Did you know:
Sony is an anagram of Snoy, which I don't think is a real word.
Also of Noys, which sounds like a real word.
Also of Yons which I think might be a real word.
Coincidence? I don't think so!
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@lolwhatno
Yes my name is Dan.
No not sorting stuff. It was for people to differentiate me from my best mate Dan. He was more Dodgy than me so became Dodgy Dan (later just Dodge). I was more sorted than him so became Sorted Dan, I removed the spaces myself.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@JohnnyShoulder
Dodge is a cool nickname though, isn't it? (though initially slightly disparaging) You can even get t-shirts from the car company.
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Whereas sorted, though initially complimentary, does seem a bit pretentious when used to describe yourself.
Any other members have any past nicknames/origin stories??
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
With intersecting life spans and a common home state (Ohio) the first man to fly an aeroplane, Orville Wright and the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong could easily have met one another but apparently never did.
@LN78 🤯
You just sent me down a large rabbit hole! 😅
I found that curious and had to spend a little internet research on that nugget. I learned a lot. But yes — although Armstrong was only about 17-18 yr. old when O. Wright died, he was already training in piloting and showing keen interest and aptitude in the field, so it would be plausible that he would have sought out a meeting with one of the fathers of flight. Of course Armstrong would be a complete unknown and a teen at the time and so such a meeting would probably not have been granted. Interesting, indeed.
I also was interested to learn that much of the Wright brothers life was spent fighting lawsuits about their flight invention ideas being used by other companies without compensation. The Wikipedia article mentions that this distraction away from research and development could have contributed to the stagnation of innovation that resulting in European superiority in airplane manufacturing during WWI. So I guess the American penchant for litigation goes back a long time. In fact they surmise that brother Wilbur’s early death at age 45 was largely related to his over exhaustion with excess travel and stress related to all the lawsuits.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@lolwhatno I didn’t even read the removed comment. I was just having some fun off the back of yours. Seriously though, four legs AND four stomachs. It’s wild.
To play Devil’s advocate, I’m pretty sure that Anti-Matter having English as a second language resulted in a little bit of an accident. I’m not certain, as it’s very hard to tell sometimes with him, but I don’t think he actually meant y’know, shagging Pokemon when he said ‘intimate relationship’, the gist I got was more companionship. Again though, it’s always hard to tell with him.
@nessisonett he's had me on ignore for ages now but I must admit I do occasionally log out when I see he's posted on the forum as it's usually various degrees of interesting!! lol
@lolwhatno
And F those peoples for making harmless / normal things into something bloody scary or really negative.
They are really evil peoples and I have zero respect with them.
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