So with gas prices rising......the idiots come out.....

[oldjackbob]

Didn't the Mythbuster's do a whole show on all the Gas Myths 

Funny you should mention those guys...speaking of idiots...

They did one segment about whether cager fuel economy is better when the AC is on and the windows are up, or the AC is off and the windows are down.

Problem is, they were using two different vehicles, driven by two different guys, both of them trying to look and sound really scientific during the whole ordeal (as usual), and they were doing this experiment on a oval/circular course which was too short for the speeds they were driving -- you could hear the tires of both vehicles squealing around every turn.

Really scientific... 

And as usual, they resolutely announced their findings at the end of the segment -- I don't even remember what the hell they concluded, because I was too busy cleaning up all the barf I couldn't contain while trying to watch the whole fiasco.   

And regarding "irregardless"...anyone who is careful to use correct English while speaking knows, without having to look it up, that such a word is meaningless, and further, knows that those who use such words are either uneducated, or simply don't care to use whatever education they have.

Btw, what does the word "orientated" mean, huh? It has nothing to do with "getting your bearings". I'll tell you what it means...it means to be turned to face toward the east. Go ahead, look it up. Have you ever heard the word "disorientated"?  I mean, if idiots use the word "orientated", there must be a word "disorientated", right? What does it mean? Well, if such a word existed, it would mean to be turned to face any direction except east, of course.   

I'm through (not "thru") gagging now.   

[somegirl]

Really scientific... 

Yeah, I find it amusing how they pronounce a myth "busted" based on one negative result.  Just cause they couldn't get something to work.

[NAKID]

About that particular episode of MB, I was pissed too. They concluded that the windows down was the most fuel efficient. Problem is, there were planning on doing the experiment at 65mph, but had to lower it to 55 or 45 because the course was too short for the speeds. Well, 45mph isn't highway speeds! The wind buffeting wasn't present like it would be at true highway speeds...

[ducpainter]

Funny you should mention those guys...speaking of idiots...

They did one segment about whether cager fuel economy is better when the AC is on and the windows are up, or the AC is off and the windows are down.

Problem is, they were using two different vehicles, driven by two different guys, both of them trying to look and sound really scientific during the whole ordeal (as usual), and they were doing this experiment on a oval/circular course which was too short for the speeds they were driving -- you could hear the tires of both vehicles squealing around every turn.

Really scientific... 

And as usual, they resolutely announced their findings at the end of the segment -- I don't even remember what the hell they concluded, because I was too busy cleaning up all the barf I couldn't contain while trying to watch the whole fiasco.   

And regarding "irregardless"...anyone who is careful to use correct English while speaking knows, without having to look it up, that such a word is meaningless, and further, knows that those who use such words are either uneducated, or simply don't care to use whatever education they have.

Btw, what does the word "orientated" mean, huh? It has nothing to do with "getting your bearings". I'll tell you what it means...it means to be turned to face toward the east. Go ahead, look it up. Have you ever heard the word "disorientated"?  I mean, if idiots use the word "orientated", there must be a word "disorientated", right? What does it mean? Well, if such a word existed, it would mean to be turned to face any direction except east, of course.   

I'm through (not "thru") gagging now.   

I'm guessing you didn't appreciate Norm Crosby either....

[Rob Hilding]

The same people who say, "I could care less."

I always answer that comment with, " then by all means, please do so"

Most reactions to my comment are to ignore me

[oldjackbob]

I'm guessing you didn't appreciate Norm Crosby either....

This thread is about idiots. I have no problem with intentional malapropisms, though that's not necessarily my favorite form of humor.

[ducpainter]

This thread is about idiots. I have no problem with intentional malapropisms, though that's not necessarily my favorite form of humor.

...so I guessed incorrectly.   

[krolik]

I say this with all seriousness. Next time someone you don't care about starts prattling on about something stupid, just turn and walk way. Wait until they are midsentence and just leave. Go to the bathroom, get in your car, go to your desk. It is this incredibly liberating feeling when you realize that you have spent hours and hours of your life listening to idiots merely because you were being polite. make the beast with two backs polite. Idiots don't deserve it. Just leave. Without a word just turn your back and start walking away. It feels make the beast with two backsing awesome.  

sac

Sorry, what were you saying?  I had walked away in the middle.

[SacDuc]

Sorry, what were you saying?  I had walked away in the middle.

Thank you krolik, you just illustrated the point.

Also, I wish a plague of locusts on you home.   


sac

[ducatiz]

My favorite kind of idiots too-the ones who'll just spout off anything that's told to them as if it's fact.

You know the type-the ones who'll tell you irregardless isn't a word. Which always amuses me.

I mean how do you know it's not a word? Did you check?


Oh look! It's in the dictionary....along with all the other words.

"make the beast with two backs" is in the dictionary too, it doesn't mean that it's the best usage.

perhaps what they mean is not that it isn't a "word" i.e. a "sonic meme representing an idea" (Wittgenstein) but that it is a nonstandard use of language..

From OED:

—Usage note Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.

In other "words" irregardless is a word in the same class as ain't and shizzle.

To that end, it serves no purpose instructing people on the use of their language.  It is akin to teaching a pig to dance. 

[DucHead]

While "irregardless" is in the dictionary, "regardless" is sufficient.  The origin of the word "irregardless" is a combination of "irrespective" and "regardless," and the prefix "ir-" is unnecessary (much like this post).

[acalles]

Can't help with which words are proper English or not..

But.. as a mechanic. I've had ALL KINDS of people want to do crazy things to there cars to get better mileage, and I've had some crazyer ideas about how to run a car with no fuel.

The latest is these guys with jars of water and electrical components trying to "split" hydrogen from oxygen..  if this was remotely feasible wouldn't the auto manufactures be producing something that does this by now? (and yes I know you can use electrolosys to split them, but its a volume problem, along with it probably taking more amperage to split them, then what the vehicle will produce burning it so you run at a negative)

We've had the "install my magnets" crazys, the grease burning crazys, and one woman, came in, wanted to convert her car to electric, but install a big fan on the roof, so that as she drove forward the fan would spin a generator and power the car!

I said "lady, you'll use more energy pushing the fan threw the air then what it will make" she wanted to argue and insist the wind would help her.. 

[ducatiz]

While "irregardless" is in the dictionary, "regardless" is sufficient.  The origin of the word "irregardless" is a combination of "irrespective" and "regardless," and the prefix "ir-" is unnecessary (much like this post).

he complained about people saying irregardless was not a word.

Irregardless is a word.

So is pranamabooboo.  It is a nonsense word, but it is a word.  I am sure you could use pranamabooboo in a sentence too.  "Grandma always had problem with her pranamabooboo, but grandpa never wanted her to get it removed."

and so on.

[Popeye the Sailor]

he complained about people saying irregardless was not a word.

Irregardless is a word.

So is pranamabooboo.  It is a nonsense word, but it is a word.  I am sure you could use pranamabooboo in a sentence too.  "Grandma always had problem with her pranamabooboo, but grandpa never wanted her to get it removed."

and so on.

Yup. I never said it was a good word. Just that it exists, so stop insisting it doesn't.

I don't get that riled up over idiots, I just have no idea how one can just make up shit and have it be true.

[ducatiz]

Yup. I never said it was a good word. Just that it exists, so stop insisting it doesn't.

I don't get that riled up over idiots, I just have no idea how one can just make up shit and have it be true.

it does exist.  that was my point.  so does flagnanimous and purvadurient.