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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Cavesa » Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:32 am

Q: The age limit for studying
A: Oh, the booksellers are very strict. You are not supposed to study after 25. Enter the wrong parts of a bookstore too old, and this happens:
25-30: they frown at you
30-35: they politely try to return you to the fiction section in your own language
35-40: they start meaningfully playing with large blunt objects
after 40: RUN as fast as your crutches/wheelchair/walker allows!
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby jimmy » Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:35 am

Cavesa wrote:Q: The age limit for studying
A: Oh, the booksellers are very strict. You are not supposed to study after 25. Enter the wrong parts of a bookstore too old, and this happens:
25-30: they frown at you
30-35: they politely try to return you to the fiction section in your own language
35-40: they start meaningfully playing with large blunt objects
after 40: RUN as fast as your crutches/wheelchair/walker allows!


Oh, I am afraid, the title should have probably been something else
like this one: NO LIMITATIONS FOR STUPIDITY!
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Raconteur » Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:25 am

Q: How do governments influence vocabulary choice?
A: By making sure the vocabulary of politicians and talking heads that come on telly each evening is increasingly limited. Scientists predict that, if we continue at this pace, by 2035 public debate will reach "caveman grunts" levels not seen in millennia.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Sae » Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:06 pm

Q. Research on esperanto as a language accelerator
A. Elon Musk comes out as an Esperanto skeptic as it's estimated in 3 to 5 years we will see conlang powered engines in cars, which are more environmentally friendly than the lithium ion batteries used in eletric vehicles and offer far better acceleration & torque. Toki Pona speakers claim greater efficiency but otherwise declined to comment.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Adrianslont » Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:04 am

Correction… How useful?

Let me ask another question: should I say a piss of paper or a shit of paper?
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Sae » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:38 am

Adrianslont wrote:Correction… How useful?

Let me ask another question: should I say a piss of paper or a shit of paper?


I used to have a Romanian colleague who'd say "shit" instead of "sheet", she was 100% self aware and found it hilarious so she didn't stop doing it. "Looking at the spreadshit, what am I gonna do spread shit all over the place".

She was fun.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Cainntear » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:41 am

Sae wrote:Q. Research on esperanto as a language accelerator

A. Research suggests it's more of a clutch. Usefulness therefore varies depending on your country and whether manual or automatic transmission vehicles are considered standard.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Le Baron » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:16 am

Q: Chomsky & AI.

A: Not as good as Abbot & Costello, but better than Cheech & Chong.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Cainntear » Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:18 pm

Chomsky and AI

No contest. Even AI understands that form and meaning are intrinsically linked....
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Le Baron » Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:34 pm

You can call him Al (plays solo on penny whistle).
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