Tangent Thread - December 2015 Edition

[NUance]

So the largest comeback in school history was actually a blowout "loss" to tOSU. Because that would be putting lipstick on a pig.

Obviously you didn't actually read what I posted, because if you had, you would realize how silly this reply is.

It really isn't any sillier than calling the Purdue loss a blowout.

How about we just all settle on this - it was a blowout in the third quarter but the Huskers made it a close game at the end.
It's still a loss to a bad team the Huskers had no business losing, too.

There are far more important things to talk about then petty squabbling over what is and isn't a blowout.

Like your horrible grammar?

"losing, too" WTF?

Grammatically there's nothing wrong with it depending on what my intent is.

Okay. I'm not a full-blown grammar nazi yet, I'm still just a grammar jugendbund.

Hey, shouldn't Nazi be capitalized? Since we're devolving into the minutia of tangential arguments here?

 

[Red Dead Redemption]

So the largest comeback in school history was actually a blowout "loss" to tOSU. Because that would be putting lipstick on a pig.

Obviously you didn't actually read what I posted, because if you had, you would realize how silly this reply is.

It really isn't any sillier than calling the Purdue loss a blowout.

How about we just all settle on this - it was a blowout in the third quarter but the Huskers made it a close game at the end.
It's still a loss to a bad team the Huskers had no business losing, too.

There are far more important things to talk about then petty squabbling over what is and isn't a blowout.

Like your horrible grammar?
"losing, too" WTF?

Grammatically there's nothing wrong with it depending on what my intent is.

I love these grammar puzzles and this one stumped me. How can it possibly be grammatically correct?

Well, it depends on what I'm trying to say. I'm either trying to say they had no busing "losing to" this team, or, my second sentence is a continuation or extension of my first thought. In that case, my intent would be, on top of everything else, they had no business "losing, too."
My intent was the latter though I can see how someone may think it was a grammar error.

Sorry, that still isn't grammatically correct.

If either the "still" at the beginning or the "too" at the end were removed, it would sound okay.
The "It's still" suggests a reassertion of a previous claim will follow, but "too" suggests something new was just added.

With both of them in there it sounds hinky

 

[knapplc]

I can't put a mod on ignore.

I didn't know this. Is this a new thing?

 

[GBRedneck]

Actually, that sentence isn't close to grammatically correct no matter how you interpret it. To fix it would require multiple edits.

I'm glad this is in the Tangent thread!

 

[GBRedneck]

So the largest comeback in school history was actually a blowout "loss" to tOSU. Because that would be putting lipstick on a pig.

Obviously you didn't actually read what I posted, because if you had, you would realize how silly this reply is.

It really isn't any sillier than calling the Purdue loss a blowout.

How about we just all settle on this - it was a blowout in the third quarter but the Huskers made it a close game at the end.
It's still a loss to a bad team the Huskers had no business losing, too.

There are far more important things to talk about then petty squabbling over what is and isn't a blowout.

Like your horrible grammar?

"losing, too" WTF?

Grammatically there's nothing wrong with it depending on what my intent is.

Okay. I'm not a full-blown grammar nazi yet, I'm still just a grammar jugendbund.

Hey, shouldn't Nazi be capitalized? Since we're devolving into the minutia of tangential arguments here?

It's minutiae.

 

[Red Dead Redemption]

So the largest comeback in school history was actually a blowout "loss" to tOSU. Because that would be putting lipstick on a pig.

Obviously you didn't actually read what I posted, because if you had, you would realize how silly this reply is.

It really isn't any sillier than calling the Purdue loss a blowout.

How about we just all settle on this - it was a blowout in the third quarter but the Huskers made it a close game at the end.
It's still a loss to a bad team the Huskers had no business losing, too.

There are far more important things to talk about then petty squabbling over what is and isn't a blowout.

Like your horrible grammar?
"losing, too" WTF?

Grammatically there's nothing wrong with it depending on what my intent is.

