Elephanting Spotify

[lewax00]

Any app that thinks it's important enough to steal focus from the application I'm currently using is immediately uninstalled from my computer if that behavior can't be disabled. I can't stand apps doing that.

[Forogar]

Hear hear!

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[Joan M]

Don't know if this app (grooveshark[^]) is not doing the same, but you could try...

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[Kevin Marois]

I don't understand what you mean when you say "Elephanting Spotify". WTH does that mean? Anyway, what app is doing this?

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

[wizardzz]

You can try last.fm and join a couple of us CPians.

[BobJanova]

'Elephant' has become the CP substitution for a certain word for carnal actions that is deemed non-KSS. You'll also see 'sunshine' which is a replacement for a different rude word.

[RJOberg]

Spotify is the app. An internet music thing.

[Kevin Marois]

Oh oh oh. Now I get it. His OP was "Elephanting Spotify: Stop stealing window focus to pop up an ad for sh***y beer (miller) while I'm typing into Visual Studio. RAAAAAAAAR!" I knew what Elephanting meant, having slowly figured it out over time. So I naturally thought Spotify was another substituion for some app he's using. Didn't realize Spotify WAS the app. Sometimes I come into the lounge, see a posting, and think, "WTH are they talking about???" I felt like I walked into the middle of a conversation.

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

[RJOberg]

Kevin Marois wrote:

Sometimes I come into the lounge, see a posting, and think, "WTH are they talking about???"

Daily occurance for me. I'm used to being completely clueless about things I feel like I should know, being in a relationship trained me for that. ;P

[Kevin Marois]

RJOberg wrote:

being in a relationship trained me for that.

I hear ya

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[QuiJohn]

Thanks, you've saved me the trouble of ever trying Spotify!

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[Shelby Robertson]

I never did catch what sunshine substitutes for.

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

[lewax00]

Generally the various non-KSS nouns, where elephant is used in place of verbs. At least, that's what I've noticed.

[Shelby Robertson]

So the sentence "Spotify is and elephanting piece of sunshine" would be correct?

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

[lewax00]

Of course not, that "and" should be "an" ;P (But yes, otherwise it would, "piece of" can also be optionally omitted.)

[BobJanova]

'Sunshine' comes from a gaffe on the weather forecast here in Britain (I think it was the Scottish one) where the presenter got confused between 'sunshine' and 'countryside'.