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re: Can someone explain to me the whole "germans" thing?
Posted on 11/23/11 at 11:09 am to Putty
Posted on 11/23/11 at 11:09 am to Putty
I would just like to say, thanks for all the info, I think I get it now. I would have never dreamed the most stimulating thread I would create would be on a help topic about Germans. And the fact that my handle is "HugoStiglitz", makes it even better.
Before I posted this question, as an actual German, I was wondering if I should be offended by the use of the term "germans", since it was always seeming being associated with something negative or something to be ashamed of. No possibility of being offended now. Thanks guys!
Before I posted this question, as an actual German, I was wondering if I should be offended by the use of the term "germans", since it was always seeming being associated with something negative or something to be ashamed of. No possibility of being offended now. Thanks guys!
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Posted on 11/23/11 at 2:29 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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No possibility of being offended now.
Oh yea?
Posted on 11/23/11 at 5:03 pm to UnevenElephant3
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No possibility of being offended now.
Oh yea?
:rotflmao:
Posted on 11/25/11 at 9:56 pm to just me
quote:I just came back to this gem. I see that you still have absolutely no support for your position. I'll check it every few days. Whenever you find source that supports your theory, I would be glad to see it.
Fourth, I think Putty has irrefutably refuted your source and methodology for determining the "etymology" of the word "Germans." Good day to you, sir.
Putty, I am well aware of the actual definition of the word "German." This is a thread about it's slang usage on Tigerdroppings. I don't think people are talking about the tribe of people who now inhabit modern Germany. Thanks for that source though.
Posted on 11/25/11 at 10:07 pm to Putty
quote:This is a collection of words, but it has absolutely no meaning.
Your argument has nothing to do with the development of the word "germans," only how you contend it is used as an idiom.
My argument is about the development of the word in this slang context. No literate person could possibly think I was talking about the first use of the word Germans in its formal sense.
Your Zoolander analogy is a strawman and you know it. I can show lots of examples where that phrase is used in the same context that predate Zoolander. You have shown me exactly zero earlier examples of where "Germans" is used in this context. Nor have you shown me any sources that define the terms as you do.
Posted on 11/28/11 at 4:23 am to Putty
Putty.
Pssssst.
Putty.
[whisper]Do you think The King is still checking it every few days?[/whisper]
Pssssst.
Putty.
[whisper]Do you think The King is still checking it every few days?[/whisper]
Posted on 11/28/11 at 8:20 am to Putty
Best what does "germans" mean thread ever!
The Animal House reference never made sense to me because it has nothing to do with germans on here.
The holding back of information by Geobbles does though!
The Animal House reference never made sense to me because it has nothing to do with germans on here.
The holding back of information by Geobbles does though!
Posted on 11/28/11 at 9:48 am to just me
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Seriously?!?!
What a pile of crap!
Could you have come up with a more bullshittier pile of bullshite. I'll give you credit for being creative, but no one in their right mind would buy such a load of pure, unadulterated bullshite!
Dude. Animal House came out over 30 years ago!!
Honestly I've been thinking that it was a reference to Animal House for years.
Posted on 11/28/11 at 9:55 am to Rebelgator
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Just from reading this I get the feeling that you are a douche of epic proportions.
Seriously
Posted on 11/28/11 at 6:28 pm to just me
This thread is gold.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:05 am to Hugo Stiglitz
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thanks guys....I guess I don't get it.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:22 am to Hugo Stiglitz
idiots explained.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 6:34 am to OMLandshark
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quote:
Just from reading this I get the feeling that you are a douche of epic proportions.
Seriously
Do you ever get feeling you are a pair of brown loafers on Oscar night? That maybe you are not on the inside?
Posted on 11/29/11 at 11:19 am to Pectus
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Best what does "germans" mean thread ever!
Yes, but most of you don't know the real reason why it is.
Posted on 11/30/11 at 9:27 am to The King
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Your Zoolander analogy is a strawman and you know it.
whoa, whoa, whoa...I get that you want to retroactively fabricate some significance in respect to the words of Blutarsky (who, by the way had a GPA of 0.0 so I question whether you ought to be giving him any credence at all), but DO NOT, in your blind allegiance to some abstract legacy of fratasticness, demean the contributions of Derek to the lexicon of modern verbiage.
Posted on 11/30/11 at 10:53 am to ByteMe
quote:Because Putty and Just Me are trolling the hell out of this guy in an intellectually stimulating manner.
Yes, but most of you don't know the real reason why it is.
Posted on 12/5/11 at 9:46 pm to The King
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The King
brah, they are just fricking with you
Posted on 12/5/11 at 10:44 pm to OMLandshark
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Honestly I've been thinking that it was a reference to Animal House for years.
I actually started a "what does Germans mean" thread years ago, and the explanation was Animal House..
Posted on 12/6/11 at 6:58 am to Napoleon
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I actually started a "what does Germans mean" thread years ago, and the explanation was Animal House..
Are you serious??? That is beyond crazy...
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