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Malthus

#46185
January 14, 2015, 02:01:30 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 14, 2015, 01:50:30 PM
Maybe it's a test.  If you keep a chubbie after seeing the tattoo, she won't fuck you.

:lol:

An illustration of Morton's Fork in action?  :hmm:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

mongers

#46186
January 14, 2015, 07:06:27 PM
How would you explain the concept of a telegram to a today's young person?  :hmm:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

garbon

#46187
January 14, 2015, 07:08:08 PM
The same that way you would explain any other historical concept?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

CountDeMoney

#46188
January 14, 2015, 07:08:40 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 14, 2015, 07:06:27 PM
How would you explain the concept of a telegram to a today's young person?  :hmm:

Send them one.

http://www.telegramstop.com/

But they would probably just prefer

https://telegram.org/

CountDeMoney

#46189
January 14, 2015, 07:09:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:08:08 PM
The same that way you would explain any other historical concept?

They would just interrupt him then text him, asking him what he wanted to say.

mongers

#46190
January 14, 2015, 07:15:12 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 14, 2015, 07:09:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:08:08 PM
The same that way you would explain any other historical concept?

They would just interrupt him then text him, asking him what he wanted to say.

Yes, I'm more interested in it's cultural place rather than the simple technicalities of how it worked.

Question inspired by a line in a Rainbow song, I thought "hey I never had a relationship that involved a telegram", pivotal or not, unlike in the song.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

garbon

#46191
January 14, 2015, 07:16:05 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 14, 2015, 07:09:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:08:08 PM
The same that way you would explain any other historical concept?

They would just interrupt him then text him, asking him what he wanted to say.

Well sure, if he, like many old people, took 10 centuries to get to the point.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

crazy canuck

#46192
January 14, 2015, 07:16:49 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 14, 2015, 07:15:12 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 14, 2015, 07:09:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:08:08 PM
The same that way you would explain any other historical concept?

They would just interrupt him then text him, asking him what he wanted to say.

Yes, I'm more interested in it's cultural place rather than the simple technicalities of how it worked.

Question inspired by a line in a Rainbow song, I thought "hey I never had a relationship that involved a telegram", pivotal or not, unlike in the song.

If you can explain a letter being delivered by post you can explain a telegram.  Its like a letter only faster.

CountDeMoney

#46193
January 14, 2015, 07:21:24 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:16:05 PM
Well sure, if he, like many old people, took 10 centuries to get to the point.

Appreciate your elders, you ungrateful whippersnapper.

garbon

#46194
January 14, 2015, 07:25:53 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 14, 2015, 07:21:24 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:16:05 PM
Well sure, if he, like many old people, took 10 centuries to get to the point.

Appreciate your elders, you ungrateful whippersnapper.

I don't have to appreciate people like you who just act like they grown. :blurgh:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Caliga

#46196
January 14, 2015, 07:33:54 PM
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CountDeMoney

#46197
January 14, 2015, 07:35:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:25:53 PM
I don't have to appreciate people like you who just act like they grown. :blurgh:

Oh no you di'int just drop it into ghetto mode.

garbon

#46198
January 14, 2015, 07:44:16 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 14, 2015, 07:35:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 14, 2015, 07:25:53 PM
I don't have to appreciate people like you who just act like they grown. :blurgh:

Oh no you di'int just drop it into ghetto mode.

Excuse me? Who are you calling ghetto? Don't you lie on me.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Ideologue

#46199
January 14, 2015, 11:33:39 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 14, 2015, 12:49:14 PM
Tattoo for anime fans (WARNING: NSFW!):

http://images.totalbeauty.com/content/photos/crazy-tattoos-02.jpg

Most offensive tattoo ever? Possibly.  :D

Sad thing is she looked nice otherwise.
Kinemalogue
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