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    Rage
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    One thing I have ( that is somehow related to the "different culture/different strokes" thread below) been wondering : where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ? Is this something cultural, like an idioms of some sort in another language ? Or a bad translation ?

    ~RaGE();

    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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      One thing I have ( that is somehow related to the "different culture/different strokes" thread below) been wondering : where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ? Is this something cultural, like an idioms of some sort in another language ? Or a bad translation ?

      ~RaGE();

      I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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      Rage wrote:

      where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ?

      Morons, mostly.

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        Rage wrote:

        where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ?

        Morons, mostly.

        Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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        Rage
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        I refrained myself from adding "(I do not mean India)"... :~

        ~RaGE();

        I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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          Rage wrote:

          where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ?

          Morons, mostly.

          Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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          What about these lazy "smart" students saying : "This thing is not for me, but I still need this homework done"?

          Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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            One thing I have ( that is somehow related to the "different culture/different strokes" thread below) been wondering : where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ? Is this something cultural, like an idioms of some sort in another language ? Or a bad translation ?

            ~RaGE();

            I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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            Marco Bertschi
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            I personally don't think that it comes from a bad translation - It's a cultural thing. Mind you that there are cultures where one isn't motivated to actually put effort into something they get paid for.

            I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

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              What about these lazy "smart" students saying : "This thing is not for me, but I still need this homework done"?

              Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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              I refer the honourable lady to this post[^]

              Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • R Rage

                One thing I have ( that is somehow related to the "different culture/different strokes" thread below) been wondering : where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ? Is this something cultural, like an idioms of some sort in another language ? Or a bad translation ?

                ~RaGE();

                I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                JimmyRopes
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                Rage wrote:

                where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ?

                America :-D

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                  I refer the honourable lady to this post[^]

                  Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  the honourable lady

                  Oh, you made me blush ;P

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                    I personally don't think that it comes from a bad translation - It's a cultural thing. Mind you that there are cultures where one isn't motivated to actually put effort into something they get paid for.

                    I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

                    How to ask a question

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                    Rage
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                    Marco Bertschi wrote:

                    to actually put effort into something they get paid for

                    This is not exactly what I meant. I wonder why they are all writing URGENNTTTTT and PLLLLZZZZZZZ, instead of "Please help me, this is urgent".

                    ~RaGE();

                    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                      What about these lazy "smart" students saying : "This thing is not for me, but I still need this homework done"?

                      Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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                      These are morons, too - The worst kind of morons since they mostly think that they are the new Steve Jobs. Like the fellow apprentice who has the job to make a C# eLearning and decided to leave object orientation away and present the procedural way (Console apps yelling "Hello World" at you, and stuff like that). When I pointed him towards this lack, and he answered that: - He wanted to keep it easy - Didn't want to use C instead because the Syntax is different ("You have pointers in C") - Object orientation doesn't needs to be understood when learning C# I was hardly able to contain myself - These are future Pros.

                      I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

                      How to ask a question

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                      • R Rage

                        One thing I have ( that is somehow related to the "different culture/different strokes" thread below) been wondering : where does the "PLLLZZZ Urgenttttt" actually come from ? Is this something cultural, like an idioms of some sort in another language ? Or a bad translation ?

                        ~RaGE();

                        I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                        Dave Kreskowiak
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                        The "urgent" part, I was told some time ago, is a cultural thing.

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                          Marco Bertschi wrote:

                          to actually put effort into something they get paid for

                          This is not exactly what I meant. I wonder why they are all writing URGENNTTTTT and PLLLLZZZZZZZ, instead of "Please help me, this is urgent".

                          ~RaGE();

                          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                          Rage wrote:

                          I wonder why they are all writing URGENNTTTTT and PLLLLZZZZZZZ, instead of "Please help me, this is urgent

                          "Please help me, this is urgent" is English. :doh: Do you expect the texting generation will text in English? I think not. :sigh:

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                            Marco Bertschi wrote:

                            to actually put effort into something they get paid for

                            This is not exactly what I meant. I wonder why they are all writing URGENNTTTTT and PLLLLZZZZZZZ, instead of "Please help me, this is urgent".

                            ~RaGE();

                            I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                            Marco Bertschi
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                            Moronity - They don't see that (at least trying to write) proper english on an english site will get them further. But then again, all humans are supposed to learn during their life and so I hope that they will, too. It's not cultural, look at all these poor human beings on Twitter who are shortening and abusing their language (be it english or german or french) to sound 'cool' and tell the world more of what doesn't interest anyone in 140 characters.

                            I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

                            How to ask a question

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                              Rage wrote:

                              I wonder why they are all writing URGENNTTTTT and PLLLLZZZZZZZ, instead of "Please help me, this is urgent

                              "Please help me, this is urgent" is English. :doh: Do you expect the texting generation will text in English? I think not. :sigh:

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                              Marco Bertschi
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                              JimmyRopes wrote:

                              Do you expect the texting generation will text in English? I think not

                              I consider myself as a part of the texting generation, yet I manage to write more or less complete sentences.

                              I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

                              How to ask a question

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                                Moronity - They don't see that (at least trying to write) proper english on an english site will get them further. But then again, all humans are supposed to learn during their life and so I hope that they will, too. It's not cultural, look at all these poor human beings on Twitter who are shortening and abusing their language (be it english or german or french) to sound 'cool' and tell the world more of what doesn't interest anyone in 140 characters.

                                I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

                                How to ask a question

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                                JimmyRopes
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                                Marco Bertschi wrote:

                                all humans are supposed to learn during their life and so I hope that they I will, too.

                                FTFY :-D

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                                  JimmyRopes wrote:

                                  Do you expect the texting generation will text in English? I think not

                                  I consider myself as a part of the texting generation, yet I manage to write more or less complete sentences.

                                  I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

                                  How to ask a question

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                                  JimmyRopes
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                                  Marco Bertschi wrote:

                                  I consider myself as a part of the texting generation, yet I manage to write more or less complete sentences.

                                  You'll learn. :~

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                                  • D Dave Kreskowiak

                                    The "urgent" part, I was told some time ago, is a cultural thing.

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                                    Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

                                    The "urgent" part, I was told some time ago, is a cultural thing.

                                    What culture is so impatient so as not to be polite when asking for help. That is a rhetorical question by the way. :-D

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                                      The "urgent" part, I was told some time ago, is a cultural thing.

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                                      Keith Barrow
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                                      Nonsense, I need to pee very urgently, and I have no culture!

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                                      I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                                        Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

                                        The "urgent" part, I was told some time ago, is a cultural thing.

                                        What culture is so impatient so as not to be polite when asking for help. That is a rhetorical question by the way. :-D

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                                        Dave Kreskowiak
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                                        Yeah, I didn't want to say it myself and look like a racist.

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                                          Nonsense, I need to pee very urgently, and I have no culture!

                                          PB 369,783 wrote:

                                          I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                                          Dave Kreskowiak
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                                          Eat a cup of yogurt then go in the empty cup. There! You're now "cultured" and relieved!

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