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The Writers' Block
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Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:55 pmby Palait
So Alesha Dixon - a singer/talent show judge in the U.K. - has gone on record saying that if she had the power, she would ban meat eating. Are there any issues that already tackle this theme?
Posted:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:36 pmby USS Monitor
Palait wrote:So Alesha Dixon - a singer/talent show judge in the U.K. - has gone on record saying that if she had the power, she would ban meat eating. Are there any issues that already tackle this theme?
Yes, there are issues that ban meat eating.
If you can think of any interesting issues for nations that have banned meat, other than just reversing the ban, those would be welcome.
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Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:42 pmby Candlewhisper Archive
USS Monitor wrote:Palait wrote:So Alesha Dixon - a singer/talent show judge in the U.K. - has gone on record saying that if she had the power, she would ban meat eating. Are there any issues that already tackle this theme?
Yes, there are issues that ban meat eating.
If you can think of any interesting issues for nations that have banned meat, other than just reversing the ban, those would be welcome.
Mate, I've got one in the staff pool, if you want to try editing again.
Meat Market.
Link for those of you without backstage access:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=371867
Posted:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:43 pmby Pogaria
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Naa, I got a whole gang of likeminded pedants and obsessives that call themselves the Editors.
Basically, as soon as we spot someone else who can spend a whole week worrying about where a comma should and should not be used, or whether there is meta-narrative style consistency and preserved internal fiction in a six-word throwaway line... well that person gets gathered onto the team asap!
This isn't exaggeration. We seriously have (polite) arguments about commas.
Having a strong opinion on the serial (Oxford) comma is practically a requirement for being an Issues Editor.
Posted:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:06 pmby Merconitonitopia
Oxford comma always. Negligence of its use is nonsensical, counter-grammatical, and some other presumably truthful negative adjective.
Posted:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:12 pmby Merconitonitopia
hold up... do we have an inflation issue yet? none?
has the idea been discussed at all?
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Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:49 pmby Singapore no2
Merconitonitopia wrote:hold up... do we have an inflation issue yet? none?
has the idea been discussed at all?
Something like that.
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Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:13 pmby Pogaria
Merconitonitopia wrote:Oxford comma always. Negligence of its use is nonsensical, counter-grammatical, and some other presumably truthful negative adjective.
You are both wise and intelligent!
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Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:23 pmby Shwe Tu Colony
So when are we going to have a civil war over the Oxford comma?
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Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:39 amby USS Monitor
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:USS Monitor wrote:Yes, there are issues that ban meat eating.
If you can think of any interesting issues for nations that have banned meat, other than just reversing the ban, those would be welcome.
Mate, I've got one in the staff pool, if you want to try editing again.
Meat Market.
Link for those of you without backstage access:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=371867
I don't want to start any new edits. I have an open one that I need to get back to. The problem is that editing is a lower priority than work, mod business, etc., and it's rare that I have the time and focus to do much with it.
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:39 amby USS Monitor
Pogaria wrote:Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Naa, I got a whole gang of likeminded pedants and obsessives that call themselves the Editors.
Basically, as soon as we spot someone else who can spend a whole week worrying about where a comma should and should not be used, or whether there is meta-narrative style consistency and preserved internal fiction in a six-word throwaway line... well that person gets gathered onto the team asap!
This isn't exaggeration. We seriously have (polite) arguments about commas.
Having a strong opinion on the serial (Oxford) comma is practically a requirement for being an Issues Editor.
Serial Comma Master Race.
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:08 amby Jutsa
I agree, but I'm honestly more neutral about the subject so I'd never be an editor.
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:19 amby Bears Armed
USS Monitor wrote:or about how exhausting and risky it is to be touring all the time and how bad it would hurt the country if anything happened to the band.
Clone them?
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Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:22 amby Trotterdam
Jutsa wrote:I'm honestly more neutral about the subject
You monster!
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Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:35 amby USS Monitor
Bears Armed wrote:USS Monitor wrote:or about how exhausting and risky it is to be touring all the time and how bad it would hurt the country if anything happened to the band.
Clone them?
That's dumb, but it's the kind of dumb that just might work.
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:46 pmby Fauxia
Pogaria wrote:Merconitonitopia wrote:Oxford comma always. Negligence of its use is nonsensical, counter-grammatical, and some other presumably truthful negative adjective.
You are both wise and intelligent!
I think they’re wise, intelligent and grammaticaly correct
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Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:49 pmby Merconitonitopia
Fauxia wrote:Pogaria wrote:You are both wise and intelligent!
I think they’re wise, intelligent and grammaticaly correct
I think you need to shut up, but thank you.
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Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:42 pmby Fauxia
Merconitonitopia wrote:Fauxia wrote:I think they’re wise, intelligent and grammaticaly correct
I think you need to shut up, but thank you.
Why was that answer so mean, angry and abrasive?
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:09 pmby Jutsa
I, for one, find it disgraceful, horrendous and flabbergasting that you have acted in a manor I for one find to be turbulent, dilapidated, and salty.
Jk I just wanted to make both sides of this war angery at me
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Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:46 pmby Shwe Tu Colony
Jutsa wrote:I, for one, find it disgraceful, horrendous and flabbergasting that you have acted in a manor I for one find to be turbulent, dilapidated, and salty.
Jk I just wanted to make both sides of this war angery at me
I don't have a super strong opinion on this conversation (I
prefer Oxford/serial comma & will fix it but I won't become the Cleric Beast in response) but what I do have a strong opinion on is consistency, so right now I am reeeeing in response to your lack of consistency in the usage of serial/Oxford commas. Oh, & the fact that you mixed up manor & manner. That also mildly annoys me.
Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:31 amby Jutsa
All according to plan
except for that manor-manner thing... <:D
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:52 pmby Fauxia
Jutsa wrote:All according to planexcept for that manor-manner thing... <:D
And adding an extra “e” in angry?
I actually use the Oxford comma, I just wanted to make a joke or two
Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:08 pmby Jutsa
that's based on a meme, tbh.
Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:27 pmby Fauxia
Jutsa wrote:that's based on a meme, tbh.
Well, it doesn't seem funny, interesting and cool.
Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:38 pmby Jutsa
welcome to memes