Author Topic: A divided America (Read 11646 times)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #120 on:** June 06, 2013, 11:20:31 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on June 06, 2013, 09:51:57 PM

They're pill bugs. What the hell is a roly poly? Do you name everything like some kind of derpy child's description? Are you Australians or something?

We don't call them roly polys either, stop dragging our name through the mud

nudemacusers · « **Reply #121 on:** June 06, 2013, 11:33:19 PM »

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Shadow Mod · « **Reply #122 on:** June 06, 2013, 11:41:22 PM »

Quote from: macuser3of5 on June 06, 2013, 11:33:19 PM

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Nope.

Potato bug.

Roly poly/pill bug.

People saying potato bug are wrong.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #123 on:** June 06, 2013, 11:44:37 PM »

leper pls

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #124 on:** June 06, 2013, 11:55:05 PM »

The most shocking thing so far in this thread is that pill bugs are actually terrestrial crustaceans.

etiolate · « **Reply #125 on:** June 07, 2013, 12:07:51 AM »

Quote from: macuser3of5 on June 06, 2013, 11:44:37 PM

leper pls

Tasty · « **Reply #126 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:26:26 AM »

Where the fuck is "grinder"? Goddamn biases against the best coast/region.

PS- It's "soda."

Tasty · « **Reply #127 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:31:34 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 06, 2013, 03:21:48 PM

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I have literally never heard of them being called "tennis shoes."

Wow. The coke/soda/pop thing I was aware of but come on. Wow.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #128 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:53:31 AM »

Quote from: JayDubya on June 06, 2013, 10:22:39 PM

Dr. Pepper is a type of coke (it's like saying "googling" when you mean to use a search engine)

When someone tells me to google something, I fucking google it. I can't remember the last time I used a non-google search engine.

Genericized trademarks seem to make more sense when there's little to differentiate the different brands--in other words, they're all fucking generic. Kleenex? Band Aid? Q-Tip? Zipper? Frisbee? Kitty Litter? Vaseline? If there is a difference between Vaseline and other petroleum jelly, I don't know what it is, and I don't care.

On the other hand, most North Americans can taste the subtle difference between Coke and Pepsi, let alone the vast difference between coke and 7up.

Beezy · « **Reply #129 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:59:22 AM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on June 06, 2013, 04:08:18 PM

Quote from: etiolate on June 06, 2013, 04:05:08 PM
What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.

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Pretty sure it's a Bronx thing

Wtf. It's not.

Btw, it's soda. Coke is okay I guess. Even soda pop works. But "pop"? Just pop? What's wrong with you?

Tasty · « **Reply #130 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:38:16 AM »

Quote from: JayDubya on June 07, 2013, 02:16:44 AM

That's fair; but you could use Yahoo or Bing or whatever...

Tasty · « **Reply #131 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:45:09 AM »

I "understand" pop. I know the phrase "soda pop." "Pop" makes sense to me even though it's clearly inferior. It's "coke" I don't understand. I doubt even 50% of soda sales are made by Coca-Cola, or are colas. "Genericfying" a word only works when that brand clearly has a lead in the market for a long time.

Momo · « **Reply #132 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:56:25 AM »

tangentially related

Tasty · « **Reply #133 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:57:33 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on June 07, 2013, 02:54:31 AM

my understanding is that in the south, coke did for a very long time.

Ever stuck in the past...

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #134 on:** June 07, 2013, 03:33:10 AM »

What will you have to drink.

Do you have coke.

No but is pepsi okay.

Rufus · « **Reply #135 on:** June 07, 2013, 04:57:53 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 06, 2013, 11:55:05 PM

The most shocking thing so far in this thread is that pill bugs are actually terrestrial crustaceans.

Yeah, they're all arthropods. By which I mean insects and all other bugs. Lobster, shrimp and crabs are basically sea bugs. Disgusting creatures.

Mandark · « **Reply #136 on:** June 07, 2013, 06:02:42 AM »

No map for Sharpshooter vs. Scorpion Deathlock.

Mandark · « **Reply #137 on:** June 07, 2013, 07:05:17 AM »

I think the shift would occur a lot closer to the Mason-Dixon line, at least along the east coast.

Tasty · « **Reply #138 on:** June 07, 2013, 10:41:12 AM »

What's this about? Gay porn?

Oh, wrestling, same thing.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #139 on:** June 07, 2013, 03:47:57 PM »

Grinder is popular in Utah

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #140 on:** June 07, 2013, 03:55:34 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on June 07, 2013, 03:47:57 PM

Grinder is popular in Utah

grind 'er? I grind 'em all.

Himu · « **Reply #141 on:** June 07, 2013, 04:10:52 PM »

Sharpshooter, no contest.

chronovore · « **Reply #142 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:53:55 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on June 06, 2013, 03:15:13 PM

Interesting that the Cascade mountain range is the dividing line for Potato Bug and Roly Poly in the Republic of Cascadia.

Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 06, 2013, 03:14:37 PM
It blows my mind that the rest of the country doesn't have a word for sunshowers.

We just call it rain.

I like how you pretend there's a time that the sun shines in Washington.

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