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EDUCATION (Some words you might like)
Hello. Here are some words to expand your vocabulary with. Enjoy!
SLANDER (Verb)— To make false and/or damaging statements about a person or business.
Use in a sentence— “I can’t believe that they’d actively slander us in that way! It’s incredibly petty!”
Working example— “Did you know that if you go to a certain venue, the staff are racist.” (The fact that it has been said about the venue with no proof whatsoever is a lie. Therfore, by repeating the lie en masse, it becomes an act of slander.)
LIBEL (Verb)— To publish a written statement that is false and damaging to a person, business or organisation’s reputation.
Use in a sentence— “Have you read that crap? I can’t believe someone would stoop so low as to commit an act of libel!”
Working example— “Don’t go to that venue, come here instead, because our staff aren’t racist!” (Yes, even a statement on a site as trivial as Facebook can be considered Libellous!)
FALSE ADVERTISING— To advertise or promote an activity, event, product etc; knowingly using falsehood and lies as a basis of this promotion.
Use in a sentence— “Oh, so people are only going to that place because they’ve falsely advertised as working with another venue? Oh well, when people find out the truth, they’ll stop going there.”
Working example— “WE’RE THE PRE-BAR FOR ANOTHER VENUE!!!! HONEST!!!!”
I think that will do for now. I don’t do bitchy terribly well, but considering the seriousness of Libel and Slander in the eyes of the law, I’m certain that a corporate legal team would have a WHALE of a time being bitchy on my behalf… if it was necessary. Which it isn’t, I would hope. :)
Supergods
So, I’m reading ‘Supergods’ by Grant Morrison, who is the comic writer who’s stories got me into comics again after the GOD AWFUL Onslaught storyline that made me stop. It’s essentially SUPPOSED to be a history of the super-hero, and how they’ve changed to reflect what was/is going on in society at that point in time.
Instead, you’re treated to pages of autobiographical filler that, frankly, I don’t care about. While his insights into the characters and storylines of each comic era are interesting and thought-provoking, it’s VERY dull to hear him essentially saying “HEY! How about me? I love me, do you love me? I love me. On a scale of I love me to I love me, I love me I love me”. If he wanted to write an autobiography, that’s what he should have done. He barely manages to write two pages about Chris Claremont’s KAJILLIONS of years establishing X-Men as one of the best-selling comics, pulling it up from a title that had been cancelled. Yet ‘treats’ us to four/five pages about ‘Captain Clyde’ a hero no one would have heard about unless you were reading a specific Glaswegian Socialist newspaper in the late seventies, which was written by… You guessed it, Grant Morrison!
YAWN.
Oh and also, everything he’s ever written is referenced in the ‘recommended reading’ section. I’m also not happy because he’s referenced Lady Gaga.
Also, it’s been a while since I last used this, maybe I should start using it some more…
Cheeky bit of Nightcrawler!
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Albert Einstein
Awesome song
Totally emo, I know, but I used to love this song. And in fact, this album and band. Ah, to be sixteen again…
PSYLOCKE
So, you need a makeover. It’s okay. It happens to every glamorous supermodel at some point in their career.
You’ve got to keep things interesting if you want to stay A-List. Just dyeing your hair purple isn’t going to cut it. That may have shocked the sensibilities of your fellow Brits, but the longer you hang out with these wacky Yanks, you realize that flouncy dresses and girly tights that-just-happen-to-match-your-purple-hair don’t really get you on the front cover very often.
Here’s an idea: Have your entire body swapped with that of a Japanese ninja! You’ll still be “yourself”, whatever that means, but you’ll have her fierce fighting skills. No more need to hide behind that bulky armor… or anything else, really, except a few thin straps of strategically placed ribbon.
What’s, the problem? Does wearing a thong to breakfast with your coworkers seem out of character? Don’t worry, Betsy. Have you seen your new buttocks? No one will really care about your “character” anymore.
(I hear you’re also considering a facial tattoo of some kind, and some sort of mystical shadow-form. … Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.)—It’s funny because it’s true. Although I’m hoping that now she’s released from the shackles of Claremont’s and Fraction’s writing, she might get some kind of development in Uncanny X-Force. A boy can dream, as well as represent his home-girl.
(I’m so ghetto it hurts, sometimes)
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