The Syndicate

I'm going for Drew Breezy and company...

Epi...who should I vote for, sportsman? You could watch this replay of Allen Hurns , feel real bad, and vote for the Cowboys. :scared...

Epi...who should I vote for, sportsman? You could watch this replay of Allen Hurns , feel real bad, and vote for the Cowboys. :scared: Oh my goodness. As long as the cheerleaders decide you have a come to Jesus moment and cover up. Did you...watch the video? :...

I'm not sure why I can't get the poll to end at the right time, but it would be a help if you voted in the thread as well in the meanwhile. Poll ends at 9 p.m. EST Friday 10/11. Full disclosure: I altered your poll time and changed it back. Check your time settings. Is the time right on your end? I don't know why your poll should be so off....

I'm not sure why I can't get the poll to end at the right time, but it would be a help if you voted in the thread as well in the meanwhile. Poll ends at 9 p.m. EST Friday 10/11. Full disclosure: I altered your poll time and changed it back. Check your time settings. Is the time right on your end? I don't know why your poll should be so off. It was not! I've straightened it out though. Thanks! Enjoy the extra 17 minutes. Glad I could be useful. :beer...

Lame. A full quarter of the player list hasn’t checked in yet. Thank goodness for 48-hour days. Wait...wait... You think... :haha: Hold on... :haha: You think people actually... ...use the 48 hour Day phases to do things? :haha...

Laugh it up, fuzzball. It at least gives us more time to reflect on things, rather than living in the perpetual madness of a 24/24 setup. There will always be crazy EOD shenanigans but 48 hours gives us a longer buffer between the cray-cray. I need less cray-cray in my life. I’ll use the extra time wisely even if others don’t. :beer...

Checking in. Be back soon. EoD in progress.... EXCUSES ON DEMAN...

Yeah fun post Colin. (I didn't read it...

OK. As nothing is happening at the moment I will check back in in the am. What are you expecting to happen...

My only regret is that I got scooped on the opportunity to fuss about someone's misuse of the word "literally."...

I just drove straight through from Waco Texas to Cincinnati. I’m tired. I can’t look at the game until tomorrow, I apologize guys. Lucky for you, literally nothing has happened yet. lit·er·al·ly /ˈlidərəlē,ˈlitrəlē/ adverb in a literal manner or sense; exactly. "the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic circle" synonyms: verbatim, word for word, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter INFORMAL used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true. "I was literally blown away by the response I got" You’re either using the informal sense of the word or you’re lying. Either way, not a good look. g-man That is bullshit and you know it bull·shit /ˈbo͝olˌSHit/ vulgar slang noun noun: bullshit 1. stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense. verb verb: bullshit; 3rd person present: bullshits; past tense: bullshitted; past participle: bullshitted; gerund or present participle: bullshitting 1. talk nonsense to (someone), typically to be misleading or deceptive. I'm struggling with this. What part of the post is bullshit? Is it the quoting of the dictionary, the "either or statement," or G-Man's assessment of the latter? From what I can tell, none of that can qualify as bullshit. I mean, if I were a lie detector, which of those statements could I possibly check...

The last sentence. How is it "not a good look" if he is just using it informally? People are using the word "literally" to mean the exact opposite of what it means when we have plenty of other words in our vocabulary to serve as an intensifier. "Fucking" works well, I think. And that's why it's a bad look. When people tell me their heads literally exploded, I look at them badly. :disappoint...

The last sentence. How is it "not a good look" if he is just using it informally? People are using the word "literally" to mean the exact opposite of what it means when we have plenty of other words in our vocabulary to serve as an intensifier. "Fucking" works well, I think. And that's why it's a bad look. When people tell me their heads literally exploded, I look at them badly. :disappoint: I don't give a shit about your fucking outdated prescriptivism. There's no reason G-man would have for that being a bad look (except that he was just making up an opinion to fish for reactions). When everyone gets to decide what words mean and your ability to communicate is reduced to meaningless grunts and other utterances, you will then realize that guitar highlights erasure operating Mirror of Truth...

The last sentence. How is it "not a good look" if he is just using it informally? People are using the word "literally" to mean the exact opposite of what it means when we have plenty of other words in our vocabulary to serve as an intensifier. "Fucking" works well, I think. And that's why it's a bad look. When people tell me their heads literally exploded, I look at them badly. :disappoint: I don't give a shit about your fucking outdated prescriptivism. There's no reason G-man would have for that being a bad look (except that he was just making up an opinion to fish for reactions). When everyone gets to decide what words mean and your ability to communicate is reduced to meaningless grunts and other utterances, you will then realize that guitar highlights erasure operating Mirror of Truth. It's not arbitrary people understand it and communicate effectively so calm your fucking old ass tits Number one: Punctuation is your friend (although maybe not, since you probably told the semicolon it had "old ass tits"). Number two: People decidedly do not communicate effectively. That's one reason I have a job. Number three: I'm voting for JaggedJimmyJay...

