Common Misconceptions

[quote name='javeryh']Irregardless is not a word people!!![/QUOTE]

Also, "conversate." It's CONVERSE.
 
[quote name='musha666']I was gonna post that but I couldnt remember what people said. Irregardless, it was posted anyways;) Whats strange is Firefox doesnt underline it in red as being misspelled. I cant stand when people say that or "I could care less"

"I could care less" makes no sense and isnt what people mean. Usually they want to elaborate on how little they care. If you could care less it means there is room underneath the amount you do care. "I could NOT care less" is what people mean. Meaning you care so little that its not possible for you to care any less.[/quote]

Ever hear that phrase: "same difference"?...that's the one that irks me :whistle2:#

Good stuff to find out though, so far...but I'm still confused on the whole season changing thing!
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I meant how people type, not how they speak.

I mutter, so I'm well aware of the ought to 've (or, in my case, o'tve).[/quote]

Damn kids with their hiphops and underwear hangin' out.

[quote name='Foo228']Ever hear that phrase: "same difference"?...that's the one that irks me :whistle2:#[/quote]

I use that phrase sometimes but in a somehat ironic sense. Technically different but essentially the same.
 
Thinking that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are actually representing black people.

Seriously. Please stop saying that they are our "leaders." They are simply 2 crazy ass attention whores that take everything to the extreme. We did not vote or decided that they would be the spoke men for our race.


Also. That the opinion of 1 single black persons opinion represents all black peoples opinion.



Last one.

That apparently every single black person in the US somehow is related to Africa and likes being referred to as African-American.

No one in my family have ever seen, gone to, plan on going to Africa. Please stop assuming that because my skin is darker that I am somehow linked to Africa. Its fucking annoying.
 
It bothers me when people say/type "I could care less," when what they really mean is "I couldn't care less." :[
 
Common misconception? That some Asians have limited vision due to their slantiness. It's not true. I stood where I believe my friend would not be able to see, and he saw me! I asked him, "You can see me?!" And he said, "Yes, why wouldn't I?"

I stood there agape with surprise while he called me an "asshole" and left me frozen in shock.

Also, it's "per se" not "per say." Get it right, people.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Thinking that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are actually representing black people.

Seriously. Please stop saying that they are our "leaders." They are simply 2 crazy ass attention whores that take everything to the extreme. We did not vote or decided that they would be the spoke men for our race.


Also. That the opinion of 1 single black persons opinion represents all black peoples opinion.



Last one.

That apparently every single black person in the US somehow is related to Africa and likes being referred to as African-American.

No one in my family have ever seen, gone to, plan on going to Africa. Please stop assuming that because my skin is darker that I am somehow linked to Africa. Its fucking annoying.[/quote]

THANK YOU! "African-American" is nothing more than a politically correct term that was most likely coined by someone suffering from white liberal guilt. I have NEVER had a single one of my black friends/coworkers/associates/neighbors (and there are many) try to correct me or asked to be referred to by that term. If they did then I would kindly ask that I be referred to as Caucasian-American, Anglo-American, European-American, take your pick.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Thinking that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are actually representing black people.

Seriously. Please stop saying that they are our "leaders." They are simply 2 crazy ass attention whores that take everything to the extreme. We did not vote or decided that they would be the spoke men for our race.


Also. That the opinion of 1 single black persons opinion represents all black peoples opinion.



Last one.

That apparently every single black person in the US somehow is related to Africa and likes being referred to as African-American.

No one in my family have ever seen, gone to, plan on going to Africa. Please stop assuming that because my skin is darker that I am somehow linked to Africa. Its fucking annoying.[/quote]

Truth. I slowly grew to hate the term African-American, becase really, what the fuck is that.
 
