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The Fool
Oct 16, 2003


https://twitter.com/anc_historian/status/1660844116303835136?s=46&t=R0J6gZ9IVIuVqJ6bAd5VsQ

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Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



Frankfurters in the kids seat
SAUSAGE POWER!

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


goons will never fathom meter

Armitag3
Mar 15, 2020

Forget it Jake, it's cybertown.


Powerful Two-Hander posted:

Frankfurters in the kids seat
SAUSAGE POWER!

They're the world's most fearsome protein beam (we're really hip)

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



Powerful Two-Hander posted:

Frankfurters in the kids seat
SAUSAGE POWER!

yeah you're right, "frankfurters" and "heroes" do have the same number of syllables.

shameful.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


"weiners" was right there.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

jesus WEP posted:

goons will never fathom meter

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


what a coincidence

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

a medium-format picture of beeftweeter staring silently at the camera, a quizzical expression on his face

if you don't read all of these to the tune of the cartoon theme song i don't know what to tell you

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.


ultrafilter posted:

"weiners" was right there.

I will notnlower myself to this American filth

Achmed Jones posted:

yeah you're right, "frankfurters" and "heroes" do have the same number of syllables.

shameful.

it scans imo so suck my frankfurter

The Fool
Oct 16, 2003



space on mobile keyboards suck

duz
Jul 11, 2005

Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost


jesus WEP posted:

goons will never fathom meter

thats cause here in america we use feet

Tankakern
Jul 25, 2007

lol

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.


The Fool posted:

space on mobile keyboards suck

god tell me about it. It's even worse with one of those glass screen protectors fitted

also I fitted it while drunk but that doesn't seem to have made the problem worse

mediaphage
Mar 22, 2007

Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

I will notnlower myself to this American filth

it scans imo so suck my frankfurter

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007


:confused:

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
one fathom sounds deeper than six feet

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

rotor posted:

one fathom sounds deeper than six feet
as you will recall from being alive when it was invented, the fathom comes from the length from fingertip to fingertip of a man's oustretched hands. this is also where the name comes from. it is also 1/1000 of a nautical mile sometimes

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Kenny Logins posted:

as you will recall from being alive when it was invented, the fathom comes from the length from fingertip to fingertip of a man's oustretched hands. this is also where the name comes from.

yes, it was bob fathom who they measured iirc

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

rotor posted:

yes, it was bob fathom who they measured iirc
kind of a shallow guy

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



gonna print this out and stick it by the copiers at work

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



Powerful Two-Hander posted:

gonna print this out and stick it by the copiers at work

let me guess, this scans for you too

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
it's funny that unfathomable means unable to grasp

and yet, the fathom by definition is graspable

Fart Sandwiches
Apr 4, 2006

i never asked for this

Kenny Logins posted:

it's funny that unfathomable means unable to grasp

and yet, the fathom by definition is graspable

:aaa::aaaaa:

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Kenny Logins posted:

it's funny that unfathomable means unable to grasp

and yet, the fathom by definition is graspable

??

yes, its unfathomable - you cannot grasp it. “un” is a negation of “fathomable” which is by definition graspable.

theres nothing weird about this, its how normal english works.

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

a medium-format picture of beeftweeter staring silently at the camera, a quizzical expression on his face

rotor posted:

??

yes, its unfathomable - you cannot grasp it. “un” is a negation of “fathomable” which is by definition graspable.

theres nothing weird about this, its how normal english works.

i think hes saying the definition of a fathom as a unit of measure is easily understood. fathomable if you will

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007

rotor posted:

??

yes, its unfathomable - you cannot grasp it. “un” is a negation of “fathomable” which is by definition graspable.

theres nothing weird about this, its how normal english works.

Then what does infathomable mean?

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Beeftweeter posted:

i think hes saying the definition of a fathom as a unit of measure is easily understood. fathomable if you will

I'll be the judge of what he's saying, thank u very much

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

Then what does infathomable mean?

thats not a thing

mediaphage
Mar 22, 2007

Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through
i get what he means but it’s kinda high school stoner logic

no different than saying immeasurable. we know what a measure is by definition so if it is not measurable it is…not measurable.

bssoil
Mar 21, 2004

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

Then what does infathomable mean?
Like inflammable, it means the subject can be fathomed

mediaphage
Mar 22, 2007

Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through
impostable

BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica
if y'all aren't careful you're gonna reinvent arguing how many days are in a week or some such

exmachina
Mar 12, 2006

Look Closer
Unfathomable comes from nautical jargon, you would drop a measured rope off the side off the ship to determine depth. But if the water was deeper than the ripe was long, you could not accurately determine depth.

goblin week
Jan 26, 2019

Absolute clown.

rotor posted:

one fathom sounds deeper than six feet

unfathomably so!

goblin week
Jan 26, 2019

Absolute clown.

Kenny Logins posted:

it's funny that unfathomable means unable to grasp

and yet, the fathom by definition is graspable

people were shorter back in the days so most of them could not grasp a six feet span

disaster pastor
May 1, 2007



goons'll never fathom meter
meters in a fathom?
1.83

disaster pastor fucked around with this message at 13:05 on May 24, 2023

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

mediaphage posted:

i get what he means but it’s kinda high school stoner logic

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
#whow #woa really makes u think

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ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/weed_rat/status/1661011103542042625

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