Observation of the day

[robkelk]

Usually, something that has an attribute can be described with the adjective form of the name of that attribute.

But it's stories that don't have pathos that are pathetic.

Linguistic drift can do some funny things.

[Labster]

That's a terrific and awesome point. Or a terrible and awful point. Take your pick.

The worst one for me is "literally". Look at the other intensifiers. "Very" comes from "veritable" meaning "in truth", now just intensifies. "Really" comes from "real", meaning in reality, now just intensifies. Guess what's gonna happen to literally?

[classicdrogn]

The grammar nerds will rise up and smack people with crowbars until they resign themselves to using literally correctly.

[hazard]

Going to happen?

Lab, not only has that already happened, it's also become its own antithesis by also coming to mean 'figuratively'.

[robkelk]

The grammar nerds will rise up and smack people with crowbars until they resign themselves to using literally correctly.

Irregardless of what people who aren't grammar nerds want.

[robkelk]

Today's Observation:

If somebody's going to be rehabilitated, don't they have to have been habilitated first?

[Labster]

Why is it called “dad bod” instead of “father figure”?

[Cobalt Greywalker]

Why is it called “dad bod” instead of “father figure”?

Because the latter is inspirational, and the former is what you get?

[classicdrogn]

Hmm...

(insert philosoraptor here)

? I will be your da~ad bo~od (Oh, baby)
Put your tiny hand in mine (I'd love to)
I will be your preacher, teacher (Very daddy)
Anything you have in mind (It would make me)
I will be your da~ad bo~od (Very happy)
I have had enough of crime (Please let me)
I will be the one who loves you
'Til the end of time (Of time) ?

... no, it doesn't quite seem the same.

edit: appaerently no unicode allowed, so you'll have to add the clef and closing staff via perception filter as well