There's only one MM around here, and it ain't MafiaMenance. :mafia...

Number three: I'm voting for JaggedJimmyJay. Let us know why, when you have time. I’m going to cook dinner and take stock of everything after the kids are in bed. You know, because we have that wonderful extra 24 hours to utilize. No reason...

Improper usage of the word "literally" is literally the point of that tendency. I won't say that it is a clever or interesting thing for people to do so, but to render *corrections* is to miss the social queues underlying the trend. The appeal is drawn from that inaccuracy: even when something is not a literal truth, proclaiming that it is a literal truth anyway adds emphasis and levity. Nah. Nobody thinks about it that hard to make it a "point." sprityo is bad. I'll see you gang tomorrow. No he isn't. You are though. :charlieblackmon...

Improper usage of the word "literally" is literally the point of that tendency. I won't say that it is a clever or interesting thing for people to do so, but to render *corrections* is to miss the social queues underlying the trend. The appeal is drawn from that inaccuracy: even when something is not a literal truth, proclaiming that it is a literal truth anyway adds emphasis and levity. Nah. Nobody thinks about it that hard to make it a "point." sprityo is bad. I'll see you gang tomorrow. No he isn't. You are though. :charlieblackmon: What are you even talking about? It is absolutely used for emphasis and I don't understand how you can argue otherwise. Anyway does someone have the stats on sprityo self-voting with alignment? I didn't say nobody uses it for emphasis. I said nobody thinks about it that hard to make a linguistic point. I communicate clearly. Some people don't listen well. :rolleyes...

Also: Determinism is to Free Will as Prescriptivism is to Descriptivism...

sprityo Let’s hope I don’t implode from playing two games at once because I’m a monkey brained fool. Also Texas :beer: Pre-emptive excuse for lack of participation. This man puts flavorful toppings on his ice cream. Ice cream is a delicate thing that shouldn’t be blasphemies by toppings The only acceptable one it a shake with oreos i dunno about the self-vote, but I flung some poo flavored yogurt at sprityo and he responded with a too-casual joke that I didn’t like much. Give me an example of a not-too-casual joke in this scenario...

I said nobody thinks about it that hard to make a linguistic point. I didn't say that anyone does that. I would rather argue about this than play Mafia frankly. There is no need for a person to make a conscious decision at the moment of speech I am going to say "literally" in a context where it would not be accurate because I desire to add emphasis and levity to my commentary . Instead, it is a trend stemming from habit with origins in that purpose. I would wager that nearly everyone who uses the term incorrectly is well aware that the topic in question is not truly "literal" if pressed. To issue corrections is therefore a waste of everyone's time and serves no greater purpose. Yes, thank you for that, I don't give a shit, I said what I said, these commas are also incorrect, I don't give a shit about that either. "Could care less" is much the same phenomenon, and while that one drives me nuts, it's just as silly to cram corrections into a discussion when a proper interpretation was already achieved. Linguistic precision is only useful in a world where communicators can interpret inflections, tones, and intentions. Now, if the dialogue involves English as something other than a first language, then there's a purpose. I agree with none of that. People who misuse words on a regular basis often cannot tell you what the word's literal meaning is. That's why they misuse words. If we want to throw "literally" into the trash can of slang, fine. It's in that bin that words often means the opposite of what they literally mean. Cool and hot can be synonymous in the trash bin of slang. Not even James Joyce escapes my criticism: Lily, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet. My problem lies in people misusing words and being baffled that they were misunderstood. That's a big problem, and they often blame the other party for it, and in the worst scenarios, I've seen fights, simply because of linguistic ignorance. Hell, I've been accused of racism because I asked if anybody knew what "ignorant" meant, and someone said, "I don't know what that means, but I know it's something you do not call a black person." The irony. I can't tolerate that shit. The danger in this should be apparent: If others can use words as they please and those who correct them are vilified, then the former remain ignorant, and have license to impose their definitions in other contexts. Don't think this is a problem? Read any English version of the Bible...

Yeah what Jay said. People don't meticulously plan natural speech. And in casual writing it is true to an extent as well. Also idk what your point about determinism is but I am all about free will as well as descriptivism so.. sure? Then you're all about presceiptivism and determinism as well, is my point. But I don't want to upset all this mafia hunting we've got going on here, so I'm going to give it arrest. I can say arrest because it means what I want it to mean...

Anyway if your argument is that kids these days literally don't know the traditional definition of "literally" then I think you're the one who doesn't know what you're talking about. "Kids these days" "Grown ass people" Same sorry ass conversational skills...

What have I done? Literally destroyed the thread. I'm done. I won't talk any further about any of this shit. What would you like to talk about...

What have I done? Literally destroyed the thread. I'm done. I won't talk any further about any of this shit. What would you like to talk about? I think you called Jay bad earlier. What’s the deal with that? Number three: I'm voting for JaggedJimmyJay. Let us know why, when you have time. I’m going to cook dinner and take stock of everything after the kids are in bed. You know, because we have that wonderful extra 24 hours to utilize. No reason....

