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I have fond memories of experimenting with circuits, and hence, electrical tape when I was a child. Those were the days... when I didn't have to worry about worrying about trying to actually attempt to understand Calculus III.

[Sqrt2]

This is probably the most random thread I've ever seen posted, on the whole of the internet.

[Glorb]

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I will throw you off a building.

[The Chef]

This is probably the most random thread I've ever seen posted, on the whole of the internet.

How far across the internet have you been?

[BP]

On the contrary, a lot of thought went into the creation of this thread. I was noticing that pretty much all the active threads sucked and wanted to test my theory that people overthink threads when they make them. Why not a simple thread about something we can all relate to?

[ShadowBrain]

Well, either way, just because something's random doesn't mean a lot of thought didn't go into it.

[MaxVance]

It's like when I posted that poll about toilet paper way back then.

[BP]

Well, either way, just because something's random doesn't mean a lot of thought didn't go into it.

What do you think the word random means because I have no idea how what you're saying could make sense

[CrossEyed7]

Well now, here we get to the gist of the situation. If most people call it irony, and understand what you mean when you call it irony, isn't that good enough? Is English based on how words were defined and used hundreds of years ago, or how most people use the words now?

I think it's a mixture of both. English clearly changes over time; the meanings of words evolve as people adapt them to new uses. You can't fight it and expect to win. Society will wash over you like the tide over King Canute. But you also need agreed meanings of most of the words in the language in order to form a basis for that variation; you need words with accepted definitions inherited from the past.

Is "irony" one of the words we should all agree on as having the definition it had centuries ago, or is it one of the words that has been adapted to modern situations and usage, so that it has effectively absorbed a new meaning? My feeling is that if some people keep getting annoyed because everyone around them keeps using a word in the "wrong" way, then they've already lost the battle. I'm not saying if that's a good or a bad thing, just that continuing to get annoyed over it is a waste of time, because the only thing that's going to happen is that it'll become more and more common.

Rather than get more curmudgeonly as I get older, I get more relaxed about things like this that used to annoy me. My pet peeve for a long time was "organic" used to describe food produced without "chemicals" (there's another good one). All food is organic! I used to cry, It's made of carbon compounds! But you know what? When people describe food as "organic", they know what they mean and, despite any indications to the contrary, I know what they mean. So what's the problem here? So I decided not to worry about it any more.

And you know what? I'm a lot happier and more relaxed. Ironic, huh?

[BP]

But the problem is, what do you MEAN when you say "that was ironic?" Don't know, do you? It's like "lol" and it doesn't mean anything anymore.

[Chupperson Weird]

Irony is too advanced a concept for most people to comprehend in the first place. They shouldn't be using the word.

[Lizard Dude]

Well, either way, just because something's random doesn't mean a lot of thought didn't go into it.

Ironically, when something is random it means that absolutely no thought went into it.

[BP]

Which is essentially an impossibility.

[ShadowBrain]

Alright, nevermind, I promise not to wax philosophical again.

[GiftedGirl]

Duct tape has extended the life of many a highschool backpack. I wish they'd stop forcing us to get clear or mesh backpacks. The old backpacks were much more durable. I've had my old Scooby-Doo backpack since the fifth grade and it only started tearing up in the last year or so, despite being in constant use. But that's neither here or there. We're discussing tape, not backpacks or stupid school rules.

Scotch tape is also very useful, especially for wrapping presents, so it comes in at a VERY close second. I mean, you wouldn't wanna give someone a gift wrapped with duct tape, would you? Well, if you're Red Green, maybe... ah well. XD