Quote from: suchmoon on January 31, 2018, 01:20:26 AM

Quote from: nullius on January 30, 2018, 11:34:22 PM

P.S., all the whiners complaining about the merit system ipso facto thus demonstrate that they are incapable of writing meritorious posts, and therefore worthless to the forum. Make good posts, and people will notice. Or shut up.

Some complainers (complainants? complainactingors? nobody knew English could be so complicated) are doing quite well merit-wise so apparently complaining is worth something to someone.

I believe the proper word would be complainant, as used in a court of law. Whereas I used the word whiners by way of dismissing the complaints for lack of merit.

Quote from: Lutpin on January 31, 2018, 01:23:09 AM

Complainers and complainees (like employers and employees)?

I dont know an English word for the receiver of complaints; and I doubt one exists, for he who hears a complainants prayer must be a judge. Thus, you understand my call to be judgmental.

Such measures are of unfortunate necessity; for we are not in the age when Man yet new / No rule but uncorrupted reason knew... / Needless was written law, where none opprest: / The law of Man was written in his breast. (Now, theres an Emblem für immer in der Brust.)

...my call to be judgmentalcase in point, a complaint without merit:

Quote from: coinsniperX on January 31, 2018, 01:32:08 AM

I clearly see that this forum is now taken in "one hands" and this is why I'm disappointed.

It is all a conspiracy against you, personally, because you are a special snowflakeand the universe itself hates you. That is why the universe always disappoints special little you. I suggest that you convert to misotheism.

The complainants motion is DENIED.

The complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

Bye.

Quote from: YuTü.Co.in on January 31, 2018, 02:34:23 AM

+1 sM because I love your command of the English language. I even learnt something.

PS: Due to all the excitement, I'm not sure if that's the first time I doled sM due to actually liking the post's content where most, if not all, of previous sM allocations were gifted for humor et al. purposes.

Aside: There are no asides.

Edit: Reserved for edits.

Calvo turpuis est nihil comato: Practicing my Latin while eating my Reuben in case I ever meetup with CBH again.

Testing my Latin: Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito.

+1 for appreciation of fine English, and for compelling me to haul out a Latin dictionaryhah!

Given your penchant for both languages, mayhap you appreciate my humour over the origins of the word merit juxtaposed against etymologically odd cousins, meretrix and meretricious. Sadly, it may be expected that some will merit merits through the meritorious discipline of soldiers, whereas the meretricious will behave as the lowest class of whores.⁰

The solution to such problems can only be social and cultural: Thus do I call down obloquy on any who seek merits meretriciously and not meritoriously. Is honour so cheap as to be bought? Can respect be begged, and thus beggared? Let it be not so!

P.S.: Being decentralized and uncontrollable, Bitcoinum nullius est.

0. Another etymologically vexatious word; cf. care, charity. Those wise in words also may use nice as a covert insult.