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Comment Re:Evolution (Score 1) 298

Mainly because Amercians are too stupid to actually get irony.

Hey! It was a Canadian who wrote the most popular song about irony where most of her examples were more tragic or unfortunate than ironic--so the most popular song about irony isn't really about irony at all, which is really quite ironic, don't ya think? Which . . . come to think of it . . . might be what she was trying to accomplish through meta-irony! Boy this is starting to hurt my head. Maybe I am too stupid to understand irony. Oh wait, you weren't talking about Americans, you were talking about Amercians, those people from Amercia. Never mind.

Comment Re:Use phonetic spelling (Score 1) 626

I would argue that the fact that we have homophones in the first place is a bad thing. Ideally: One sound, one spelling, one meaning (except possibly allowing for metaphorical meanings derived from that).

You do realize that by doing so you would kill the pun, thus depriving many people of the only humor they understand.

Comment Re:Use phonetic spelling (Score 1) 626

I like the flexibility of English spelling. It is actually useful. Since there are many ways to spell the same sounds, you can spell different words that sound the same differently. That way you don't have to rely on contexts exclusively. For instance: "He went to room number five two." vs "He went to room number five too."

Comment Drone License (Score 1) 162

Eventually you'll have to get a government license to fly a drone. You're drone will give off an encoded signal so it can be identified as legal. The government will have to patrol the skies to enforce this law. Shooting down unlawful drones will be dangerous, so the police will have 'super drones' that chase unlawful drones and capture them. Captured drones will be examined and if their owners are identified they will be given steep fines.

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