I like "clever" vandalism. Somebody vandalize this thread with something "clever".

That's farking hilarious.

Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

I've seen several people erroneously believe quotes are an intensifier, similar to asterisks. As in;

'She was so *very* drunk'.

they instead use:

'she was so "very" drunk'.

Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

Is this some sort of ironic doom?!??!?

Garnett said he thinks someone disgruntled at the court system might be to blame.

Some mighty fine police work there, Stan.

Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

My question is, what does "Welcome to you are doom" mean?

"I'm quite proud of the work that happens at this center," he told the Camera. "So to suggest on the official sign that it's not justice is not appropriate."

Just because you're proud of it doesn't necessarily mean you should be

veale728: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

My question is, what does "Welcome to you are doom" mean?

i thought it meant i got the job as "doom". . .

if i'm wrong, then i have a shiatload of face paint to get rid of and a bit of explaining to do

"Changes made to building computers' registries suggested an elaborate conspiracy."

What's the actual term for this use of quotation marks?

Ah, Wikipedia knows: "Scare Quotes" (new window)

Scare quotes is a term for a particular use of quotation marks. In this application, quotation marks are placed around a single word or phrase to indicate that the word or phrase does not signify its literal or conventional meaning. In contrast to the nominal typographic purpose of quotation marks, the enclosed word(s) are not necessarily quoted from another source.

There's also "Ironic Quotes". I'm not sure if they're overlapping, one is entirely inclusive inside the other set, or they're just two independent terms for the same thing.

veale728: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

My question is, what does "Welcome to you are doom" mean?


It means, loosely translated, that somebody set up us the bomb.

Well, maybe.

These idiot attorneys can't even reconise the fact that the justice system went tits up years ago as a result of them pushing the envelope. What we have now is a legal system.

Obligatory Link (new window), but in this case the quotes are appropriate.

Schlock: "I'm quite proud of the work that happens at this center," he told the Camera. "So to suggest on the official sign that it's not justice is not appropriate."

Just because you're proud of it doesn't necessarily mean you should be

Also, THIS. You're proud of something, thus nobody else may even question or criticize it? What a pompous ass.

From TFA: Garnett said he thinks someone disgruntled at the court system might be to blame.

I don't know. That sounds REALLY farfetched. Can someone please come up with a hypothesis that's actually plausible? Enough with this kind of whackjob conjecture. :-/

Justice is whatever the men with the guns say it is.

vistar: These idiot attorneys can't even reconise the fact that the justice system went tits up years ago as a result of them pushing the envelope. What we have now is a legal system.

Or in some cases an illegal system!

Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!


Why the devil haven't more "Grammar Nazis" pointed out that it says "you're" when it should say "your"?

LeroyB: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!


Why the devil haven't more "Grammar Nazis" pointed out that it says "you're" when it should say "your"?

No, your wrong!


/Bored and killing time...\
\Hooray for symmetry!  /

It's the Free Republic of Boulder.

The laws of reality don't apply.

//Colorado resident and former student of CU
//Slashies.
//.

Attorney Stan Garnett was less amused when he saw the quotations for the first time Wednesday afternoon.

"I'm quite proud of the work that happens at this center," he told the Camera. "So to suggest on the official sign that it's not justice is not appropriate."

Heh, good one, Garnett.

This smacks of some butthurt hipstery. Just pay your friggin fine and get over your crusade. Meanwhile, the local taxpayers will pay to get your little temper tantrum cleaned up.

Legios: LeroyB: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!


Why the devil haven't more "Grammar Nazis" pointed out that it says "you're" when it should say "your"?

No, your wrong!


/Bored and killing time...\
\Hooray for symmetry!  /


No, yore both wrong.

No, it smacks of the sort of useful protests that this country needs.

It's not some crackhead with as can of spraypaint, pissing on a wall, it was a spoon up the ass of the harrumphing prats that wander that hallowed halls of the court system like rats with a mouthful of cheese.

Bravo.

Every so often people in nice suits and robes need to be reminded they're not god sand it's a job, not a ordainment.

Sim Tree: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!

I've seen several people erroneously believe quotes are an intensifier, similar to asterisks. As in;

'She was so *very* drunk'.

they instead use:

'she was so "very" drunk'.

