Out Of Control 2016-05-11
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Out Of Control 2016-05-11
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Re: Out Of Control 2016-05-11
So, Atsali and Nadette are juniors now right?
And it's a good thing I checked first before posting another thread...
And it's a good thing I checked first before posting another thread...
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I think so. If memory serves, Atsali is 17 as of the last time skip.Opus the Poet wrote:So, Atsali and Nadette are juniors now right?
And it's a good thing I checked first before posting another thread...
Which reminds me, are Devyn or Abby ever going to hit one last growth spurt? Or are they doomed to be 5'1"-ish forever?
For the record, Starfire was around 5'5", 5'6" at age 15 and 16 in the Teen Titans series, but she tops out at 6'4" at 18 or 19 in the comics. So them making it to around 5'5" may still be possible.
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Re: Out Of Control 2016-05-11
There's a finer line than most would think between making out and agressive violence.
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Re: Out Of Control 2016-05-11
Just out of curiosity, is Ellen Vonn's name intended to invoke a connection to the famous Okympic skier? And just what sort of Para is she?
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A snowbird?cmdrpowers wrote:Just out of curiosity, is Ellen Vonn's name intended to invoke a connection to the famous Okympic skier? And just what sort of Para is she?
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Re: Out Of Control 2016-05-11
These comments reveal an interesting dimension to Nadette / Atsali's relationship.
Quite possibly. And if I'm reading Devyn's comment correct, Ellen is a very aggressive bevie. This would make sense: In facing off against and competing with aggressive predats, you'd want to be more aggressive and try to intimidate them. And birds can be VERY aggressive in such things as protecting their nest.cmdrpowers wrote:Just out of curiosity, is Ellen Vonn's name intended to invoke a connection to the famous Okympic skier? And just what sort of Para is she?
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The way I read it, Devyn is implying that it's common for bevies, like Nadette, to create and/or believe tales of predators having a reputation of some sort, making them out to be more dangerous/quick to anger/whatever than they actually are (inciting bevies to use a better-safe-than-sorry attitude when approaching such predators). I'm pretty sure that Ellen is a predator, not a bevie. I could be wrong, of course (that wouldn't be the first time...), but that's how I read it.eee wrote:These comments reveal an interesting dimension to Nadette / Atsali's relationship.
Quite possibly. And if I'm reading Devyn's comment correct, Ellen is a very aggressive bevie. This would make sense: In facing off against and competing with aggressive predats, you'd want to be more aggressive and try to intimidate them. And birds can be VERY aggressive in such things as protecting their nest.cmdrpowers wrote:Just out of curiosity, is Ellen Vonn's name intended to invoke a connection to the famous Okympic skier? And just what sort of Para is she?
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I think that as an ursamorph, Nadette is in-between . . .
Also, not all herbivores are nonaggressive. Witness the Cape buffalo . . .
Ellen, though, is pretty aggressive . . . I'd guess she's a aggressive predator of some kind . . . an active hunter, rather than an ambush or lure predator.
"Hormonal dingdong" . . . that's redundant, they're teenagers.
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Also, not all herbivores are nonaggressive. Witness the Cape buffalo . . .
Ellen, though, is pretty aggressive . . . I'd guess she's a aggressive predator of some kind . . . an active hunter, rather than an ambush or lure predator.
"Hormonal dingdong" . . . that's redundant, they're teenagers.
--FreeFlier
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Abby's expression is pure gold....
You know that light at the end of the tunnel?
Yeah... it's a bullet. Sorry.
Yeah... it's a bullet. Sorry.
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I'm not actually heeerrrre.DilyV wrote:Abby's expression is pure gold....
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Dunno what you mean by that ??? dining dong is 'rapid exchange / fool / bell sound'..FreeFlier wrote: "Hormonal dingdong" . . . that's redundant, they're teenagers.
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and being teens, they are *rampant* with hormones, and the excitement that causes... unless you meant to say. 'thats obvious'... cannot listen to 'serious'....
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Dining dong? Never heard of that...illiad wrote:Dunno what you mean by that ??? dining dong is 'rapid exchange / fool / bell sound'..FreeFlier wrote: "Hormonal dingdong" . . . that's redundant, they're teenagers.
--FreeFlier
and being teens, they are *rampant* with hormones, and the excitement that causes... unless you meant to say. 'thats obvious'... cannot listen to 'serious'....
A dingdong (or ding-dong)is "A silly or foolish person."
Hormonal: "Of or relating to or caused by hormones; " (0r, by extension, "full of hormones", or "whose hormones dictate the behavior")
So yeah, "Hormonal dingdong" is a very apt description of a teenager, and therefore a bit of a redundancy, in this case. Essentially, it's as if Nadette were saying: "You teenagers are such teenagers!"
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Exactly!
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Which is especially amusing in view of who it was singing about boobs and math a bit ago . . .lake_wrangler wrote: . . . So yeah, "Hormonal dingdong" is a very apt description of a teenager, and therefore a bit of a redundancy, in this case. Essentially, it's as if Nadette were saying: "You teenagers are such teenagers!"
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well i have not seen that use of 'redundant' .... To me it means 'not needed' or useless - The meaning 'spare or backup' would only be used in engineering...
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You're saying the same thing twice . . . that's not needed or useless.
--FreeFlier
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If you mean 'hormonal dingdong' you are mistaken... next you will say 'stupid kids' is redundant...FreeFlier wrote:You're saying the same thing twice . . . that's not needed or useless.
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Ah, but "Redundant" can also be defined this way:illiad wrote:The meaning 'spare or backup' would only be used in engineering...
As well as:redundant. (n.d.) WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. (2003-2008). Retrieved May 14 2016 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/redundant wrote:2. redundant - repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
This post was brought to you by the Redundancy Department of Redundancy.redundant. (n.d.) Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary. (2010). Retrieved May 14 2016 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/redundant wrote:1. characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas.
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urrrggghhh.... So, is this some 'Americanism (USAism?)' like why you call a Toilet a 'restroom' ???lake_wrangler wrote:Ah, but "Redundant" can also be defined this way:illiad wrote:The meaning 'spare or backup' would only be used in engineering...
As well as:redundant. (n.d.) WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. (2003-2008). Retrieved May 14 2016 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/redundant wrote:2. redundant - repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
This post was brought to you by the Redundancy Department of Redundancy.redundant. (n.d.) Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary. (2010). Retrieved May 14 2016 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/redundant wrote:1. characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas.
Have a few diagrams!!
(I cannot find "stupid kids are a subset of all kids", but this diagram may fit...