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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Today is a good day to be that guy"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bellerophon, modeler)
Mon Sep 9 18:09:20 2013
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:09:00 -0400
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I get that "that guy' overdoes things to get attention. Like Will Wheaton
didn't do when he refrained from saying "Qapla'" to the guy with the
tattoo, or the guy with the tattoo was admitting to being for having it.
When Will Wheaton said "Today is a good day to be that guy," he was saying
it can be cool to be that guy. There are degrees of being that guy, and the
tattoo was cool. Lampshade over the head, not cool.
~'eD
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> Is "be that guy" supposed to imply "act like a jerk"? I always thought
> it referred to someone doing or saying something that most people
> already were thinking.
>
> If "act like a jerk" is the intended idea, don't we have a verb for
> it? I'm thinking {nguq} "be arrogant", or {Qaq} "behave in a falsely
> honorable fashion". {Qaqlu'meH QaQ jajvam}
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I get that "that guy' overdoes things to get atte=
ntion. Like Will Wheaton didn't do when he refrained from saying "=
Qapla'" to the guy with the tattoo, or the guy with the tattoo was=
admitting to being for having it. When Will Wheaton said "Today is a =
good day to be that guy," he was saying it can be cool to be that guy.=
There are degrees of being that guy, and the tattoo was cool. Lampshade ov=
er the head, not cool.<div>
~'eD</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Alan Anderson <span dir=3D"ltr"><=
<a href=3D"mailto:qunchuy@alcaco.net" target=3D"_blank">qunchuy@alcaco.net<=
/a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is "be that guy" supposed to imply=
"act like a jerk"? I always thought<br>
it referred to someone doing or saying something that most people<br>
already were thinking.<br>
<br>
If "act like a jerk" is the intended idea, don't we have a ve=
rb for<br>
it? I'm thinking {nguq} "be arrogant", or {Qaq} "behave =
in a falsely<br>
honorable fashion". {Qaqlu'meH QaQ jajvam}<br>
<br>
-- ghunchu'wI'<br>
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