[quote name='Nikadimas']I think the difference between the two is that inflammable is generally a term that is reserved for something that combusts if set on fire or is easily set on fire and flammable is like a general term for items that can be set on fire. Example - My cotton shirt is flammable but the fluid in my lighter is inflammable.[/quote]

Perhaps, but in my dictionary, the first definition for infalmmable is simply "flammable". :cool:

Also, I'm with you on the African-American thing. That's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. When I was growing up I was just black and still consider myself such (technically, I'm brown, but that's neither here nor there). But I dont remember voting on being called African American. I mean really, would my "race" change if I moved to Canada? What a bunch of bullshit!

Some more:
"Hacker" is a term for a malicious computer user. Actually, a hacker was originally someone who just pieced together computer hardware to get the most use out of it. A *cracker* was one who tried to break (crack) into systems for malice or mischief.

While cats are quite agile, they dont *always* land on their feet.

Contrary to popular belief, Chicks really hate :bomb: it when you call them "Broad". (tounge-in-cheek of course)
 
[quote name='javeryh']Just because someone went to law school or med school doesn't mean that he or she knows how to solve every case or cure every ailment. I love when people (usually family members) call me up and are like "I got a ticket can you get me out of it?" or "I'm buying a house can you close it for me?" or we're watching some crime show/movie and I get "is that true?" like any of that shit pertains to my day to day job.[/quote]

This. I'm tired of people asking me that, and I haven't even taken the bar yet.
 
I tought peanut butter was green. I'm color blind. It really hurts when your conception of reality is broken after 13 years of life.
 
My roommate's girlfriend had confused the terms 'the former and the latter' basically her entire life. I don't remember what we were doing, but it went something like this.

"Hey, do you want to watch Lost now, or go eat 1st?"

And she was like... "definitely the former, I'm starving!" I gave her a puzzled look, and asked her if she meant the latter?

And, long story short, she explained to me that the 2nd choice is the former because it was the one most recently given. After a few minutes of trying to discuss with her what was the correct way, she got really mad, and we looked it up online.

[quote name='N1c0_ds']I tought peanut butter was green. I'm color blind. It really hurts when your conception of reality is broken after 13 years of life.[/quote]

My roommate's colorblind too! We were in the kitchen, and there was a jar of peanut butter with no label on it, which he referred to as 'that green stuff.'
 
I've read email where someone used "taken for granite" instead of "taken for granted", and a message board....here?....where someone said "from the gecko" instead of "from the get go".

Also, speaking of email...."emails" isn't a word. You don't ask someone how many "mails" they got from the mailbox, it is how much "mail". "Email" is electronic mail, so the same rules should apply. I got a lot of email.

I should of taken for granite from the gecko that my emails would for all intensive purposes.....someone else finish. My brain stopped me there.
 
[quote name='johnnypark']My roommate's girlfriend had confused the terms 'the former and the latter' basically her entire life. I don't remember what we were doing, but it went something like this.

"Hey, do you want to watch Lost now, or go eat 1st?"

And she was like... "definitely the former, I'm starving!" I gave her a puzzled look, and asked her if she meant the latter?

And, long story short, she explained to me that the 2nd choice is the former because it was the one most recently given. After a few minutes of trying to discuss with her what was the correct way, she got really mad, and we looked it up online.



My roommate's colorblind too! We were in the kitchen, and there was a jar of peanut butter with no label on it, which he referred to as 'that green stuff.'[/quote]

I hope you don't do "what color is that" raids on him. It's truly awful when people point at the sky and ask me what color it is or think I see in black and white.
 
[quote name='johnnypark']My roommate's girlfriend had confused the terms 'the former and the latter' basically her entire life. I don't remember what we were doing, but it went something like this.

"Hey, do you want to watch Lost now, or go eat 1st?"

And she was like... "definitely the former, I'm starving!" I gave her a puzzled look, and asked her if she meant the latter?

And, long story short, she explained to me that the 2nd choice is the former because it was the one most recently given. After a few minutes of trying to discuss with her what was the correct way, she got really mad, and we looked it up online.



