Your pointless thoughts & observations

I looked up the word "comely," and observed that it's usage has been on the uprise since the turn of the century, which is right around the time Neutral Milk Hotel released an album with the song "Oh Comely".  I've concluded that "comely" has come back in style as a direct result of that song.

See exhibit A below:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=comely&direct_url=t4%3B%2Ccomely%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bcomely%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BComely%3B%2Cc0

Looked up the word "kismet," observed its usage has been on the uprise since 1994, which is the year Magic the Gathering came out with the card "Kismet".  Again, I think there's a connection.

Exhibit B:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=kismet&direct_url=t4%3B%2Ckismet%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BKismet%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bkismet%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKISMET%3B%2Cc0

This is officially my nerdiest watmm post.

i want more zephyr nova word uprise investigation posts

  On 10/21/2018 at 7:54 AM, triachus said:

i want more zephyr nova word uprise investigation posts

make it a ting

  On 10/20/2018 at 11:00 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Looked up the word "kismet," observed its usage has been on the uprise since 1994, which is the year Magic the Gathering came out with the card "Kismet".  Again, I think there's a connection.

 

Exhibit B:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=kismet&direct_url=t4%3B%2Ckismet%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BKismet%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bkismet%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKISMET%3B%2Cc0

 

This is officially my nerdiest watmm post.

According to urban dictionary Kismet was also used in the a star trek episode that aired in 1992 so there's a second subset of nerds that could have possibly had this word injected into their vocabulary. 

The graph really shoots up around 1994 though, does this mean Magic the Gathering has a greater cultural influence than Star Trek or maybe it takes a while for the word to spread?

i suppose you aren't aware that polygraph tests are a crock of shit then. they are basically a more recent incarnation of trial-by-ordeal. in the realm of therapy if anything they could be put to use to measure stress levels to different stimuli. but yea "lie-detector" tests basically just measure nervous stimulation/arousal.

Young woman in coffeeshop: ".... they're Jewish, right? That religion doesn't make sense to me. *chuckles* I don't get it."

I know people who have had to take polygraphs for their jobs. I’ve also heard clenching yo butt is how people cheat them. The wacky world of spies and the spying spies who spy on them.

Polygraph tests fail to recognize complex sets of variables.

They would work if lying was the only thing that raised your heart rate...

  On 10/22/2018 at 8:31 PM, Stickfigger said:

allegedly Beyoncé clenches her butt for minutes and minutes a day - wtf is she preparing for that psychopathic bitch

pelvic muscles. helps to keep everything in check after giving birth. google prolapse if you want to know why. ;)

So if i continue my kegel exercises...

hey yek! hows it hangin?

beginner or expert?

Beginner or expert? I don't want to brag...

  On 10/22/2018 at 9:03 PM, Stickfigger said:

 

  On 10/22/2018 at 4:15 PM, auxien said:

Young woman in coffeeshop: ".... they're Jewish, right? That religion doesn't make sense to me. *chuckles* I don't get it."

Man in coffee shop , "type type type". Looks up at dumb woman, chuckles to himself , looks back down to laptop, "type type type" , *clenches butt*

I mean, yeah. lol

  On 10/21/2018 at 8:12 AM, yek said:

 

  On 10/21/2018 at 7:54 AM, triachus said:

i want more zephyr nova word uprise investigation posts

 

make it a ting

 

"ting" reached an all time usage low in 1999, and it's usage increased only marginally between then and 2008.  The dictionary usage chart unfortunately doesn't go beyond that year, for reasons unknown to me.  This is most unfortunate, as I suspect there has been a major spike in the usage of "ting" since the release of GTA IV and it's highly memorable racist Jamaican stereotype character.  That game was released conveniently the same year this chart stops:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ting&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1818&year_end=2018&corpus=15&smoothing=7&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cting%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bting%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTing%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTING%3B%2Cc0

Interestingly, "poop" usage is the highest its been since the end of WWII, and has been on a steady rise since grunge broke (at least it was in 2008).  This is after the 80's almost wiped it out entirely.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=poop&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cpoop%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bpoop%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BPoop%3B%2Cc0

  On 10/20/2018 at 7:10 AM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 10/20/2018 at 1:15 AM, whosebrian said:

Trader Joe's Crisp Rice Cereal doesn't make much noise.

Man you're lucky to have a Trader Joe's. Chocolate-coated potato chips are one of my favorite treats of all time. We don't have one where I live and it's for a stupid reason.

 

That snack has been discontinued due to poor sales.

  On 10/22/2018 at 11:09 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

  On 10/21/2018 at 8:12 AM, yek said:

 

  On 10/21/2018 at 7:54 AM, triachus said:

i want more zephyr nova word uprise investigation posts

 

make it a ting

 

 

"ting" reached an all time usage low in 1999, and it's usage increased only marginally between then and 2008.  The dictionary usage chart unfortunately doesn't go beyond that year, for reasons unknown to me.  This is most unfortunate, as I suspect there has been a major spike in the usage of "ting" since the release of GTA IV and it's highly memorable racist Jamaican stereotype character.  That game was released conveniently the same year this chart stops:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ting&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1818&year_end=2018&corpus=15&smoothing=7&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cting%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bting%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTing%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTING%3B%2Cc0

 

Interestingly, "poop" usage is the highest its been since the end of WWII, and has been on a steady rise since grunge broke (at least it was in 2008).  This is after the 80's almost wiped it out entirely.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=poop&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cpoop%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bpoop%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BPoop%3B%2Cc0

 

watmm needs a "like" button.

Also, "like" has been on a steady uprise in usage since the mid 70's, long before the facebooks made it infamous.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=like&direct_url=t4%3B%2Clike%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Blike%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BLike%3B%2Cc0

  On 10/23/2018 at 10:14 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

watmm needs a "like" button.

 

 

didn't we have one for a while? in 2013 or 2014

  On 10/22/2018 at 8:21 PM, Candiru said:

I know people who have had to take polygraphs for their jobs. I’ve also heard clenching yo butt is how people cheat them. The wacky world of spies and the spying spies who spy on them.

As always, the solution lies in butts.

hear hear

I bet several 2020 political candidates will roll with some variation of "perfect vision" for their campaign slogans.

Does anyone else lowkey lurk/stalk people's Amazon review accounts?

no lol

you handing stalking a new set of parameters