Who has met whom

[Sidoh]

Can someone plz PLZ fix the title of this thread so that it is grammatically correct ("Who has met whom")??

I'm not gonna lie.. that'd been bothering me every time I look at the thread.

Muphry's Law!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_Law

Not to be confused with Murphy's law.

Am I crazy or is "that'd" used properly there, but "look" should be "looked"?

The tenses conflict.

[iago]

I disagree. There's a third kind of of person - the one that uses 'whom' incorrectly in order to sound smart. I hate that guy.

The tenses conflict.

Yeah, I meant to type 'that's', and obviously failed.

[Sidoh]

I disagree. There's a third kind of of person - the one that uses 'whom' incorrectly in order to sound smart. I hate that guy.

The tenses conflict.

Yeah, I meant to type 'that's', and obviously failed.

Yeah, seriously. Whom does that?

[MyndFyre]

I disagree. There's a third kind of of person - the one that uses 'whom' incorrectly in order to sound smart. I hate that guy.

You of course meant to say "the one who uses," right?

[Sidoh]

I'll kill you. >:O

[rabbit]

You'll kill whom?

[CrAz3D]

I disagree. There's a third kind of of person - the one that uses 'whom' incorrectly in order to sound smart. I hate that guy.

Agreed. I try to use "whom" correctly, but I'd rather fuck up on the side of "who" instead of just throwing around "whom" to look like I know what I'm talking about.


That said, I was watching Big Bang Theory reruns a while ago and observed Sheldon correct someone about grammar usage. Then he said who instead of (what should've been) whom. oh television.
I like the first 1-2 seasons of Big Bang because it was fairly intelligent. Now it's like most other shows. + shitty canned laughter.

[Sidoh]

I still think it's fairly intelligent. Maybe it's gone downhill a bit.

I noticed a while ago that Sheldon claimed the atomic clock sync tower was in Boulder, CO when it's actually in Fort Collins, CO.

[CrAz3D]

tsk tsk tsk

[Newby]

I still think it's fairly intelligent. Maybe it's gone downhill a bit.

I truly do enjoy that show. I'd like to think it's my physics background that makes me enjoy it, but you don't need much of one to appreciate most of the humor. Sheldon is also one of the greatest TV show characters to grace television. Just saying.

[Blaze]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLQaTcViOA

[deadly7]

I hate BBT. I really really enjoyed season 1, and to a lesser extent season 2. Now it's just every nerd stereotype with a myriad of character inconsistencies (one episode Sheldon will strike a realization, the next he's back to being a wad). Also, Sheldon pisses me off. Cute at first and then just annoying. :\

Modern Family, now that's good comedy.

[Sidoh]

Modern Family is good. I like BBT more.

You let things bother you too much.

[deadly7]

Modern Family is good. I like BBT more.

You let things bother you too much.

When I watch TV/movies for entertainment, I don't try to look for stilted dialogue and caricatures of characters, but they stand out so much in BBT. As far as characters go, there's only so many times I can watch people be living stereotypes before it becomes ludicrous.

[Sidoh]

Modern Family is good. I like BBT more.

You let things bother you too much.

When I watch TV/movies for entertainment, I don't try to look for stilted dialogue and caricatures of characters, but they stand out so much in BBT. As far as characters go, there's only so many times I can watch people be living stereotypes before it becomes ludicrous.

Fair enough. It doesn't bother me, though. This is perhaps because I'm quite convinced that many people like Sheldon (the greats in scientific fields) rarely do a good job of avoiding stereotypes.