My roommate's colorblind too! We were in the kitchen, and there was a jar of peanut butter with no label on it, which he referred to as 'that green stuff.'[/quote]

I always remember it as former first, latter last. I really don't like the phrase though.
 
[quote name='Stoneage']

Also, speaking of email...."emails" isn't a word. You don't ask someone how many "mails" they got from the mailbox, it is how much "mail". "Email" is electronic mail, so the same rules should apply. I got a lot of email.

I should of taken for granite from the gecko that my emails would for all intensive purposes.....someone else finish. My brain stopped me there.[/quote]

Mail is a way to define multiple parcels. So mails obviously is wrong. But email is a self contained item so I wouldn't see what would be wrong about identifying the plural as emails.
 
[quote name='Stoneage']I've read email where someone used "taken for granite" instead of "taken for granted", and a message board....here?....where someone said "from the gecko" instead of "from the get go".

Also, speaking of email...."emails" isn't a word. You don't ask someone how many "mails" they got from the mailbox, it is how much "mail". "Email" is electronic mail, so the same rules should apply. I got a lot of email.

I should of taken for granite from the gecko that my emails would for all intensive purposes.....someone else finish. My brain stopped me there.[/quote]

Bahaha... :lol::applause:
 
Exactly, you don't get "a mail." You get "a letter." However, you do get "an email," and therefore, several "emails."

[quote name='Maklershed']Mail is a way to define multiple parcels. So mails obviously is wrong. But email is a self contained item so I wouldn't see what would be wrong about identifying the plural as emails.[/quote]


I also tend to see a lot of people use dose instead of does. "How dose I find X?" One of the most annoying things ever.
 
[quote name='HotShotX']To elaborate, you can't even drown in quicksand, its density is too great for a human being to sink below their head. At worst, death by quicksand involves being trapped in place until you starve or dehydrate to death.

A common misconception in my field is that aircraft are capable of flight due to a pressure difference above and below a wing. This is wrong, flight is possible due to Newton's Third Law of Motion (Action-Reaction), in that airflow passing over and under a curved airfoil is directed downward, and as a result, an equal force is generated in the opposite direction (i.e. lift).

~HotShotX[/QUOTE]

Bernoulli's Principle is a lie?! That's what I was taught in pilot school, but peoples on the interwebs have gone on to state that Bernoulli doesn't keep me in the air.

I don't know what to think anymore. :whistle2:k
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Thinking that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are actually representing black people.

Seriously. Please stop saying that they are our "leaders." They are simply 2 crazy ass attention whores that take everything to the extreme. We did not vote or decided that they would be the spoke men for our race.


Also. That the opinion of 1 single black persons opinion represents all black peoples opinion.



Last one.

That apparently every single black person in the US somehow is related to Africa and likes being referred to as African-American.

No one in my family have ever seen, gone to, plan on going to Africa. Please stop assuming that because my skin is darker that I am somehow linked to Africa. Its fucking annoying.[/quote]

I understad, but what would you be calle dif not african american? If you are called black thats even worse because all that represents is a color. I think the term african just suggests your heritage. Somewhere down the line a relative of yours came from africa. But its true, since YOU arent from africa what would you call someone like you?

Unrelated -

Some people think The Moon and Stars only come out at night, but they are actually out day and night.
 
Why not American? Whats so offensive about black? I'm white, I don't find being called white offensive. Caucasian is just stupid.

[quote name='Pyramid_Party']I understad, but what would you be calle dif not african american? If you are called black thats even worse because all that represents is a color. I think the term african just suggests your heritage. Somewhere down the line a relative of yours came from africa. But its true, since YOU arent from africa what would you call someone like you?

Unrelated -

Some people think The Moon and Stars only come out at night, but they are actually out day and night.[/quote]
 
A colorblind friend made a really smart ass comment to me one day so I replied with:

I'm gonna one day tie you up in a room with 6 guns.
One gun has no bullet in it.
I'm gonna paint each one a different color.
I'll tell you what color the empty gun is.
I let you pick the gun you think is the right color.
I shoot you with your selection.

