The boater Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The dumb-it down mentality is even more prevalent in the military. Prevalent is putting it gentle... :P More often than not I have dumb down what I say in order to get the point across to superiors, peers, and subordinates alike... On top of throwing in expletives at every pause to keep their attention beyond a single sentence. It's both hilarious and depressing at the same time. -the boater Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The dumb-it down mentality is even more prevalent in the military. Prevalent is putting it gentle... :P More often than not I have dumb down what I say in order to get the point across to superiors, peers, and subordinates alike... On top of throwing in expletives at every pause to keep their attention beyond a single sentence. It's both hilarious and depressing at the same time. -the boater When I was originally going into the marines (decided to go to college instead) I learned that the F bomb could be used a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a verb, and a gerund. This coming from a guy who has a an ex-Navy dad... Back OT, does anyone know how GW plastic models of previous FW models hold up definition-wise? I'm just afraid that the new plastic heresy armors will look comical and be pandering to the younger crowd. I don't want to see the pseudo mkIV and IIIs that pop up in the current tactical squads. If this does go through...GW will either win big, or fall hard. I realize that might be a false alternative, but I feel there's a lot riding on the quality of these new kits and how they compare to the FW ones. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Why do Americans say 'could care less' when what you mean is 'couldn't care less'? I've always wondered. Same reason they leave out the u's in colour and honour. They're too lazy to do it properly :P No, we literally mean that we could care less. We cared enough to look at it and judge to not be worth our time. Thus, we could have cared less and just not looked at all. Besides, we're phonetic. That's why we spell gray with an a instead of an e. You weirdos. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 And here I am, stuck in Canada where we go: http://cdn.meme.am/instances/250x250/59193348.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Why do Americans say 'could care less' when what you mean is 'couldn't care less'? I've always wondered.Same reason they leave out the u's in colour and honour. They're too lazy to do it properly :P :ph34r:No, we literally mean that we could care less. We cared enough to look at it and judge to not be worth our time. Thus, we could have cared less and just not looked at all.Besides, we're phonetic. That's why we spell gray with an a instead of an e. You weirdos. ;) Plus the English are such bad cheaters at Scrabble. Adding U's where they don't belong... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Why do Americans say 'could care less' when what you mean is 'couldn't care less'? I've always wondered.Same reason they leave out the u's in colour and honour. They're too lazy to do it properly :P :ph34r:No, we literally mean that we could care less. We cared enough to look at it and judge to not be worth our time. Thus, we could have cared less and just not looked at all.Besides, we're phonetic. That's why we spell gray with an a instead of an e. You weirdos. ;) That still doesn't work because you wouldn't know how much you care about something until you look surely. You look at something to decide how much you care about it. THEN you would say 'I couldnt care less'. Because, you know, you don't care, and you can't care less than not caring... The dumb-it down mentality is even more prevalent in the military. Prevalent is putting it gentle... :P More often than not I have dumb down what I say in order to get the point across to superiors, peers, and subordinates alike... On top of throwing in expletives at every pause to keep their attention beyond a single sentence. It's both hilarious and depressing at the same time. -the boater When I was originally going into the marines (decided to go to college instead) I learned that the F bomb could be used a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a verb, and a gerund. This coming from a guy who has a an ex-Navy dad... Back OT, does anyone know how GW plastic models of previous FW models hold up definition-wise? I'm just afraid that the new plastic heresy armors will look comical and be pandering to the younger crowd. I don't want to see the pseudo mkIV and IIIs that pop up in the current tactical squads. If this does go through...GW will either win big, or fall hard. I realize that might be a false alternative, but I feel there's a lot riding on the quality of these new kits and how they compare to the FW ones. It depends, everything they made in plastic that was originally FW (Valkyrie, Drop Pod, Baneblade, Trygon etc) was generally a direct port over so should keep the same detail pretty much. It's if they make them like the crappy plastic MkIV parts and stuff they do now, then it'll be awful. I'd like to think they have the sense do do them exactly like the FW ones but GW have proved that so wrong before... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomMarine Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I like the mk4 guy in the vanguard kit. I be pissed if their plastic cataphracti are much cheaper as ive put about £200 just into my terminators for my ironhands Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 I really don't like GW attempts at MkIV, especially the helmets. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsovitt Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I would imagine as a starter set meant to tie into the FW range of HH that the various marks of armour would be a match with the legion sets already in production.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 You would hope so but the legion sets were in production before the last lot of SM plastics and they went with the silly GW plastic MkIV parts still. