What if said insect did this?

 

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EDIT - I put some hide tags in because of the nature of the pictures. I should have realised earlier.

Spiders are not insects, but arachnids.

Arachnids have 8 legs, insects have 6 - to mention the most visible difference from the insect class.

 

I always found the former being interesting because the Scorpion is technically in that same animal class as any spider, but I don't think that necessarily make them related to the spider itself (or perhaps I am wrong on that assumption since I am rusty in my knowledge of how biology works). Also, I think the better term would be "limbs" more than simply putting "legs".

Limbs would be misleading, as arachnids also have a pair of pedipalps and chelicerae that can vary in shape and size. This means that they have up to 12 limbs, depending on how you count them and which you choose to count. :) Scorpions are indeed arachnids aswell, and they have quite a lot in common with spiders.

 

Other visible differences between insects and arachnids; the latter don't have wings nor antennas.

 

Looks NOTHING like an arachnid:

 

 

 

 

OT: I dont like sleeping until past 12PM, its basically hard-wired in, but also I dont have anything to do also. I get bored of games insanely quickly and I cant go for a drive because I'll wake everyone up on the way out/in.

 

Wish my room had a slide door to the outside :<

As an aside, I've read all the cracked zombie articles that I know of. Why a zombie apocalypse is possible, why it would fail, and survival techniques that would get you killed.

 

I also dislike sleeping in, even though I rarely get out of bed until I have to. It really messes with the sleep schedule though.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

On the comments section of news sites where most of the commenters very obviously just read the title of the article before posting their (often very detailed and over-the-top) opinions.

 

This, oh so much. It's more irksome when the news itself airs those opinions and waste my time, not to mention how much it reminds and refreshes how much I loathe discussing certain news topics for that reason. It irritates me more there are news anchors (and I don't have to mention the national ones) that make use of that behavior.

 

OT: Along with highly abused words like "irony", "karma" has been creeping its way up on the ladder too whenever I hear it misinterpreted by certain people I know (mainly with templar-like personalities) as it was solely defined as just punishment or revenge rather than its more neutral meaning.

The inconsistent censorship on school networks. It's easy to accidentally click on the wrong link on imgur.

The inconsistent censorship on school networks. It's easy to accidentally click on the wrong link on imgur.

 

Or when you're trying to do research on a topic in school and half of the links get censored, forcing you to either rely on questionable sources like some off-hand site or Wikipedia. It was downright dreadful when I had to do my final project in High School last year and didn't get the desired score because their asinine censors made it difficult to find what I desired.

 

Speaking of Schools, nothing irked me more than how their focus on "school spirit" sometimes border-lined on being inefficient and harmful with poorly-timed pep rallies, which came on days when I needed to do a certain classes. Add insult to injury with enduring the combination of loud noises, sub-par performances, and many negatives of crowd psychology for an hour (or worse, more) as someone who prefers quiet and level energy. I despise how the events took the time to search out people who weren't "on board" and forcibly got them involved. I could make a few paragraphs when the rants and strife concerns school life.

Or, any 'spirit' in general. In the context of RS, 'the spirit of the game' is an evasive way to say 'our narrow vision that discounts emergent gameplay.'

 

EDIT: Please don't hesitate to write long paragraphs on school related irritations. I'm sure many users here can closely relate.

Or, any 'spirit' in general. In the context of RS, 'the spirit of the game' is an evasive way to say 'our narrow vision that discounts emergent gameplay.'

 

In my High School's case on the definition of 'spirit', 'shut out all sorts of cynicism, pessimism or any sort of introverted behavior that obstructs our unrealistic campaigns'. The more I think about it, 'spirit' can have more harmful and bad uses than good when it gets into the those dreaded territories of over-invested optimism.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

 

Today? Being rung up and asked to do prisoner watch for 10 hours as opposed to my normal public order duty. How about no. :blink:

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

 

Today? Being rung up and asked to do prisoner watch for 10 hours as opposed to my normal public order duty. How about no. :blink:

 

I would personally go for it, but that is because of my fickle nature to cure my boredom with any given opportunity, good or bad. From your perspective, I think it's either the 'prisoner' bit or the 10 hours that turns you off from it.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

 

Today? Being rung up and asked to do prisoner watch for 10 hours as opposed to my normal public order duty. How about no. :blink:

 

I would personally go for it, but that is because of my fickle nature to cure my boredom with any given opportunity, good or bad. From your perspective, I think it's either the 'prisoner' bit or the 10 hours that turns you off from it.

It's the sitting down and doing nothing for 10 hours that turns me off. :mrgreen: I'd much rather be involved in the dealing with the drunken fools than just one annoyance.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

I still maintain that the occasional use of a more complex term, such as when talking about metaethical theories, is permissible.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

 

Today? Being rung up and asked to do prisoner watch for 10 hours as opposed to my normal public order duty. How about no. :blink:

 

I would personally go for it, but that is because of my fickle nature to cure my boredom with any given opportunity, good or bad. From your perspective, I think it's either the 'prisoner' bit or the 10 hours that turns you off from it.