He said I win haha.
 
[quote name='necrojustice']A colorblind friend made a really smart ass comment to me one day so I replied with:

I'm gonna one day tie you up in a room with 6 guns.
One gun has no bullet in it.
I'm gonna paint each one a different color.
I'll tell you what color the empty gun is.
I let you pick the gun you think is the right color.
I shoot you with your selection.

He said I win haha.[/quote]

im pretty sure i heard that in a movie once.
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']I hope you don't do "what color is that" raids on him. It's truly awful when people point at the sky and ask me what color it is or think I see in black and white.[/quote]

Nah, most of the time I forget he's colorblind, at least until it comes up.

[quote name='Pyramid_Party']I understad, but what would you be calle dif not african american? If you are called black thats even worse because all that represents is a color. I think the term african just suggests your heritage. Somewhere down the line a relative of yours came from africa. But its true, since YOU arent from africa what would you call someone like you?
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I realize it's not quite the same thing, but I for one don't want to be called "European-American" just because I have some genetic origin there.

I'm going to agree with Kayden - why not American? I kind of feel like separating our population into little ethnic pockets just polarizes us, and emphasizes our differences opposed to what we all have in common as humans and Americans.
 
If you're bald, don't blame it on your father.

It's actually your mother, and only your mother, that posses the hereditary genes for male pattern baldness.


Also, guys can get boob cancer, and sadly it's embarrassment that usually kills men with boob cancer, not the actual disease.
 
It's capisce, not capiche.
Saw capiche on a shirt once and #-o

Also in GTA, on one of the subtitles, they said capiche.
 
I realize it's not quite the same thing, but I for one don't want to be called "European-American" just because I have some genetic origin there.

I'm going to agree with Kayden - why not American? I kind of feel like separating our population into little ethnic pockets just polarizes us, and emphasizes our differences opposed to what we all have in common as humans and Americans.[/quote]


American isnt a race though, its a nationality. Anyone living in America is american, but it has nothing to do with your heritage.
 
[quote name='djkunai']Iron Man isn't made of iron, he's actually a gold titanium alloy.[/quote]

Actually, his latest armor was a pliable crystalline material with a molecular structure that could collimate into super-hard planes upon the application of an electrical field.
 
[quote name='Pyramid_Party']I understad, but what would you be calle dif not african american? If you are called black thats even worse because all that represents is a color. I think the term african just suggests your heritage. Somewhere down the line a relative of yours came from africa. But its true, since YOU arent from africa what would you call someone like you?

Unrelated -

Some people think The Moon and Stars only come out at night, but they are actually out day and night.[/quote]

Ugh! God. Your logic is so god damn flawed that I want to punch a kitten in the face with a puppy. And its the reason why there is so much friction between races. Think about what you say for more than 2 seconds man.

Dont stand there and tell me what represents my culture. Thats exactly why I hate the term. I am not African. I dont care about Africa. In fact there is a 99% chance that you have ever even seen a real African. (You know I guy who was actually born in Africa....which is the ONLY WAY TO BE AFRICAN.)

You dont know what the hell someone culture is by simply looking at them. I am Jamaican. Surprise! Black people can come from place other than Africa. You are actually completely discrediting my entire culture by linking me to a place no one in my family has ever been to...or even seen.


Just because a person is black DOES NOT link them to Africa. Its mind blowing how you can even think that the term African American "suggests my heritage." That would be like calling every white person Finish-American. (From Finland) based solely on the fact that their skin is white. Its impossible that every white person you meet is from Finland. So applying that same logic how in the hell can you think that every black person is from Africa? It simply makes no sense what so ever yet people go along with it like its 2 + 2.


We have broad groups that we call everyone just to clarify. White. Black. Asian. There simply names not colors (what are you even talking here) that define what the person looks like. It covers a large amount of races so you dont have to actually know where someone is from.

