THE XXXVIII RESPONSES

BY YHWX, ™®© YHWX MMXVII | DON’T STEAL IT!

It’s 2017. The embargo on 2016 posts has ended. Therefore, I am the first legal poster since the the 2016 embargo was instated. Victory is mine.

Response the First (I)

Probably, we just haven’t found it yet. See Fermi paradox.

Response the Second (II)

It depends on what you call a ‘proper word’ and who you listen to. Dictionaries will list the word, but with the caveat that the usage is informal and nonstandard. See this Usage Note:

Irregardless is a word that many people mistakenly believe to be correct in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. The word was coined in the United States in the early 1900s, presumably from a blend of irrespective and regardless. Many critics have complained that it is a redundancy, the negative prefix ir- duplicating the negativity of the -less suffix. Perhaps its reputation as a blend of ill-fitting parts has caused some to insist that it is a “nonword,” a charge they would not think of leveling at a nonstandard word with a longer history, such as ain’t. Since people use irregardles, it is undoubtedly a word in the broader sense of the language, but it has never been accepted in Standard English and is virtually always changed by copyeditors to regardless. The Usage Panel has roundly disapproved of its use since polling began; in 2012, 90 percent found the sentence A scientist investigating a social issue should seek to find out the truth, irregardless of its political implications to be unacceptable.

To sum up: In the very broadest sense, irregardles is a word in the English language. However, it should be avoided in formal contexts.

Response the Third (III)

Nope, sorry. The Star Wars galaxy already collapsed billions of years ago.

Response the Fourth (IV)

Early nomadic tribes that inhabited Great Britain.

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stonehenge/stonehenge.php

Response the Fifth (V)

Not my department. Sorry.

Response the Sixth (VI)

The first post.

Response the Seventh (VII)

They probably already have.

Response the Eighth (VII)

You.

Response the Ninth (IX)

¯\ (ツ)/¯

I haven’t seen LOST.

Response the Tenth (X)

Yep.

Response the Eleventh (XI)

Look down there.

Response the Twelfth (XII)

He’s a Republic starpilot from Naboo.

Response the Thirteenth (XIII)

Next Thursday.

Response the Fourteenth (XIV)

Nope.

Response the Fifteenth (XV)

Maybe.

Response the Sixteenth (XVI)

Never.

Response the Seventeenth (XVII)

July 22nd.

Response the Eighteenth (XVIII)

Me.

Response the Nineteenth (XIX)

February 2nd, 2020.

Response the Twentieth (XX)

Four weeks ago.

Response the Twenty-first (XXI)

Consult a doctor.

Response the Twenty-second (XXII)

There’s no profit in facepalms, Frink.

Response the Twenty-third (XXIII)

idk.

Response the Twenty-fourth (XXIV)

You’re a person, and your name is Steve?

Response the Twenty-fifth (XXV)

You are here because a small organism resembling life decided to split into two billions of years ago. There’s no real reason why you’re here. It’s all a big accident.

Don’t worry, Frink, you weren’t an accident. We, collectively, all of life, are an accident.

Response the Twenty-sixth (XXVI)

Listen to some other piece of sound melodically and rhythmically arranged to sound pleasurable to your ears and brain.

Response the Twenty-seventh (XXVII)

Your side itches because it wants to be scratched.

Give your side what it wants, or else it’ll get real grumpy. You don’t want a grumpy side. Nobody wants a grumpy side.

Response the Twenty-eigth (XXVIII)

You’ve gotta adjust the antenna, dummy. Chicken pot pie ain’t going to microwave itself.

Response the Twenty-ninth (XXIX)

He shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

Response the Thirtieth (XXX)

No.

Response the Thirty-first (XXXI)

However high you want to. Reach for the stars, Frink.

Response the Thirty-second (XXXII)

Nope and nope.

Response the Thrity-third (XXXIII)

Mother.

Response the Thirty-fourth (XXXIV)

That’s bad for the cable company.

Response the Thirty-fifth (XXXV)

It’s an anachronism. Like smartphone when most people don’t use the phone functionality.

Response the Thirty-sixth (XXXVI)

Maybe it’s a hard feature to implement or Jay doesn’t want to implement it.

Response the Thirty-Seventh (XXXVII)

I’m a person and my name is [REDACTED].

Response the Thirty-eighth (XXXVIII)

Now.