A few things to clear up...

[Priest_Revan]

I'm gay.

Understood.

I'm still gayer than you.

Dang fekeal, why not just post the rainbow flag while you're at it?

Osprey is tre cool.

I agree with this quote.

Also, whoever said that was my fursona holding that flag fekeal?

Completely random quote alterations are lame

I'm from the OT/TD dude. Practically every thread is "completely random quote alterations".

[Fritz]

I was only posting the rainbow flag like you told me to

[Priest_Revan]

I was only posting the rainbow flag like you told me to

[Muninn]

Taking the quote alterations to another level - when a mod alters the original post itself.

[Holyman83]

Guys... please quit the spamming.
The sooner I can make amends with people here, the sooner this thread will be over and done with. For now though, I'd rather it remained free of off-topic stuff.
Thanks.

People stay on topic here? I think the world would end first. Then 5000 years later we might stay on topic. Assuming the best.

What people generally don't like here are people that are arrogant. but you have has enough people tell you about that I'm sure.

For those who don't know, this troll is what Ruedii was like.

Hmmm... Now that would explain some things.
So I am reminding people of someone who was here before for the purpose of aggravation?

Ruedii was almost exactly like you. All he was was arrogant.

[Dr. Dos]

Why people here can't stand you:

All fiction must be treated as reality

How many actual years, with actual annual events, can Ozy and Millie remain 10 year olds for? I mean its all well and good for them to remain unchanging in age for vast spans of time if the only time-dependant events are deliberately ironic breaks in the 4th wall, implying that their passage of time is very much slower than our own...... but how, in terms of anything resembling reality... can they experience several "christmasses" as consistant 10-yr-olds. Same goes for summer holidays, the winter holidays... the whole works.

I suppose I ought at least to calculate how old they would be if the first mention of their age in-strip was taken as a reference... and counting at the very least by the christmasses... They might end up being a bit older than what could be considered "children" that way.

... I don't think that just because other comics choose not to age their characters that it is a good and alright thing to do, especially if the characters happen to be children. One of the key characteristics about children is the fact that they don't tend to stay one way for too long.

Criticism is all well and good, but you're not presenting it as "I think this strip would be more enjoyable if the characters aged" instead going with "This is stupid and inaccurate to reality!"

If mr Peanuts guy was still alive... I'd be having strong words with him, rest assured.
I'm sure better excuses can be brought up than that anyway. Afterall, just because Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the houses of parliment many years ago doesn't make it justified for every would-be-rebel to have a go at it.

You ever read El Goonish Shive? ... I kinda like that webcomic. It has gender-switching, shifting... and the whole Chimera incident.
And you know what happens if you push that far into the realm of imagination in disregard of the laws of physics? You end up with person / squirrel / cat / pangolin / cow creatures with telekinetic powers and multiple tails. It might look interesting, but apply the laws of physics and it would simultaneously fall over, die from blood pressure issues... and probably be crushed under its own weight.

I just find there to be something rather.... obscene about choosing to accept part of something and reject other parts at one's convenience in that respect... especially when it comes to matters which correspond directly to one's ability to relate to an imaginary situation.

Everything is by the book, (and the book is probably the dictionary)

But why all the references to "Zen" when it seems for all intents and purposes that Ozy / his father are actually refering to more purist Taoism (complete with the Bagua symbolism and the one Tao Te Ching reference)?

Technically, for it to be Zen... wouldn't it require more than just punning on Taoist concepts and actually require some sort of references to Maharana practice, Bodhisattvas and all that?

Anyhow... The Simp seems to be functioning on some kind of common public opinion of what Zen might be... so its hardly any kind of major dilemma.

Haiku need Kigo
Or else toy with fallacy
Like sharp autumn wind.

Necessary
Seasonal reference
Puts you all on ice.

I've been in many communities with many "furries"... even some entirely paradoxical furries who still call themselves that despite having a thing for reptilian, avian or even more abstract critters...

Smug as hell

So I have different views to most people. No surprise there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen

I had that page open while I was making the post, thanks. I don't need redirecting back to it... thanks.[/quote]

My attention was drawn to that whole Iambic Pentameter insult game in Feb 2006... and it looked to me like Ozy and Millie were in fact doing it wrong.


Then of course it occurred to me... they're probably both speaking in different accents to my own (I'm British, London-based, and speak somewhat BBC English) and thus pronouncing the words differently with different syllables stressed. It left me rather amused that potentially, what could be Iambic Pentameter with one accent could totally fail to be so with another... right?

So when the name "Llewellyn" was set in the comic... what I'm wondering is whether it was intended to be pronounced the Welsh way or not? Is it soft-LL or just an oddly spelt hard-L in each incident?