I had a huge argument with someone over using quotes as intensifiers. No matter how hard I tried to explain that using quotes was going to make what they are trying to say look silly, I was bombarded with "You don't know nothing about modern writing". What could I possibly say to that? When someone pulls out the double negatives, you know you are fighting a loosing battle. So no one listened, and 1000+ copies of a poster were printed (at great expense), distributed all over the city, using valuable volunteer resources. The very next day, the phone started ringing, in re: the bloody quote marks. And the person I tried to talk out of using them turned around and tried to blamed me. The posters had to be collected, no way could they stay up, and again, valuable volunteer time had to be used.

I no longer give my time and energy to that particular agency.

I'd post a pic of the poster, but I can't for obvious reasons. I don't want to embarrass a group of people who generally do good work.

LeroyB: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!


Why the devil haven't more "Grammar Nazis" pointed out that it says "you're" when it should say "your"?

Because you got trololed

Candygram for Mongo: No, yore both wrong.

Too wrongs make a rite.

wobbly knob: Candygram for Mongo: No, yore both wrong.

Too wrongs make a rite.

Two Wongs assembled my kite.

Scare Quotes

ftfa: The sheriff's office will work with the police department to try to find the vandals.

vandals? Because obviously it was more than 1. A crime this heinous requires at least 3 people to commit.
2 Law Enforcement Agencies are devoting resources to locating the "vandals".


True 'justice'

bunner: No, it smacks of the sort of useful protests that this country needs.

It's not some crackhead with as can of spraypaint, pissing on a wall, it was a spoon up the ass of the harrumphing prats that wander that hallowed halls of the court system like rats with a mouthful of cheese.

Bravo.

Every so often people in nice suits and robes need to be reminded they're not god sand it's a job, not a ordainment.

Good point. We should look further into the the case of the individual who did this so the public can decide if justice was served.

Oh wait, we can't because all this person did was wreck some stuff and run away. Is there a real issue going on or does someone just listen to too much RATM? We don't know, do we? Excellent protest! Much change will come of this.

And again, the harrumphing prats aren't going to be the ones paying to clean this up. The aforementioned public will.

For Great Justice!

What a crap photogragher. Horrible picture of the "vandalism" in that article

bugmn99: all this person did was wreck some stuff and run away

Yeah.

The wreckage, the carnage. This will cost millions! Smashed to a bit of shards and rubb...

Oh, wait.

Got any paint thinner and a paper towel? I think it was pretty clever and harmless as protests go.

I highly disapprove of graffiti. Unless it's witty, that is.

My 91 year old downstairs neighbor has a sign in his window that says Open your heart to "Jesus"

Everyday I wonder just who the hell he means by "Jesus"....

Jamieboy: When someone pulls out the double negatives, you know you are fighting a loosing battle.

I'm going to stab you now

Candygram for Mongo: Legios: LeroyB: Barakku: Why the devil is doom in quotes?!


Why the devil haven't more "Grammar Nazis" pointed out that it says "you're" when it should say "your"?

No, your wrong!


/Bored and killing time...\
\Hooray for symmetry!  /


No, yore both wrong.

Urine correct.

http://armchairc.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-20-favorite-tv-characters.html

suspect wanted for questioning

Every so often, when I'm shutting down a windows machine, I'll see an error message that looks something like:

The instruction at "0xb001b1e5" references memory at "0x8675309". The memory could not be "read".

WTF is up with the quotation marks around read?

For all intensive purposes, I think we can say we've gone to far.

Diarrhea Anne Frank: For all intensive purposes, I think we can say we've gone to far.

It's a doggy dog world though, so I expect too be picked apart because "That Is Fark". I need some espresso if I'm going to stay awake. I can't ax myself to do that, though. I have to get too bed.

Diarrhea Anne Frank: Diarrhea Anne Frank: For all intensive purposes, I think we can say we've gone to far.

It's a doggy dog world though, so I expect too be picked apart because "That Is Fark". I need some espresso EXPRESSO if I'm going to stay awake. I can't ax myself to do that, though. I have to get too bed.

/peave

Diarrhea Anne Frank: Diarrhea Anne Frank: For all intensive purposes, I think we can say we've gone to far.

It's a doggy dog world though, so I expect too be picked apart because "That Is Fark". I need some espresso if I'm going to stay awake. I can't ax myself to do that, though. I have to get too bed.

Funny, but you could of done better.

no clever name here just move along: My 91 year old downstairs neighbor has a sign in his window that says Open your heart to "Jesus"

Everyday I wonder just who the hell he means by "Jesus"....

You'd better ask soon.

Jamieboy: "You don't know nothing about modern writing". What could I possibly say to that? When someone pulls out the double negatives, you know you are fighting a loosing battle.

Irony. You has it.

Too "lazy" to hotlink pictures

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