sentence in Glasgow is just a warning that a noun is coming up."

[anef]

I...was unable to answer the cat quiz due to my pedantry, as none of the answers applied.

[andrewducker]

I mostly picked the answers that amused me.