Do white people take offense to being called white? No. So why would black people. Please. Think man. Stop guessing and assuming what other races do or think. Thats why there is so much friction.


EDIT: Upon rereading your post. Seriously how old are you? Have you passed geography? Do you not know what there are many places in the world that black people can come from?
 
Ain't is a word. Stop trying to tell me it's not.

Godzilla movies are still being made, which made me happy to hear.

It also surprised me to learn that the Baha Men are from, surprise, the Bahamas. Not really sure why I never figured the correlation between the two until I was told.:whistle2:k
 
[quote name='Predator21281']Ain't is a word. Stop trying to tell me it's not.

Godzilla movies are still being made, which made me happy to hear.

It also surprised me to learn that the Baha Men are from, surprise, the Bahamas. Not really sure why I never figured the correlation between the two until I was told.:whistle2:k[/quote]

Didnt you hear they changed their name to Afra-Men. Since as you know...no black person can come from anywhere other than Africa.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Ugh! God. Your logic is so god damn flawed that I want to punch a kitten in the face with a puppy. And its the reason why there is so much friction between races. Think about what you say for more than 2 seconds man.

Dont stand there and tell me what represents my culture. Thats exactly why I hate the term. I am not African. I dont care about Africa. In fact there is a 99% chance that you have ever even seen a real African. (You know I guy who was actually born in Africa....which is the ONLY WAY TO BE AFRICAN.)

You dont know what the hell someone culture is by simply looking at them. I am Jamaican. Surprise! Black people can come from place other than Africa. You are actually completely discrediting my entire culture by linking me to a place no one in my family has ever been to...or even seen.


Just because a person is black DOES NOT link them to Africa. Its mind blowing how you can even think that the term African American "suggests my heritage." That would be like calling every white person Finish-American. (From Finland) based solely on the fact that their skin is white. Its impossible that every white person you meet is from Finland. So applying that same logic how in the hell can you think that every black person is from Africa? It simply makes no sense what so ever yet people go along with it like its 2 + 2.


We have broad groups that we call everyone just to clarify. White. Black. Asian. There simply names not colors (what are you even talking here) that define what the person looks like. It covers a large amount of races so you dont have to actually know where someone is from.

Do white people take offense to being called white? No. So why would black people. Please. Think man. Stop guessing and assuming what other races do or think. Thats why there is so much friction.


EDIT: Upon rereading your post. Seriously how old are you? Have you passed geography? Do you not know what there are many places in the world that black people can come from?[/quote]

When he meant heritage, I think he meant like, "where did black people come from before they existed in the West Indies" kinda thing. But then again, if he wants to play that card, we're all from Africa.
 
[quote name='c0rnpwn']When he meant heritage, I think he meant like, "where did black people come from before they existed in the West Indies" kinda thing. But then again, if he wants to play that card, we're all from Africa.[/quote]


fuck that, we should all just be labeled Pangaean-American.
 
All race is bullshit. If you really want to generalize someone before you know them, nationality is the best way to go.

For the guy who said " Do you not know the many places where black people can come from". I know one you probably haven't thought of :Asia. Are they Asian or Black? Neither, they're whatever country they come from. Same for some Alaskan Inuit people. It's not that hard.
 
[quote name='VioletArrows']And the misconception thread is now the race thread.[/quote]


And it was such a fun thread. What a waste. :bomb:
 
I dont this its now the race thread. It was only like 4 post.

Although I would like to go back to the OT.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']Killer Whales aren't whales at all they are large dolphins, they get the name Killer Whales because they kill whales[/QUOTE]

True, killer whales (orca if you prefer) are the largest member of the Delphinidae Family, which consist of dolphins, pilot whales, and the like. And they are known to kill and eat whales.

But, there are many that say that dolphins, and porpoises are whales. Many disagree, and there is no clear answer as to whether dolphins/porpoises are or are not whales.

The best answer? They are all cetaceans.
 
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