It's the sitting down and doing nothing for 10 hours that turns me off. :mrgreen: I'd much rather be involved in the dealing with the drunken fools than just one annoyance.

 

Then I understand it even more. Sitting down and doing the same thing for ten hours straight without the possibility of anything interesting happen (well, the kind of interesting that is safe) would be murder to someone like me. How much are you getting paid anyway?

Insufficient amounts with threat of redundancy.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

I still maintain that the occasional use of a more complex term, such as when talking about metaethical theories, is permissible.

It's permissible if you know how to use them. If you don't know how to use them, it comes off as pretentious, arrogant, and generally makes the person look like an idiot.

 

Not referring to anyone in particular, of course. Just in general.

The irrational fear of words. Instead of being intimidated by them, perhaps try and read what the content is actually about before offering what would be flawed criticism.

Perhaps appropriate, but sometimes people don't know their audience and use completely redundant words since the majority of people would have to look up a word before understanding it. If that were a talk to a big group, then many simply wouldn't understand it. At least on the internet people can look up words, but it's still an inconvenience. I wouldn't use archaic/unused words frequently on TIF for example, since users would end up skipping my posts or find themselves googling a lot of them.

I still maintain that the occasional use of a more complex term, such as when talking about metaethical theories, is permissible.

It's permissible if you know how to use them. If you don't know how to use them, it comes off as pretentious, arrogant, and generally makes the person look like an idiot.

 

Not referring to anyone in particular, of course. Just in general.

It's obvious that you're disguising the personal criticism aimed at myself as a comment 'in general'. The use of evasive language in general is rather irritating. Given that you're addressing me, here's my brief response - I still maintain that by limiting my vocabulary to terms I understand with absolute certainty, it would still be permissible to use them.

I'm a little annoyed by Assume's wording as well, but I don't think it's really that much of a problem... :-|

 

Btw Assume, I see what you did to the subtitle :^_^:

Oh, and here's the activity in this thread, not including this post.

80 more posts and I can overthrow Dizzle. Challenge accepted.

It's obvious that you're disguising the personal criticism aimed at myself as a comment 'in general'. The use of evasive language in general is rather irritating. Given that you're addressing me, here's my brief response - I still maintain that by limiting my vocabulary to terms I understand with absolute certainty, it would still be permissible to use them.

You just automatically assume I'm talking about you? Wow. You're not that important :rolleyes:

It's obvious that you're disguising the personal criticism aimed at myself as a comment 'in general'. The use of evasive language in general is rather irritating. Given that you're addressing me, here's my brief response - I still maintain that by limiting my vocabulary to terms I understand with absolute certainty, it would still be permissible to use them.

You just automatically assume I'm talking about you? Wow. You're not that important :rolleyes:

It's an inference; you're quoting me and criticising consistently with your previous personal criticisms.

 

You're misusing terms as well - stop it, it just makes you look foolish.

 

I shall edit this for your viewing pleasure

 

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inference [in-fer-uhns, -fruhns]  

 

Main Entry: inference  [in-fer-uhns, -fruhns] Show IPA

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: conclusion, deduction

Synonyms: assumption, conjecture, corollary, guess, hint, interpretation, presumption, reading, reasoning, supposition

 

I'm not the one who looks foolish.

inference [in-fer-uhns, -fruhns]  

 

Main Entry: inference  [in-fer-uhns, -fruhns] Show IPA

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: conclusion, deduction

Synonyms: assumption, conjecture, corollary, guess, hint, interpretation, presumption, reading, reasoning, supposition

 

I'm not the one who looks foolish.

If you're going to base it on synonyms, sure. It's foolish to think that they all mean the same thing - try actually reading the definition for once. No, not just taking a look, I mean actually reading it and processing it through your brain. The difference is similar to the difference between hearing and listening.

 

I like how you're always wearing highly filtered lenses though.

synonym [sin-uh-nim]  

Origin

syn·o·nym   [sin-uh-nim] Show IPA

noun

1. a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad. A dictionary of synonyms and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com is called a thesaurus.

Oh, and since you're going to be a smart-ass, here's the actual definitions of them

 

in·fer·ence/ˈinf(ə)rəns/

Noun:

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

The process of reaching such a conclusion: "order, health, and by inference cleanliness".

 

as·sump·tion/əˈsəm(p)SHən/

Noun:

A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof: "they made certain assumptions about the market".

The action of taking power or responsibility: "the assumption of an active role in regional settlements".

 

To reiterate - try reading for once. It helps.

@Assume_Nothing, Assuming isn't necessarily a bad thing, lol. You do it all the time. Maybe assuming irrationally is bad, but assuming with rationality is still assuming.