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I think the idea is they got big exactly when SEO would start to become a big thing, and they have an almost-ungoogleable name.
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The gently caress is SEO?
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Google it, I guess? Edit: ah ironically it stands for Search Engine Optimization
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credburn posted:Google it, I guess? Lmao
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The reason why October, November and December are the 10th and 12th months is because Julius and Augustus Caesar inserted their names into the calendar, kicking them all up two places.
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Samovar posted:The reason why October, November and December are the 10th and 12th months is because Julius and Augustus Caesar inserted their names into the calendar, kicking them all up two places. lol no. The year began with march
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Carthag Tuek posted:lol no. The year began with march If that's true then why does the calendar start off with Oneuary and Twobruary, smart guy
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This is probably completely wrong for this thread, but I don't know where else to put it. Today, I was talking to my family about an incident yesterday, where a man in our town got trampled by a cow with a calf, because some fucker had been letting an off leash dog harass some cattle with calves a little while earlier. He was just unlucky enough to meet an angry, frightened cow just after her baby was threatened. I know the proper grammatical form is "he was beaten up by a cow", but I defaulted to "he was bet up by a cow" because it just feels more accurate. It's a fairly common hiberno-english conjugation. You just got bet up, hope you'll be OK soon.
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For a while the Romans didn't even count the days for like 60 days in winter. So the year ended in December and then didn't start until March with nothing in between. Presumably because doing anything during those notoriously harsh Mediterranean winters ö, when things might even get somewhat chilly, was pointless. Like you might need a light jacket when going outside.
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They also did poo poo like instead of saying "the third day of March" they'd say like "12 days before the middle day of March" because they were assholes.
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Baron von Eevl posted:They also did poo poo like instead of saying "the third day of March" they'd say like "12 days before the middle day of March" because they were assholes. Makes sense when you consider roman numerals
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credburn posted:Google it, I guess? Well it's a gas station chain, apparently, but then I already knew that. E: slightly amusing that "search engine optimisation" wasn't anywhere near the top results for me. Ha. Also always thought it was a foreign chain, but SEO literally stands for Finnish Energy Co-operative so I guess I learned two things today. 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 20:38 on Mar 26, 2022 |
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3D Megadoodoo posted:finniSh Energy cO-operative I see it now.
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Pookah posted:This is probably completely wrong for this thread, but I don't know where else to put it. Where do you live where anyone says "bet up"? I have never heard this construction.
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No need to get all het up about it
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Silver Falcon posted:Where do you live where anyone says "bet up"? I have never heard this construction. He is Irish, as am I, and it's standard. The clue was when he said "Hiberno-English" in the post. That being said, I don't really understand how it fits with "stuff you just figured out", but I appreciate the ![]()
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Brawnfire posted:No need to get all het up about it
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Failed Imagineer posted:He is Irish, as am I, and it's standard. The clue was when he said "Hiberno-English" in the post. That being said, I don't really understand how it fits with "stuff you just figured out", but I appreciate the Oddly I've heard "et" but not "bet" used in that fashion. Apologies if I came across as hostile. I was really confused. Also I didn't know what Hiberno-English meant but now I do.
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an easy way to remember it is hiberno because Finns hibernate in the winter.
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Captain Hygiene posted:If that's true then why does the calendar start off with Oneuary and Twobruary, smart guy It starts with Undecimber and Duodecimber.
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FreudianSlippers posted:For a while the Romans didn't even count the days for like 60 days in winter. So the year ended in December and then didn't start until March with nothing in between. Yeah they had an intercalary month "Mercedonius" every two or three years to bring the calendar back into square (well, square-ish) with the seasons. The calculations for how long the Mercedonius should last was done by the College of Pontiffs but if you were rich or politically influential you could bribe them to change it around to fit your needs.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Yeah they had an intercalary month "Mercedonius" every two or three years to bring the calendar back into square (well, square-ish) with the seasons. The calculations for how long the Mercedonius should last was done by the College of Pontiffs but if you were rich or politically influential you could bribe them to change it around to fit your needs. In retrospect the entire western world fellating the romans and wanting to emulate them should have been a huge red flag
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Yeah they would pay them to put off starting the year proper to keep their term limited positions and solidify their graft.