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonstalker Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Back OT, does anyone know how GW plastic models of previous FW models hold up definition-wise? Well, off the top of my head I can think of the Baneblade and Trygon. The former was a completely new model and, IMO, superior in just about every way to the FW Baneblade. The Trygon was closer to a 1:1 in terms of size, look, etc, but the GW version lost significant amounts of detail. With something as simple as marine armor and their current trend of designing their models digitally, I could see us getting the armor fairly intact. If they do any Crusade/Iron armor, the backpacks will be different thought. No way they can do all the undercuts there in plastic. That's probably a large part of why the rumors are pointing us towards these theoretical HH plastics being Maximus plate. It's essentially no different from the marines we already get from GW. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Doesnt mean the sculpts wont be refined for this speshul box. Just chucking in enough bits for 1 man in a box of 5 or 10 is a little bit different to having a box of 5 or 10. Still 2 speculated months to go, lets see what happens Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adra'Melek Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 On Topic, cheaper (assuming they're cheaper) plastic sets would be nice to mix with the resin (which will probably be more detailed) to make it go further. Also, Imperial Fists upgrade packs need legs...perhaps a useful source. Off topic, isn't "could care less" simply an shortened version of "Like I could care less"? Much like the Welsh "Is it?" added to statements is a shortened version of "Is it true?", although people think it's "Isn't it?" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Why do Americans say 'could care less' when what you mean is 'couldn't care less'? I've always wondered.Same reason they leave out the u's in colour and honour. They're too lazy to do it properly :P :ph34r:No, we literally mean that we could care less. We cared enough to look at it and judge to not be worth our time. Thus, we could have cared less and just not looked at all.Besides, we're phonetic. That's why we spell gray with an a instead of an e. You weirdos. ;) That still doesn't work because you wouldn't know how much you care about something until you look surely. You look at something to decide how much you care about it. THEN you would say 'I couldnt care less'. Because, you know, you don't care, and you can't care less than not caring....That's why "could care less" works. Because we could care less. We cared enough to look. We could have not cared at all. Thus, we could care less than we already do. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 But what you mean when you say it is 'I don't care about that' so it doesn't work. It's saying the opposite of what you mean. What's the point in saying 'I could care less'? That doesn't say anything, you could really care about something, or you could only care a little. The only thing it can't mean is that you don't care at all. I don't understand. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3954952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 ......... Does it help if you think of it as "no longer caring"? Because that's what you're looking for. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 But that still isn't what 'could care less' means... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlandMoonGuy Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Sadly, American English is one of the most idiomatic dependent languages in world history. One might wonder if those of us from the US ever literally mean what we say. Kinda like those from the UK saying “sorry” all the time but what they really mean is “please repeat what you just said because you sound like a blathering idiot and I’d rather not call you one in polite company so please rephrase into something comprehensible and we can continue our conversation. There’s also the remote chance that I may have misheard you but regardless, come again?” At least that’s my take on it. Cheers (what does cheers mean again?) -OMG Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 I think we say sorry as in 'sorry I didn't hear that/wasn't listening'. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlandMoonGuy Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I guess my comment was kinda like a joke but not as funny. -Sorry Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I say sorry like "I feel so sorry for your parents. They must be so disappointed in you. And if they aren't, then I feel sorry for your children for having to be raised by you." Then again, it is very well needed considering I deal with mostly not sober individuals. And their sanity is questionable as well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Then again, it is very well needed considering I deal with mostly not sober individuals. And their sanity is questionable as well. Hey! Don't talk about the heresy forum like that!!! :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I generally say sorry when I'm sorry about something. Sometimes I say it sarcasticly. Then I'm not really sorry, I'm just being an arse. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Then again, it is very well needed considering I deal with mostly not sober individuals. And their sanity is questionable as well.Hey! Don't talk about the heresy forum like that!!! :P Thought we were dealing with aussies here, forgot the rest of the forum no es speak the aussie Bogan. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Invictus Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Then again, it is very well needed considering I deal with mostly not sober individuals. And their sanity is questionable as well.Hey! Don't talk about the heresy forum like that!!! Thought we were dealing with aussies here, forgot the rest of the forum no es speak the aussie Bogan. Straya mate! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303518-worrying-rumour/page/7/#findComment-3955372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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