Okay. I'm not a full-blown grammar nazi yet, I'm still just a grammar jugendbund.

Hey, shouldn't Nazi be capitalized? Since we're devolving into the minutia of tangential arguments here?

nazis are against capitalism

 

[Saunders]

I can't put a mod on ignore.

I didn't know this. Is this a new thing?

 

[teachercd]

So the largest comeback in school history was actually a blowout "loss" to tOSU. Because that would be putting lipstick on a pig.

Obviously you didn't actually read what I posted, because if you had, you would realize how silly this reply is.

It really isn't any sillier than calling the Purdue loss a blowout.

How about we just all settle on this - it was a blowout in the third quarter but the Huskers made it a close game at the end.
It's still a loss to a bad team the Huskers had no business losing, too.

There are far more important things to talk about then petty squabbling over what is and isn't a blowout.

Like your horrible grammar?
"losing, too" WTF?

Grammatically there's nothing wrong with it depending on what my intent is.

Okay. I'm not a full-blown grammar nazi yet, I'm still just a grammar jugendbund.

Hey, shouldn't Nazi be capitalized? Since we're devolving into the minutia of tangential arguments here?

nazis are against capitalism

Well played

 

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[Saunders]

So the largest comeback in school history was actually a blowout "loss" to tOSU. Because that would be putting lipstick on a pig.

Obviously you didn't actually read what I posted, because if you had, you would realize how silly this reply is.

It really isn't any sillier than calling the Purdue loss a blowout.

How about we just all settle on this - it was a blowout in the third quarter but the Huskers made it a close game at the end.
It's still a loss to a bad team the Huskers had no business losing, too.

There are far more important things to talk about then petty squabbling over what is and isn't a blowout.

Like your horrible grammar?
"losing, too" WTF?

Grammatically there's nothing wrong with it depending on what my intent is.

Okay. I'm not a full-blown grammar nazi yet, I'm still just a grammar jugendbund.

Hey, shouldn't Nazi be capitalized? Since we're devolving into the minutia of tangential arguments here?

nazis are against capitalism

 

[RADAR]

The culture change will be finalized when the current players that do not fit or do not buy in are flushed from the program. Can't happen soon enough, so we can move on with fixing the program.

Sweet culture change. The team used to win 70% of their games, play for championships, and had an outstanding academic record.

Now, a year later, they will probably have one of the worst seasons in the history of the program, and are having academic issues not seen in years, if ever.

What changed?

We won 70% of games that meant nothing, got embarrassed by anyone with a pulse over the last 7 years. Not sure what academic issues you think we have, but I am sure if there are any, you will spin it as the coaches fault instead of lazy a$$ kids that maybe skipped a few classes.

 

[FeelLikeAStranger]

The culture change will be finalized when the current players that do not fit or do not buy in are flushed from the program. Can't happen soon enough, so we can move on with fixing the program.

And the last shreds of winning are finally eliminated...

 

[Elf]

I can't put a mod on ignore.

I didn't know this. Is this a new thing?

It's an always thing with any BBS software afaik.

 

[RADAR]

The culture change will be finalized when the current players that do not fit or do not buy in are flushed from the program. Can't happen soon enough, so we can move on with fixing the program.

And the last shreds of winning are finally eliminated...

Mediocrity was flushed with the firing of the last coach, getting rid of the dead weight he recruited is only the next step to restoring the order.

 

[marko polo]

The culture change will be finalized when the current players that do not fit or do not buy in are flushed from the program. Can't happen soon enough, so we can move on with fixing the program.

And the last shreds of winning are finally eliminated...

Mediocrity was flushed with the firing of the last coach, getting rid of the dead weight he recruited is only the next step to restoring the order.

Radar do you really believe that pie in the sky bulls$#t you spew? Or are you paid by someone to come on here and reel off this crap when most every sign points the opposite way!!!!! I mean seriously wtf