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I'm looking forward to the reintroduction of subsidized time as suggested by David Foster Wallace.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:SEO literally stands for Finnish Energy Co-operative In the EU there's an official ordering of countries based on their native language spelling called "protocol order". the names will be displayed in English but they must appear in protocol order, which is incredibly confusing (e.g. if you're looking for Austria, it isn't at the top of the list, it's right before Poland towards the end). I always refer to it as Sfinland in my head for this reason (because I am stupid)
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Platystemon posted:It starts with Undecimber and Duodecimber. Unabomber is my birth month
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ShimaTetsuo posted:In the EU there's an official ordering of countries based on their native language spelling called "protocol order". the names will be displayed in English but they must appear in protocol order, which is incredibly confusing (e.g. if you're looking for Austria, it isn't at the top of the list, it's right before Poland towards the end). Oh they use the absolute dogshit German alphabetization. Figures.
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Failed Imagineer posted:He is Irish, as am I, and it's standard. The clue was when he said "Hiberno-English" in the post. That being said, I don't really understand how it fits with "stuff you just figured out", but I appreciate the It baarely fits into the thread criteria, it just was a minor realization for me that I used that non-standard word at all. It just feels right in some circumstances.
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So basically they thought up four interesting names for the months. Then got lazy and just used numbers. Then added two new months and gave interesting names for them. And at some point renamed two of them. What a bunch those Romans were!
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Every so often I see someone mention a game called Betrayal at Krondor on these forums. So for the first time I looked it up. It turns out it's based in the fantasy world of Raymond E Feist novels. I remember reading a ton of those as a teen like Magician and Rise of a Merchant Prince and Darkness at Sethanon. I had no idea that there was an RPG based around those books.
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Prurient Squid posted:Every so often I see someone mention a game called Betrayal at Krondor on these forums. So for the first time I looked it up. It turns out it's based in the fantasy world of Raymond E Feist novels. I remember reading a ton of those as a teen like Magician and Rise of a Merchant Prince and Darkness at Sethanon. I had no idea that there was an RPG based around those books. I just bought the first one because I needed something priced at 5€ to get free shipping on an order. gently caress it's thicc, I'd forgotten why I pretty much gave up on faerytale literature after childhood. Anyway it was an excellent game for it is time, apart from the things that were the shittest.
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Prurient Squid posted:Every so often I see someone mention a game called Betrayal at Krondor on these forums. So for the first time I looked it up. It turns out it's based in the fantasy world of Raymond E Feist novels. I remember reading a ton of those as a teen like Magician and Rise of a Merchant Prince and Darkness at Sethanon. I had no idea that there was an RPG based around those books. Start of every single text box in that game posted:The <noun> was <adjective>. I actually really liked that game There's a fun exploit you can do to get infinite money. Fully repaired crossbows sell for more than broken crossbows and bowstrings cost to buy. And if you sell an item to a merchant, they start selling that item with an infinite supply...
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I want a modern remake with HD graphics so the developers/janitors/nephews in fantasy costume and wigs look even sillier.
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Oh, also, there's no quest log ingame, so you'll need to take your own notes. And you absolutely will need to, there are some fairly obtuse puzzles later on. Or, I mean, there's always walkthroughs, which is what I used my first playthrough ![]()
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Hyperlynx posted:Oh, also, there's no quest log ingame, so you'll need to take your own notes. And you absolutely will need to, there are some fairly obtuse puzzles later on. Also you can't rely on the automap.
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The Baldwins aren't Mormons.
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yeah, you added a second 'm'.
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It's Carlsbad Caverns. NOT Carl's Bad Caverns.
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# ? Jun 22, 2024 18:43 |
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carl is bad though
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