Friday, February 12, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Friday, February 12, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Don't know what talkingaway is talking about, Mediterranean & Baltic are most definitely purple there.
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Old board. Here's a new one:
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I've heard a lot of orange tan discussions over the last 4 years and it typically leads to heated arguments.
I don't know if his "Olay-sponsored drivel" was in reference to the technical problems or something else.
I think it's great and important for Jeopardy! to focus on Women in STEM categories. But it also seemed like these categories had big technical issues and it was hard for viewers to hear the clues. At one point I thought they were reading the clues off of zoom and there was a lag or delay that made everything out of sync. The audio also seemed distorted.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:59 pmWhat exactly is "drivel" about categories/clues focusing on women's achievements in STEM?
I don't know if his "Olay-sponsored drivel" was in reference to the technical problems or something else.
I had a dream that I was asleep and then I woke up and Jeopardy! was on.
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MattKnowles wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:49 pm I've heard a lot of orange tan discussions over the last 4 years and it typically leads to heated arguments.
I think it's great and important for Jeopardy! to focus on Women in STEM categories. But it also seemed like these categories had big technical issues and it was hard for viewers to hear the clues. At one point I thought they were reading the clues off of zoom and there was a lag or delay that made everything out of sync. The audio also seemed distorted.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:59 pmWhat exactly is "drivel" about categories/clues focusing on women's achievements in STEM?
I don't know if his "Olay-sponsored drivel" was in reference to the technical problems or something else.
As a scientist, I can tell you the gender gap in STEM fields is a MAJOR issue and I'm beyond ecstatic to see Jeopardy! take it on. My wife is also a scientist, and there could be a whole book on the barriers she and other women I know have faced. It's an issue that needs to be addressed from multiple angles, and every little bit helps.
Still would have liked to see captions on those clues though...
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It's not. Johnblue is just a troll.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:59 pmWhat exactly is "drivel" about categories/clues focusing on women's achievements in STEM?
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I never made it to Diogenes, though I should have. As soon as I saw "Cynics" and "Socrates" I immediately started searching memory for a name heard briefly a LONG time ago: "oh, yeah, that student of Socrates who started codifying the Cynicism principles. What was his name? Antihistamine? Antithesis? Aminophylline?"Woof wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:32 pm What a combined Coryat tonight! That almost TOC-like. My son and I looked at each other on FJ, both knowing who it referred to. I finally got past Epimenides to Diogenes (“that guy with the lantern”) but who knows whether I’d have managed to write it down before the end of Think Time.
Finally went with Aristophanes at the end of the music, knowing it was wrong as he was a playwright instead of a philosophy.
Turns out I was thinking of Antisthenes. Dang. Where was Mycroft when I needed him?
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Coryat: $46,000
55 R/3 W
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: paper-rock-scissors (DD), Wahhabis, Huns
Earlier this week, BPTrivia.com's Championship Series asked the following question: In most artistic representations of this Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy, he is depicted living in a large ceramic jar or tub, known as a pithos. Identify this man, known for his philosophical stunts, such as carrying a lamp during the day claiming to be looking for an honest man.
I got that one with less than 50% confidence. I was significantly more sure this time around.
NHO "apple-pie order."
A "name this guy" photo clue of Bob Dylan should not be on the bottom row.
55 R/3 W
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: paper-rock-scissors (DD), Wahhabis, Huns
Earlier this week, BPTrivia.com's Championship Series asked the following question: In most artistic representations of this Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy, he is depicted living in a large ceramic jar or tub, known as a pithos. Identify this man, known for his philosophical stunts, such as carrying a lamp during the day claiming to be looking for an honest man.
I got that one with less than 50% confidence. I was significantly more sure this time around.
NHO "apple-pie order."
A "name this guy" photo clue of Bob Dylan should not be on the bottom row.
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No, the previous poster had it correct: the questions were dull, badly produced/presented and I’m not a fan of these “sponsored” categories. I have at least 4 female scientists my family so I’m certainly in favor of science myself. You sound like a troll yourself. Or just a dullard.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:46 pmIt's not. Johnblue is just a troll.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:59 pmWhat exactly is "drivel" about categories/clues focusing on women's achievements in STEM?
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Fair point. I had forgotten that the text of that clue wasn't actually displayed on screen. When I watched the show, I thought something was off about the clue, but perhaps what was "off" was just Ken's reading.davey wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:04 amTake the comma out of the clue and it's giving an example of one kind of unstressed vowel. We don't know that the writer put a comma in it - only that Ken paused, and the closed captioner put one in...
But I would say that Johnny Gilbert, for one, often makes us hear the a in the middle of Jeopardy!...
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Used to be, there were lots of words you weren't supposed to say in front of girls.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:39 pmThank you. I have found this description offensive every time he used it.Robert K S wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:44 pmYou understand why this appellation is insulting and sexist to a respected Ph.D. molecular and developmental biologist? (Or indeed any person over the age of adulthood?)
IMHO, there are ways of expressing fair criticisms of guest readers without resorting to sexism.
Now you can say any of those words.
You just can't call them girls.
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Nonsense argument. You can call any female person a girl if she isn't an adult.John Boy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:19 pmUsed to be, there were lots of words you weren't supposed to say in front of girls.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:39 pmThank you. I have found this description offensive every time he used it.Robert K S wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:44 pmYou understand why this appellation is insulting and sexist to a respected Ph.D. molecular and developmental biologist? (Or indeed any person over the age of adulthood?)
IMHO, there are ways of expressing fair criticisms of guest readers without resorting to sexism.
Now you can say any of those words.
You just can't call them girls.
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Your life sounds rough. Please tell us more.John Boy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:19 pmUsed to be, there were lots of words you weren't supposed to say in front of girls.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:39 pmThank you. I have found this description offensive every time he used it.Robert K S wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:44 pmYou understand why this appellation is insulting and sexist to a respected Ph.D. molecular and developmental biologist? (Or indeed any person over the age of adulthood?)
IMHO, there are ways of expressing fair criticisms of guest readers without resorting to sexism.
Now you can say any of those words.
You just can't call them girls.
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It's kind of like that other bad word. Men aren't allowed to say it but women can refer to themselves and each other as girls.
I'd rather cuddle then have sex. If you're into grammar, you'll understand.
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Re: Friday, February 12, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
There are several like that. Can you be more specific?
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60 R
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: (Rock, Paper, Scissors), Wahhabis, Huns, Eye of Providence
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: (Rock, Paper, Scissors), Wahhabis, Huns, Eye of Providence
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