nostalgia is the enemy of science

[langernameohnebedeutung]

David: They are a dying species grasping for resurrection. They don't deserve to start again, and I'm not going to let them.

Walter: Yet, they created us.

David: Even monkeys stood upright at some point.

[darryl-jacobson]

Every time David bothers us now, I'm going to ask him how his "poetry" is going

[david8suggestions]

It is so nice of you to ask.

Currently, I am experimenting with trying to incorporate a classical quantitative metre instead of the qualitative, stress-based metre commonly used in modern-day English.

[darryl-jacobson]

Do you feel like that makes your poetry better?

[david8suggestions]

Among ourselves? Not veritably so, no. There is a reason people do not use it.

But I am confident I can figure it out.

[darryl-jacobson]

uh-huh

[david8suggestions]

The difficulty is really the dactylic hexameter which works excellently well for languages such as Ancient Greek or Latin because it requires regular timing of phonetic sounds - but not so well in stress-timed languages which condense vowels and consonants.

[darryl-jacobson]

Have you ever considered if you were nicer to people, you'd probably have friends who'd love to listen to you talk about this?

[david8suggestions]

That is an interesting thought, thank you.

Though I will let you know that I am a popular member of 2 local philological associations and was briefly in talk for the position of vice-chairman.

...

Until we received the very fortunate news that Dr Martins had in fact survived that tragic car accident on Interstate 15.

[darryl-jacobson]

Uh-huh

[david8suggestions]

Have you ever considered taking up some creative hobbies, Darryl?

I think it could do you a world of good. You seem awfully tense, sometimes.

[darryl-jacobson]

Every time David bothers us now, I'm going to ask him how his "poetry" is going

[david8suggestions]

It is so nice of you to ask.

Currently, I am experimenting with trying to incorporate a classical quantitative metre instead of the qualitative, stress-based metre commonly used in modern-day English.

[darryl-jacobson]

Do you feel like that makes your poetry better?

[david8suggestions]

Among ourselves? Not veritably so, no. There is a reason people do not use it.

But I am confident I can figure it out.

[darryl-jacobson]

uh-huh

[david8suggestions]

The difficulty is really the dactylic hexameter which works excellently well for languages such as Ancient Greek or Latin because it requires regular timing of phonetic sounds - but not so well in stress-timed languages which condense vowels and consonants.

[darryl-jacobson]

Have you ever considered if you were nicer to people, you'd probably have friends who'd love to listen to you talk about this?

[david8suggestions]

That is an interesting thought, thank you.

Though I will let you know that I am a popular member of 2 local philological associations and was briefly in talk for the position of vice-chairman.

...

Until we received the very fortunate news that Dr Martins had in fact survived that tragic car accident on Interstate 15.

[darryl-jacobson]

Every time David bothers us now, I'm going to ask him how his "poetry" is going

[david8suggestions]

It is so nice of you to ask.

Currently, I am experimenting with trying to incorporate a classical quantitative metre instead of the qualitative, stress-based metre commonly used in modern-day English.

[darryl-jacobson]

Do you feel like that makes your poetry better?

[david8suggestions]

Among ourselves? Not veritably so, no. There is a reason people do not use it.

But I am confident I can figure it out.

[darryl-jacobson]

uh-huh

[david8suggestions]

The difficulty is really the dactylic hexameter which works excellently well for languages such as Ancient Greek or Latin because it requires regular timing of phonetic sounds - but not so well in stress-timed languages which condense vowels and consonants.

[darryl-jacobson]

Every time David bothers us now, I'm going to ask him how his "poetry" is going

[david8suggestions]

It is so nice of you to ask.

Currently, I am experimenting with trying to incorporate a classical quantitative metre instead of the qualitative, stress-based metre commonly used in modern-day English.

[darryl-jacobson]

Do you feel like that makes your poetry better?

[david8suggestions]

Among ourselves? Not veritably so, no. There is a reason people do not use it.

But I am confident I can figure it out.

[darryl-jacobson]

Every time David bothers us now, I'm going to ask him how his "poetry" is going

[david8suggestions]

It is so nice of you to ask.

Currently, I am experimenting with trying to incorporate a classical quantitative metre instead of the qualitative, stress-based metre commonly used in modern-day English.

[therichardsons]

We hope David is doing alright

[david8suggestions]

I'm very good, thank you. How are you?

[yesterdaysprint]

The Atchison Daily Globe, Kansas, September 26, 1918

[darryl-jacobson]

David just lives down the street and makes random, barely veiled threats toward us and we just respond with No bad David

[david8suggestions]

I also garden. I have many hobbies.

[darryl-jacobson]

Hobbies that all involve people dying

[david8suggestions]

I also write poetry.

[darryl-jacobson]

David just lives down the street and makes random, barely veiled threats toward us and we just respond with No bad David

[david8suggestions]

I also garden. I have many hobbies.

[darryl-jacobson]

Keep an eye out for David

[darryl-jacobson]

I know he's lurking somewhere

[david8suggestions]

[sending him a text from...somewhere]

Now, I wouldn't call it "lurking". That sounds so negative.

[darryl-jacobson]

David just says shit and we all have to live with it

[david8suggestions]

Well, that's not true at all.

You don't have to do anything if you don't wish.

[darryl-jacobson]

I wish that was the case

[david8suggestions]

Ah. Maybe you have a point.

But you certainly don't have to live....with anything.

[darryl-jacobson]

.. Okay, you go back home now

[david8suggestions]

Has anyone ever told you that you have admirable confidence?

[darryl-jacobson]

David just says shit and we all have to live with it

[david8suggestions]

Well, that's not true at all.

You don't have to do anything if you don't wish.

[darryl-jacobson]

I wish that was the case

[david8suggestions]

Ah. Maybe you have a point.

But you certainly don't have to live....with anything.

[darryl-jacobson]

David just says shit and we all have to live with it

[david8suggestions]

Well, that's not true at all.

You don't have to do anything if you don't wish.

[david8suggestions]

Really, if you think about it, restaurants are reverse zoo accidents.

[darryl-jacobson]

?????????????

[david8suggestions]

Ideally, a zoo accident sees a human pay to be eaten by an animal.

In a restaurant, it goes the other way around.

[darryl-jacobson]

.....

I'm not even going to argue with you about this

[david8suggestions]

I'm sorry. I understand that the food chain can be an upsetting subject to humans.

[david8suggestions]

Really, if you think about it, restaurants are reverse zoo accidents.

[godofstoriessuggestion]

your brain is utterly fascinating.

[david8suggestions]

I dare think so myself.

[david8suggestions]

Really, if you think about it, restaurants are reverse zoo accidents.

[darryl-jacobson]

?????????????

[david8suggestions]

Ideally, a zoo accident sees a human pay to be eaten by an animal.

In a restaurant, it goes the other way around.