Posts made by Coin

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

@Cupcake As my dog habitually loses her shit and barks at all priests hopefully you'll get better results from yours.

Both your dogs are obviously intelligent.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

@Coin: Dude, not even gonna lie, I'm in it for Alex O'Loughlin and Daniel Dae Kim. And Grace Park. Basically, THE PRETTY.

With their track record, I'm kind of wincing already at the thought that this season they might try to tackle a Black Lives Matter episode. @_@

@Auspice said in Good TV:

I've been avoiding The Strain because I really liked the initial book and I've feared what a show would be like.

This Is Us has been on my list since I saw the trailer months ago. Mind, I don't have any live TV, so I gotta wait.

I'll probably watch The Good Place. Or at least try. I Bell.

The Good Place has too much awkwardness for me. i don't know if I will be able to watch it.

I watched the end of House of Lies yesterday. Loved it.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

I liked The Good Place a lot, and thought Pitch was okay. I'm waiting to see where it goes. Likewise thought MacGuyver was alright (I happen to like Scorpion) and just fits into the niche of CBS action procedurals. Clearly they're hoping to repeat the formula that's working for Hawaii Five-0, but it did very much remind me of Burn Notice.

So far the most surprising show for me has been This Is Us. It's not scifi, not supernatural, not anything amazingly special, just people living their lives, but the craft of the story and the twist at the end of the premier is extremely satisfying.

Oh, god, Hawaii Five-O is so ridiculous. I love how they basically just take all the ethics of fictional cops from the 1980s and early 90s and justify it with permission from the gorvernor. Lololololol.

And then I look at the real world news and I cry, because holy fuck.

The McGyver reboot is just sadly not that interesting. It's like Scorpion. I mean, honestly, once you've watched Burn Notice, a McGyver reboot just seems silly.

I did end up really enjoying the first episode of Lethal Weapon.

DuckClient is this shiznit.

@ArmedCarp said in Good TV:

I've been watching The Strain. Kind of like a vampire/zombie/epidemic thriller. Really fast paced, and easy to watch.

I hate watch this show. It's so bad, omg. I mean if you enjoy it, more power to you, but omg. XD

For me? It's the ability to hit CTRL+F1, which changes all single spaces to %b, and especially CTRL+F2, which changes all carriage returns to %r. That alone makes SimpleMU my choice, especially when I'm storytelling and thus writing larger poses than usual.

@Ghost said in The 100: The Mush:

I'm sorry that I read this thread before morning coffee.

Look, an accurate use of "I'm sorry" in a non-apologetic context.

@Apos said in The 100: The Mush:

@Kestrel I apologize that you found @coin's apology to be insincere.

I'm just genuinely sorry you thought I was apologizing.

I was just being an asshole.

@Kestrel said in The 100: The Mush:

@Coin said in The 100: The Mush:

@Kestrel said in The 100: The Mush:

Slap me, I've never seen so much semantic furore over the particular arrangement of 5-10 words before.

Can we agree that he's an arsehole and move the fuck along?

I think the thing is that while @Misadventure has been known to be a little pedantic and sometimes quite literal and particularly nitpicky, he's never been an asshole. This, too, doesn't qualify him as an asshole to me; just surprisingly dense on this issue, given my experiences.

Well, s/he probably is. Most of us here on MSB are.

But yes, I meant @Zyrus specifically in this case.

P.S.: An ass is a donkey. It is not the same as an arse.

flees

Oh look, I'm so British, I refuse to give up my Rs even though I fucking drop them at every turn with every other word but OH one person spells it 'asshole' and suddenly Rs are SUPER IMPORTANT pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft I was taught RP in my Teacher Training Course you can take your R and shove it up y--

This escalated very quickly.

#sorrynotsorry

@Misadventure said in The 100: The Mush:

I was thinking they meant the original person of the complaint.

... And I'm sorry that I misinterpreted that, if so.

You're still super nitpicky sometimes. So there?

@Kestrel said in The 100: The Mush:

Slap me, I've never seen so much semantic furore over the particular arrangement of 5-10 words before.

Can we agree that he's an arsehole and move the fuck along?

I think the thing is that while @Misadventure has been known to be a little pedantic and sometimes quite literal and particularly nitpicky, he's never been an asshole. This, too, doesn't qualify him as an asshole to me; just surprisingly dense on this issue, given my experiences.

@Misadventure said in The 100: The Mush:

So you are in fact asserting that you cannot ever, EVER, say I am sorry you took it that way without being insincere?

Correct? No other possible meaning or circumstance?

Now you're introducing a colloquial use of a phrase to mean something other than what it literally means.

