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| what's with the zombie meme? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 26 2009, 04:55 PM (837 Views) | |
| jon-nyc | Oct 26 2009, 04:55 PM Post #1 |
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Cheers
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Can someone explain why you hear mention of zombies as of late? Is there a new movie out? |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| jon-nyc | Oct 26 2009, 04:56 PM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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remember i'm a total pop culture drop out, so imagine a visitor from mars is asking this question - that's how little context i have. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 26 2009, 05:08 PM Post #3 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Bob Hope |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Axtremus | Oct 26 2009, 05:09 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Zombie_Strippers/70098575 |
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| JoeB | Oct 26 2009, 06:19 PM Post #5 |
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Senior Carp
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People have noticed that the zombies have taken over Washington and are spreading (slowly, since after all they are dead). They wander the street with blank looks in their eyes mumbling "hope and change" and generally doing really dumb stuff. This is a temporary problem which will clear itself up in 2010. |
| "There are many ingredients in the stew of annoyance." - Bucky Katt | |
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| George K | Oct 26 2009, 06:20 PM Post #6 |
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Finally
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Yeah, which is why you used the word "meme."
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Oct 26 2009, 06:21 PM Post #7 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Because increasing the undead is the real answer to our healthcare woes. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| jon-nyc | Oct 27 2009, 02:35 AM Post #8 |
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Cheers
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I'm a big fan of Dawkins... I was using 'meme' for years before it went mainstream. ANyway, thanks for the info, Ax. |
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| kenny | Oct 27 2009, 02:40 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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meme? With you it's always me me me me me! ![]() Hahaha. |
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| jon-nyc | Oct 27 2009, 02:43 AM Post #10 |
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Cheers
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| ivorythumper | Oct 27 2009, 06:48 AM Post #11 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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you just got infected early. |
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| Kincaid | Oct 27 2009, 06:57 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Check out my movie review of Zombieland. http://s10.zetaboards.com/The_New_Coffee_Room/topic/7188909/1/#new Edited by Kincaid, Oct 27 2009, 06:58 AM.
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| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Luke's Dad | Oct 27 2009, 07:34 AM Post #13 |
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Emperor Pengin
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Sheesh, Jon. That's like asking what's up with all the attention on Swine Flu right now. It's because they're coming to get you, Jon. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Mark | Oct 27 2009, 08:09 AM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I hate the word meme. It's stupid. It's made up. It's laziness. Stop being so lazy Jon!
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| sue | Oct 27 2009, 11:01 AM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I've been wondering too. Zombie stuff all over the place lately. I'm beginning to think I should know more about them.
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| kenny | Oct 27 2009, 11:02 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Everything is made up and agreed with, including all words. I avoid fringe words that send people to the dictionary. I like small words, since I want to communicate effectively not impressively. |
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| Mark | Oct 27 2009, 11:06 AM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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meme is not a big word but it is fringe. I will give you that much. It sounds stupid too.
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| sue | Oct 27 2009, 11:10 AM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ha! So let's get rid of all stupid sounding words. That could be quite a list. I'll start. "apps" which is not really a word at all, needs to go. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 27 2009, 11:21 AM Post #19 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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+1! Can we also change word usages? I want to eliminate the singular and plural usage of some nouns, coffee being at the top of the list. You're not drinking "a coffee" for crying out loud; is your coffee giving you a heartburn? Is that coffee going to keep you from a sleep? We don't speak of beverages in terms of the various quanta in which we compartmentalize them. You're not "having a coffee" dammit, you're drinking coffee, and you're also giving me a blood pressure. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| JBryan | Oct 27 2009, 11:22 AM Post #20 |
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I am the grey one
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"Leverage" used as a verb makes me cringe. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 27 2009, 11:26 AM Post #21 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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"Phone" used as a verb makes me cringe, doubly so for "times" when used as a substitute for multiply. Actually, pretty much every noun used as a verb where technology is to blame annoys the hell out of me. You can't "friend" anybody and there's no such damn thing as "texting." Enuffadiscrap. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| Riley | Oct 27 2009, 11:28 AM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What bugs me is people taking language way too seriously.
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 27 2009, 11:30 AM Post #23 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Well I get paid to do it and I'm going to attempt to go back to school to improve, so please be patient with me, I can't help it.
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| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| George K | Oct 27 2009, 11:38 AM Post #24 |
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Finally
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So, you eschew obfuscation, right? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| sue | Oct 27 2009, 11:45 AM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That's a good thing. We need people like you to save the language. Someone wanted to put up a poster at the library the other day, offering after school tutoring. In all subjects. A lite snack would be included. Yes, I said something.
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