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Title: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 12:45:12 AM
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The signs of New Brunswick's highways and byways aren't exactly done wrong, but they seem to require a cognitive leap of which our American sensibilities, enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs, are incapable. My wife and I found ourselves gazing across a semiotic void, one that necessitated a more elusive process of conversion than miles to kilometers, English to French, or American quarters to Canadian dollars.

apparently, our American friends are confused by some canadian road signs :P

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/07/02/tycolumn/D39RVUckYXCyJRNTOd0sQP/story.html
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: celedhring on July 05, 2015, 02:44:35 AM
I don't find Katy Perry enfeebling at all.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: garbon on July 05, 2015, 03:29:51 AM
Canada does have strange signs.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 05, 2015, 03:54:02 AM
I got a tiny bit stupider watching Katy Perry during the Super Bowl.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 04:34:44 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 05, 2015, 03:54:02 AM
I got a tiny bit stupider watching Katy Perry during the Super Bowl.
but it was worth it? :D
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 05, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 04:34:44 PM
but it was worth it? :D

Bleh.  Thunder thighs don't do much for me.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 04:39:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 05, 2015, 03:29:51 AM
Canada does have strange signs.
nah.  It's just you're enfeebled mind :P
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: lustindarkness on July 05, 2015, 04:44:54 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 05, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 04:34:44 PM
but it was worth it? :D

Bleh.  Thunder thighs don't do much for me.

She has thunder thighs? Maybe I'll to pay attention to her at some point to see for myself.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 05, 2015, 04:59:39 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on July 05, 2015, 04:44:54 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 05, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 04:34:44 PM
but it was worth it? :D

Bleh.  Thunder thighs don't do much for me.

She has thunder thighs? Maybe I'll to pay attention to her at some point to see for myself.
Nope, that's just Yi being Yi.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: lustindarkness on July 05, 2015, 05:12:01 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 05, 2015, 04:59:39 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on July 05, 2015, 04:44:54 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 05, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on July 05, 2015, 04:34:44 PM
but it was worth it? :D

Bleh.  Thunder thighs don't do much for me.

She has thunder thighs? Maybe I'll to pay attention to her at some point to see for myself.
Nope, that's just Yi being Yi.

Good, I can continue to ignore her existence.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 05, 2015, 05:23:06 PM
They are rather solid.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: HVC on July 05, 2015, 05:31:54 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 05, 2015, 05:23:06 PM
They are rather solid.
If there is no gap Yi will not fap.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: sbr on July 05, 2015, 05:39:01 PM
I took one for the team and did some "research", and came to two conclusions.

1.  It is very difficult to find images that go low enough to see Katy Perry's thighs.
2.  I don't know any definition of thunder thighs that would include Katy Perry.

EDIT:

3.  There are not very many SFW pictures of her anywhere.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Razgovory on July 05, 2015, 07:12:02 PM
The moose crossing one easy to figure out and I think I get the jist of the the sleeping person and the egg.  The fiddle head sign, and the sign with the barn and cowboy are inscrutable.  The fish sign is beyond my ability to understand.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Razgovory on July 05, 2015, 11:56:15 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

A Chicken dish you can get in Thunder Bay, Canada.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Tonitrus on July 06, 2015, 03:04:56 AM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

For you, it's the "too fat" part.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: The Brain on July 06, 2015, 03:21:22 AM
Jessie J has nice legs.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Ideologue on July 06, 2015, 03:51:25 AM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

In this context, it means "Admiral Yi has ludicrous, laughable standards and should not be listened to on aesthetic matters, ever."
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Syt on July 06, 2015, 03:52:47 AM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFXskWgW8AAkrmq.jpg)
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: garbon on July 06, 2015, 04:31:48 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 03:52:47 AM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFXskWgW8AAkrmq.jpg)

No that's something different entirely.

I spent my childhood being called thunder thighs by my family. -_-
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: dps on July 06, 2015, 12:37:30 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 05, 2015, 07:12:02 PM
The moose crossing one easy to figure out and I think I get the jist of the the sleeping person and the egg.  The fiddle head sign, and the sign with the barn and cowboy are inscrutable.  The fish sign is beyond my ability to understand.

The fiddlehead sigh would seem to mean, "Warning!  Road becomes death spiral ahead"

Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 01:02:23 PM
Signs in Eastern Canada are weird. 
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: garbon on July 06, 2015, 01:46:12 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 01:02:23 PM
Signs in Eastern Canada are weird. 

You shouldn't have watched so many Katy Perry performances. :console:
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 01:48:20 PM
Watching her has made my brain shrunk to the size of her thigh gap  :(
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:11:13 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 01:48:20 PM
Watching her has made my brain shrunk to the size of her thigh gap  :(

Shrink, not shrunk.

Evidence that it happened?  :P
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 02:13:28 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 06, 2015, 01:46:12 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 01:02:23 PM
Signs in Eastern Canada are weird. 

You shouldn't have watched so many Katy Perry performances. :console:

Reading those signs properly is not worth the sacrifice.

Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:29:58 PM
Ungrammatical sign cost a man his life?  :P

"No swimming alligators" - oh good, there are no alligators swimming here! Must be perfectly safe then.  :D

http://gawker.com/fuck-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 02:45:09 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:11:13 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 01:48:20 PM
Watching her has made my brain shrunk to the size of her thigh gap  :(

Shrink, not shrunk.

Evidence that it happened?  :P

:yes:

:weep:
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 02:52:05 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:29:58 PM
Ungrammatical sign cost a man his life?  :P

"No swimming alligators" - oh good, there are no alligators swimming here! Must be perfectly safe then.  :D

http://gawker.com/fuck-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134 (http://gawker.com/fuck-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134)

Now they are going to have to shoot the alligator. :(
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 02:58:47 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:29:58 PM
Ungrammatical sign cost a man his life?  :P

"No swimming alligators" - oh good, there are no alligators swimming here! Must be perfectly safe then.  :D

http://gawker.com/fuck-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134

It is not entirely clear from the article whether he could read or not.  What is clear is that no one was going to tell him what to do.  LIBERTY!
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 03:09:25 PM
Without freedom the King of England could walk right in here and stop you from swimming in alligator infested waters.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 03:12:26 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 03:09:25 PM
Without freedom the King of England could walk right in here and stop you from swimming in alligator infested waters.

Having a Royal as a lifeguard would require one to work. That would never do.  :D
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: The Brain on July 06, 2015, 03:13:34 PM
I was in the Lifeguards. :)
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 06, 2015, 04:17:43 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

Disproportionately large thighs.  Can be, but don't have to be muscular.

Selma Hayek is a good example IMO.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: lustindarkness on July 06, 2015, 04:30:58 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 06, 2015, 04:17:43 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 05, 2015, 11:29:37 PM
What the hell is thunder thighs?

Disproportionately large thighs.  Can be, but don't have to be muscular.

Selma Hayek is a good example IMO.

Yi, GTFO of this thread, and stay out.  :mad:
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 04:36:35 PM
Quote from: dps on July 06, 2015, 12:37:30 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 05, 2015, 07:12:02 PM
The moose crossing one easy to figure out and I think I get the jist of the the sleeping person and the egg.  The fiddle head sign, and the sign with the barn and cowboy are inscrutable.  The fish sign is beyond my ability to understand.

The fiddlehead sigh would seem to mean, "Warning!  Road becomes death spiral ahead"

Attention: Non-Euclidean Geometry for the next 10 miles.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 04:38:10 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 03:09:25 PM
Without freedom the King of England could walk right in here and stop you from swimming in alligator infested waters.

I imagine Viper feels the same way.  Another example of British colonialism.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 06, 2015, 05:48:22 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 02:58:47 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:29:58 PM
Ungrammatical sign cost a man his life?  :P

"No swimming alligators" - oh good, there are no alligators swimming here! Must be perfectly safe then.  :D

http://gawker.com/fuck-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134

It is not entirely clear from the article whether he could read or not.  What is clear is that no one was going to tell him what to do.  LIBERTY!
I believe I read he was a nuclear physicist.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Tonitrus on July 06, 2015, 05:50:46 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 06, 2015, 05:48:22 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 06, 2015, 02:58:47 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:29:58 PM
Ungrammatical sign cost a man his life?  :P

"No swimming alligators" - oh good, there are no alligators swimming here! Must be perfectly safe then.  :D

http://gawker.com/fuck-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134

It is not entirely clear from the article whether he could read or not.  What is clear is that no one was going to tell him what to do.  LIBERTY!
I believe I read he was a nuclear physicist.

That's just the other end of the stupid->pompous scale.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: viper37 on July 06, 2015, 09:10:10 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 04:38:10 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 03:09:25 PM
Without freedom the King of England could walk right in here and stop you from swimming in alligator infested waters.

I imagine Viper feels the same way.  Another example of British colonialism.
there are no alligators or crocodiles in Quebec :)
Afaik, no Great White ever spotted in the St-Lawrence either.
No deadly spiders.
No deadly snakes.
No deadly insects.

This is paradise, I'm telling you.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 09:27:54 PM
What about bears?
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: lustindarkness on July 06, 2015, 09:59:06 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 09:27:54 PM
What about bears?

They also have thick legs.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: viper37 on July 06, 2015, 10:48:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 06, 2015, 09:27:54 PM
What about bears?
I think they're restricted to Montreal's gay village, but you should ask Grallon to be sure.
Title: Re: Americans enfeebled by reality TV shows and Katy Perry songs
Post by: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 07:34:48 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 06, 2015, 09:10:10 PM
there are no alligators or crocodiles in Quebec :)
Afaik, no Great White ever spotted in the St-Lawrence either.
No deadly spiders.
No deadly snakes.
No deadly insects.

This is paradise, I'm telling you.

Cold places would be wonderful if ice and snow were not such a pain in the ass to deal with.