Many people say, "I'm sorry that [...]," with regards to something that is not on them to apologize for, when what they mean is, "it is unfortunate that [...]". But that's, in my experience, exclusively relegated to the words "I'm sorry". I've never heard of anyone use "apologize" the same way. It's also not an apology; it is at best a sign of empathy and at worst, well... this whole mess, depending on context.

Also, if you are not actually sorry (not in the it is unfortunate but rather in the I regret my actions meaning of the word), then don't pretend it's an apology. It isn't.

At best, it's an admittance of regret that your own words weren't chosen more carefullyto avoid the backlash that you probably feel is undue.

More to the point, most people don't care if you regret how they interpreted it; they care about your actual intent, so a direct apology, instead of an apology about the consequences thereof, is much better and less likely to cause people to see a deflection of blame.

So, actually, yes. Within the context of an apology, don't apologize for other people interpreting what yous aid wrong. Apologize for expressing it inadequately or in a manner that could be misinterpreted. Or don't apologize at all, if you believe you were right and they're being melodramatic or whatever.

(Using the royal 'you', here, obviously.)

@Misadventure said in The 100: The Mush:

Given the history with the person, you can be realistically primed to look for insincerity.

The words used though?

Is there no way to indicate that you said what you meant to say, and what that was was understood differently by the given audience, despite prior audiences understanding what was meant?

I think you can say things to avoid casting or accepting blame and still describe a miscommunication.

To give you my personal perspective, I think you should not apologize for something you don't intend to do again. If I have a turn of phrase that encompasses what I mean in a reasonable way, I'm okay with it. I won't necessarily be changing it in general, though I might in a particular circumstance. I might still express regret that it didn't convey the message to someone.

In the end, if someone can't judge my sincerity correctly after I have stated what I can, and they get hung up on a sentence, I can't do anything more for them.

In this case, whomever dealt with it knows best what was likely the actual intent. Apply this to me, and I won't be considering you a reasonable person to discuss anything difficult with.

If you think what you said does not require an apology, then don't apologize, that's fine. But if you actually look at the phrase, that's not what is happening.

@Zyrus said in The 100: The Mush:

I do apologize that was what it was taken as, just saying that wasn't my intention.

Why is Zyrus apologizing for something he didn't even do? The interpretation is not something he can apologize for, his manner of expressing whatever he said, is. But that's not what he was apologizing for.

It's like saying, "I do apologize you fell down," after you trip someone accidentally. Mother fucker, apologize for tripping me, not for my inability to catch myself adequately.

That's why it's insincere. If he hadn't apologized at all and just said, "This was misinterpreted, it wasn't my intention", people might still think he's a dick, but there would be no reason to call him insincere.

The Librarians is great.

But I totally came here to say Lucifer's second season got off to a neat start.

I notice there has yet to be any response from the OP. I wonder who's running this...

@Derp said in Mundane Super Powers:

@Coin said in Mundane Super Powers:

I can piss off anyone. Anyone.

Apparently my superpower is being immune to his superpower. I think it's cute when he's being all grrface.

I ain't tried to piss you off, and I remember quite a few times where you got all face-rubby in staff chat because of some policy, reaction, or whatever, that I decided off-hand and you disagreed with. Imagine if I had aimed at really digging that in. Just 'cuz I've never pissed you off, doesn't mean I can't. Also, ironically, it's the people who are most neutral about me that are the hardest to piss off. The people that really dislike me and the people who really like me are the easiest, by far, if I'm in a bad, petty mood, and want to lash out.

I've been a lot better about it in the past couple years, though.

I blame my therapist. That bitch is too good at her job.

I can piss off anyone. Anyone.

@HorrorHound said in General Video Game Thread:

@Coin said in General Video Game Thread:

@HorrorHound said in General Video Game Thread:

Also, Paragon anyone? Iggy&Scorch are my jam. Burn the world.

There is so much data provided to the game, I unfortunetly feel it was tailored for serious MOBA gamers and won't be picked up by others who just want a fun arena-game, like Smite (Fafnir is my dude. I will smelt you all.)

I have Paragon, but I haven't played more than maybe three or so matches.

I really preferred Smite (Fafnir, fuckers. Come get some) but I do feel Paragon has a lot of potential.

I have not played Smite.

I honestly kind of just got into League of Legends, and since that's what my friends here play (and playing in the U.S. means 250+ ping for me) I tend to play LoL. I have Paragon and Heroes of the Storm, too, though.

@HorrorHound said in General Video Game Thread:

Also, Paragon anyone? Iggy&Scorch are my jam. Burn the world.

There is so much data provided to the game, I unfortunetly feel it was tailored for serious MOBA gamers and won't be picked up by others who just want a fun arena-game, like Smite (Fafnir is my dude. I will smelt you all.)

I have Paragon, but I haven't played more than maybe three or so matches.