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12-03-2007, 11:34 AM
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How long before someone brings up the "You wouldn't call your country...." example???  |
Hopefully they won't now that you've called them out. 
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12-03-2007, 11:41 AM
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Hopefully they won't now that you've called them out. |
I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.
It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen. 
As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2
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12-03-2007, 11:44 AM
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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12-03-2007, 11:48 AM
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I like the country analogy.
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12-03-2007, 11:51 AM
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AF, I was hoping someone would call them out before anyone actually brought it up, but, like you, I wouldn't be surprised if it still comes up.
And even if this topic was discussed before, I'm sure it was boring the first time around... Lame thread to begin with IMO.
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Reason: spell-check you DA!
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12-03-2007, 11:52 AM
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I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.
It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen.
As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2 |
Well let's keep this new thread going. 
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12-03-2007, 11:53 AM
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As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2
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LOL! So what's AlphaFrog's First Law?
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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Sorry -- I know it was a typo, but it was a humorously ironic typo.
And whether you like the country analogy doesn't really make it any better an analogy. It's a stupid analogy because it compares apples and oranges. However much you may dislike the word "frat," that word is not and never has been considered an obscenity.
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Reason: To add response to LXAfall007
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12-03-2007, 11:53 AM
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LOL @ the picture and your "receipt" signature.
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12-03-2007, 11:54 AM
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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Perhaps an edit in the first 2 words is desirable?
And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
ETA: And I wondered about the "PhiGam" thing too when I first saw the username, the FIJIs on my campus were militant about ONLY being called FIJI.
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12-03-2007, 11:55 AM
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And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
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Seriously, it got posted WHILE I was posting my response to AF (so mine looks like I didn't read the thread).
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12-03-2007, 11:56 AM
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lmaooooo...
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12-03-2007, 11:57 AM
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LOL! So what's AlphaFrog's First Law?
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That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet.
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12-03-2007, 11:58 AM
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That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet. |
Oh, of course.
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12-03-2007, 12:05 PM
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You wouldn't call your country a "cunt."
You wouldn't call your farternity a "fart."
I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
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12-03-2007, 12:11 PM
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That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet. |
That sounds like two laws to me, I'm a little confused. I get the part about newbies feeling snarked on (of course I understand that one. Sigh.) but then there seems like there's a second part about them looking back at their own posts, or did you mean you looking back at their old posts to prove they're not special? That's where I get confused...  If it's going to be a law, it needs to be easily understandable. Just trying to help ya formulate it coherently!
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