The Rant Thread

[BlackSpot]

... and while we're on the subject of Easter. Why is it on a different date every year? Why can't they decide once and for all?

[Piggy]

Originally Posted by kylania

I guess I'll rant about my complete inability to find the SH3 "Dolphin" mod videos where the sub was jumping over ships beautifully.

This one?... hehe



Here it is... no more audio though.

[SteamWake]

I know the one he is talking about it was called "Roll them over" an avi file I lost it in a HD crash.... rant...

[the_belgian]

i recently broke a kneecap while playing airsoft so i bought SHV to kill the time while recovering(i would have bought it anyway).
now my computer is broken(i'm using my wifes laptop to keep in touch)...

so why should i place anything here?...
i have nothing to complain about...

[KL-alfman]

I like this thread!

I'm really sorry to cannot post because atm I have no rant left ......

wait!

[Takeda Shingen]

Sure, because there is no ranting anywhere else on the SH5 forum. C'mon, guys.

[Zander]

Ha! There be geniuses here.LMAO.

[Vorkapitan]

Originally Posted by robbo180265

Why is I can never find a PAIR of socks in the morning?

It should be "Why is I can never find MY WIFE in the morning...but I can find my socks?

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

To true. Its about thyme people new were there apostrophe's should go. Eye say chute the lot off them's. Buy ewe no its about communication. Ass' long as thing's our clear and easy too reed then witch off us is too say that its' bad. Four ewe, it may bee wired but four other's its not grate but ass' long ass' its red OK, its understandable. Ewe no watt eye mean, sow watt is the problem?

Yes, that is a commonly used argument. I'll leave it to Geroge Orwell, a far greater exponent of the English language than I can ever expect to be, to reply (I changed some font to bold type for emphasis):

A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly.....: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.

.......

The writer either has a meaning and cannot express it, or he inadvertently says something else, or he is almost indifferent as to whether his words mean anything or not. This mixture of vagueness and sheer incompetence is the most marked characteristic of modern English prose


George Orwell, 'Politics and the English Language', 1946

There you go....

Cheers

[Juliano]

Originally Posted by Piggy

This one?... hehe

Got the supercharger upgraded, hm?

Who needs the LW when you have THAT
I NEED to have one of those!

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

The writer either has a meaning and cannot express it, or he inadvertently says something else, or he is almost indifferent as to whether his words mean anything or not. This mixture of vagueness and sheer incompetence is the most marked characteristic of modern English prose

I hoped my post was suitably jarring to make the point that it did matter. I had trouble reading it back when I 'proof read' it.

Sometimes I wonder if by boss really did want me to 'insure' that something happened, rather than ensuring it happened, as I assumed he meant.

[jwilliams]

Ggggrrrraaahhhhh !!!!!! i just died in SH5.

Had TC at 256, and crashed into a ship....

i heard a gun sound, then "we're taking damage" cut to death screen. didnt have time to do anything.



My first death.... and it was only my 3rd patrol.

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

I hoped my post was suitably jarring to make the point that it did matter. I had trouble reading it back when I 'proof read' it.

Sometimes I wonder if by boss really did want me to 'insure' that something happened, rather than ensuring it happened, as I assumed he meant.

I know what you mean.....

I received a 'report' from a large law firm today.....it's circulated to subscribers......it pointed out words to the effect that xyz committee had made a bunch of recommendations. Apparently the government adopted some but disguarded others.

Disguarded. I kid you not. From a large commercial law firm in a publication circulated throughout business communities.

I nearly called them. I might on Monday.

Sheesh

You'll find this everywhere. Sometimes I burst out laughing at work because of some of the things people have written where they clearly have no idea that what they really wrote is completely different from what they think they wrote. Journalists do it, too.

So for everyone who says it doesn't matter, I send them those bits of Orwell's essay. I have it saved at work for exactly that reason.

OK, I'm a fanatic, I confess!

[Sailor Steve]

I realize that language does change over time, and the purpose of the dictionary is to record the current usage, not enforce it. That said, the losing battle I still fight is against the use of the word "impact" as a verb. Hearing that something "impacted" the economy will always make me wince, even though I realize the change has already taken place. This also makes me wonder which words I commonly use as verbs that made my parents' generation grind their teeth. Should I research it? Of course google is an instant classic.

In the wake of the last big San Francisco earthquake (1992?) I was watching a newscaster describe the scene. I'll assume that she was rattled, but I still laughed when she said "We are efforting to make contact with the rescue teams."

Anyway, here is a 1789 letter from Benjamin Franklin to Noah Webster, asking him to use is new dictionary to stop the insidious creeping usage of advocate as a verb.
http://founders-blog.blogspot.com/20...ebster-jr.html

Speaking of apostrophes, I notice that in Franklin's day it was common to use one in the possesive "your's". Either that, or Franklin wasn't as good a writer as he thought he was. But then the dictionary was a brand new thing as well.

[Bilge_Rat]

what I hate are people who use overly complicated language to make themselves sound more serious and important, when simple and straightforward language is always the best strategy.


for example a politician who announces that:

"My office will interface with our constituants to determine their primary requirements."

instead of:

"I will meet my voters to find out what they want".