The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Christopher Schröder · Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:10 pm

Twpsyn Pentref wrote:Christoph's eye-bleeding double hyphens have been replaced with proper em dashes.

Well then, can you tell me how to make Firefox automatically replace them with proper em-dashes (or better yet, a keyboard shortcut for them)? My keyboard does not have a key for them. If not, I shall continue to populate with "eye-bleeding double hyphens" in their stead.

Twpsyn Pentref · Post by **Twpsyn Pentref** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:11 pm

Character map + Ctrl + V

Christopher Schröder · Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:13 pm

That pastes things -- it won't work.

Nortaneous · Post by **Nortaneous** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:14 pm

Get MSKLC, open your default keyboard layout, and add an AltGr+key combination or a dead key or something. Then export and install the edited layout.

Christopher Schröder · Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:17 pm

That looks like a very interesting programme....

Twpsyn Pentref · Post by **Twpsyn Pentref** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:19 pm

Christoph Schrader wrote:That pastes things -- it won't work.

What? It works fine for me. Just have the em dash ready to copy-paste whenever you need it.

This is better for me personally than using a custom keyboard layout, but that is because I use all sorts of unusual characters throughout the day, among which the em dash is only one; so I always have the character map open anyway.

Nortaneous · Post by **Nortaneous** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:24 pm

Christoph Schrader wrote:That looks like a very interesting programme....

Yeah. I'm making a keyboard layout basically from scratch. US-International is fucking horrible.

Christopher Schröder · Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:36 pm

Nortaneous wrote:
Christoph Schrader wrote:That looks like a very interesting programme....
Yeah. I'm making a keyboard layout basically from scratch. US-International is horrible.

I use the UK keyboard myself, but have created a new layout to replace the curly brackets with the em-dash and the pipes (my keyboard is a few keys short of a full layout, as my computer is a rather-outdated laptop).

Christopher Schröder · Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:37 pm

Twpsyn Pentref wrote:
Christoph Schrader wrote:That pastes things -- it won't work.
What? It works fine for me. Just have the em dash ready to copy-paste whenever you need it.

This is better for me personally than using a custom keyboard layout, but that is because I use all sorts of unusual characters throughout the day, among which the em dash is only one; so I always have the character map open anyway.

I never have a character map open, and am more given to copying and pasting scraps of text rather than individual characters, which I copy and paste out of my word processor as I need them (and I don't need them often).

Shm Jay · Post by **Shm Jay** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:54 pm

Sir Rei wrote:My "giving" out of cake is NOT a reason to call me a cunt.

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:17 am

Seriously, kids! This is a quote thread, not a discussion thread.

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:59 am

jmcd · Post by **jmcd** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:45 pm

Tarasoriku wrote:Seriously I'm sure this is a disservice to Netherlanders everywhere. I have an attractive Dutch friend. She does not have perpendicular ears, an inbred smile, or crossed eyes that peer into your soul.

In response to the photos on the homepage of this website:
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/

Arzena · Post by **Arzena** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:23 am

Xhin wrote:There could also be a non-phallic person-number prefix for transitive verbs or when the penis wasn't either subject or object. These would be 1st person singular (go fuck yourself), 2nd person singular (fuck you), 3rd person plural (fuck it all), and everything else.

Tarasoriku · Post by **Tarasoriku** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:56 am

Because it wasn't winding up anyplace else:

Salmoneus wrote:Analogous Eddy: "But how can Germans possibly believe that an elephant has seven letters and always has a capital? I mean, how could an elephant possibly have letters? And the Germans say that elephants have three letters, not including the capital, that stick up above the others, and one that drops down below the others - well, I mean! Wouldn't the 'p' get caught on the ground?"

LinguistCat · Post by **LinguistCat** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:30 pm

From the pics thread:

Catscratch wrote:
Qwynegold wrote: OMG I thought he looked like a gay-bashing trucker from the South.
Oh, yes, I'm a gay Nazi truck driver from the South who can't get enough of a Jewish slapstick comedy trio, conlangs, and surfs in his spare time. SIEG HEEEEYYYY!

bulbaquil · Post by **bulbaquil** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:21 pm

From Bryan's thread about a dream he had involving Chomsky announcing his own death

gsandi wrote:Oh, Chomsky will live forever.

It goes like this: in a truly transformational view of the universe, there will always be a Noam Chomsky at the underlying level, it's just that (once physically dead) he will have zero realization.

Aurora Rossa · Post by **Aurora Rossa** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:34 pm

Then there is life after death after all, we just aren't around to experience it.

Xonen · Post by **Xonen** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:17 am

Anguipes wrote:Something I've noticed about this board is that many of its posters can't spot a troll post even if it dances naked in front of them with "I R OBVIOUS TROLL" tattooed on its penis.

dunomapuka · Post by **dunomapuka** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:43 pm

Dewrad wrote:On the other hand, weirdly, I can still remember the phone number of the house where I grew up: I think this is something to do with my mother drilling it into me just in case I ever got abducted by a paedophile ring (what the hell did she expect here? That they'd let me make a few final phone calls? "Hi mum, I've been snatched by nonces but I'm having a great time, miss you loads!").

Xephyr · Post by **Xephyr** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:30 pm

From the.. one thread about.. something.

The first bold is Torco's. The second is mine.

Torco wrote:
Prmysl wrote: The Pensar on the other hand are chalcolithic. I'm not sure what numbers you could really write about them other than birth and mortality rates.
Why do everyone think that premodern societies are simple and boring?? copper-age guys did more than get their women pregnant and die, you know. There was an economy, markets, shifting commodity prices, inflation, and everything. Of course they all behave differently, but only because there's no such info on real cultures' historical figures doesn't mean they can't exist!

Torco · Post by **Torco** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:32 pm

Fmra wrote:
Nort wrote:So you can't mark mood on an intransitive verb?
You're not allowed to have an opinion on things you do to yourself.

*yeah, I know reflexive isn't the same as intransitive, but still I found it funny

Dewrad · Post by **Dewrad** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:26 pm

Without even the barest hint of irony, Viktor77 wrote:You're all trying to compare me to Jack from Will & Grace, which is not an accurate comparison.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:00 am

Amuere wrote:
Pthug wrote:LATIN, HE SAID LATIN FUCKING READ
No need to be rude, bro. At least he's trying to help me, not just using up space with nonproductive posts like you.

A quote I was waiting for. Pure badassness. (Bold is mine)

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:42 pm

Dewrad wrote:For the sake of argument, what would this hypothetical boy be wishing to achieve with his bitching about this being discrimination (regardless of whether it is or it isn't; if we're accepting the premise of this "boy", let us also accept the premise that said hypothetical boy really thinks it is discrimination and might, for the sake of argument, make a hypothetical post on some notional message board in order to receive confirmation that his putative premise is in fact correct and thereby giving validation to some putative sense of self-righteousness, all of which implying that the hypothetical boy is, for the sake of the supposition unlikely to ever get hypothetically laid due to being a conjecturally whiny bitch)?

Yes the whole thing. All you need to know about the context is VampireShark.