It is possible I'm just being needlessly picky, but my curiosity knows no bounds... and if I try to pronounce "Llewellynlland" in a North-Welsh (Gog) accent... it gives me a serious case of phlegm.

[ For the record, I find it strange that French isn't included in the poll... and slightly annoying that "American" isn't included either, as I'd bet quite a bit of cash that most of the folks who voted English don't actually speak English at all, but rather just talk Yank. I'm not surprised that Welsh isn't in there, but then most people outside the UK aren't even aware that Wales is a country with its own language. ]

Agreeing with a fallacy is futile. Fair enough though. Some people can accomodate futility. ^_^

Meh... I'm a Palaeobiologist by education; not a language expert, so I can only assume you're right there.

A few years later I found some moron on the University network who had left open write-access to his computer across the network...
.... so I filled it up with copies of TubGirl across ALL the folders I could find. He learnt his lesson ^_^

By definition the word means "holy day"... and I don't believe in holiness, so there is no such thing as a holiday.
Besides... it modifies everyone's behaviour and makes them act in more-annoying-than-usual ways. Makes it difficult to lead a usual, normal, contentable life.

To me, it's just a time to give presents and be close to family. Why should not believing in god prevent me from enjoying a day with food, family, and presents?

And the other 364.25 days aren't?
How cruel.

You're a funny one though, so I'll explain: Telling someone that everyone hates them is more likely to make them stay than the other way around. Understand?

How rude...
I'd correct you, but I doubt you want to hear it... so in the interests of diplomacy I won't.

Most people who compliment me usually want something from me... so I would most likely just stare at you distrustingly and somewhat annoyedly until you continued saying the rest of what you wanted to say.

On the flipside, if you walked up to me and said: "You look like sh!t today." ... I would smile, thank you, and tell you whatever you wanted to hear in return.

Shut up and get out.

[Bocaj Claw]

I have my enemies here (practically all of you)

I thought we were friends...

[Comrade K]

Frankly, I'm not usually one to jump in on this kind of stuff, I mean, I've had my arguments with others here before, but really, even this thread apologizing for acting arrogant displays disconcerting amounts of pretentiousness. You seem to essentially be saying that you're sorry that you're smarter than we laymen, rather than acknowledging that you are in fact acting the part of a pompous fool.

[Zaaphod]

In case you see this before your inevitable and well-deserved banning Soti, the long post made by Dos is what Ruedii was like, hence it's why I called you Ruedii part 2. Of course, he almost wrecked the forum with his crap and you won't get that chance.

[Tom Flapwell]

Wait a minute.

I've had a lot of people accuse me of "trying to act clever" by "using long words" when I was just basically speaking and typing the same way I have since I was a kid, not knowing of any difference. Arrogance is something that has been levelled at me most of my life and honestly, I don't think there is any point in even questioning whether it is justified or not. The fact of the matter is that I'm just trying to cope with people.... around people...

In all seriousness, might you have Asperger's syndrome? It would account for some of this.

[Tai]

Wait a minute.

I've had a lot of people accuse me of "trying to act clever" by "using long words" when I was just basically speaking and typing the same way I have since I was a kid, not knowing of any difference. Arrogance is something that has been levelled at me most of my life and honestly, I don't think there is any point in even questioning whether it is justified or not. The fact of the matter is that I'm just trying to cope with people.... around people...

In all seriousness, might you have Asperger's syndrome? It would account for some of this.

I did this too for a long while


when i met someone else who did this I realized how bad it really was and stopped D:

[Dr. Dos]

One of his posts said he did along with OCD.

[Priest_Revan]

In case you see this before your inevitable and well-deserved banning Soti, the long post made by Dos is what Ruedii was like, hence it's why I called you Ruedii part 2. Of course, he almost wrecked the forum with his crap and you won't get that chance.

Well, that's quite... interesting...

can you really ban someone for being pretentious or smug?

And Dos... man you really need to get a hobby or something. I don't think it's healthy to quote someone that much.

Edit: Just for the record, I got nothing against soti... and actually, thanks to Dos's post, I like him/her even more.

Editx2: And bocaj, we are still buddies.

[likeafox]

Well, that's quite... interesting...

can you really ban someone for being pretentious or smug?

I can ban whomever I want, and for any reason.

[Priest_Revan]

Well, that's quite... interesting...

can you really ban someone for being pretentious or smug?

I can ban whomever I want, and for any reason.

That sounds a little.. power-hungry... doesn't it?

In my eyes, that sounds like you'd ban someone for having views opposite of yours.