What do we all think of sprityo then? He’s the one person who’d done something actually worth talking about in a mafia context. What'd he do? Make a joke? Fuck outta here...

@nutella - Pancake is skinhead lit obey utter damned tuners. Equal obey monograms...

http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com/download/file.php?avatar=161_1547051241.png "Above is a guide on how to motorboat Kim Kardashian."...

What do we all think of sprityo then? He’s the one person who’d done something actually worth talking about in a mafia context. What'd he do? Make a joke? Fuck outta here. I give this answer an F. I don't give a F...

Epi helped turn the thread into an off-topic debate about language. Epi was then antagonistic toward the resumption of gameplay without contributing any fresh reads or opinions himself. Epi is a bowl of chocolate ice cream. Epi has a special message for you. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AssuredVibrantFirebelliedtoad-small.gif...

Epi focused a lot on that literal argument which seems like it really doesnt have anything to do with the game. Could be a distraction away from any discussion or accusation in his direction. What discussion or accusation in my direction? There wasn't any...

sprityo is good. Elohcin is bad. Her most recent post is a token "look involved" post. Asking the guy who merely checked in what his thoughts are is futile. Elohcin I don't think she makes token "look involved" posts...

im here for like 30 min catching up 3:05pm EST im putting catching up on hold half an hour isnt enough time 3:12pm EST That's seven minutes...

G, what has that particular quintet on your naughty list...

its complete garbage to say someone is untrustworthy and possibly scum just because they havent showed up I'd agree with you if it was about someone who literally (heh) hadn't checked in yet, but when that person has at least been online and posted once to acknowledge the game has started but hasn't participated substantially since, there is a reasonable cause for concern. they explicitly stated that i was untrustworthy before i said a word and that i also didnt have time to check in, yet still scumread me even though they assumed that Why should you be trustworthy before you've said anything...

its complete garbage to say someone is untrustworthy and possibly scum just because they havent showed up I'd agree with you if it was about someone who literally (heh) hadn't checked in yet, but when that person has at least been online and posted once to acknowledge the game has started but hasn't participated substantially since, there is a reasonable cause for concern. they explicitly stated that i was untrustworthy before i said a word and that i also didnt have time to check in, yet still scumread me even though they assumed that Why should you be trustworthy before you've said anything? but how would i be unstrustworthy? i literally cant be either since i havent made a post Trust is something that must be earned. If you have not earned any trust, then you are by default untrustworthy. Every person in here right now is untrustworthy to me...

its complete garbage to say someone is untrustworthy and possibly scum just because they havent showed up I'd agree with you if it was about someone who literally (heh) hadn't checked in yet, but when that person has at least been online and posted once to acknowledge the game has started but hasn't participated substantially since, there is a reasonable cause for concern. they explicitly stated that i was untrustworthy before i said a word and that i also didnt have time to check in, yet still scumread me even though they assumed that Why should you be trustworthy before you've said anything? but how would i be unstrustworthy? i literally cant be either since i havent made a post Trust is something that must be earned. If you have not earned any trust, then you are by default untrustworthy. Every person in here right now is untrustworthy to me. you cant just say "by default" you have to judge someones character and make a read on them before they can be trustworthy or untrustworthy I can say whatever I like. I'm eccentric. :omg: If someone is not yet trustworthy, it means that person is not worthy of trust. Not trustworthy = Not worthy of trust = Untrustworthy You cannot be neither trustworthy or untrustworthy. You will always be, by definition, one or the other. I swear y'all bait me into this. :suspish...

If you go to the bank for a loan, and you have no credit history, the bank might tell you that you don't have creditworthiness. "But I haven't done anything to have good or bad credit." Correct. And for that reason, you lack creditworthiness in the eyes of the loan officer...

I changed my vote to Sloonei because I don't like his vote for Epi...

If you go to the bank for a loan, and you have no credit history, the bank might tell you that you don't have creditworthiness. "But I haven't done anything to have good or bad credit." Correct. And for that reason, you lack creditworthiness in the eyes of the loan officer. thats a shitty comparison this is mafia not any of that stuff Luckily for you, in my mind, the word "shitty" means "excellent." :keys: Listed in alphabetical order, these are the people I haven’t seen any reason to trust yet: -JaggedJimmyJay -MafiaMenace -Nutella -Spacedaisy -Waywardson In a game of 12 players, is a list of five in whom you have no trust yet a bad thing? Why isn't eloh on this list? eloh She ain't tryin. Complains about being suspected and about the thread having little content but does nothing to address either of these issues. I wasn't complaining. I was stating a fact. Impossible. Facts don't exist in this world anymore. Definitions are meaningless hindrances upon our existence. Have a shitty day. :beer...

I'm going to watch some vanilla TV now for a little bit. And by "vanilla," I mean "saccharine."...

elohcin Self-preservation and for the sake of making things happen. This is bullshit-flavored froyo that melted on the sidewalk after a spoiled child who didn't deserve a treat dropped it and it oozed into the storm drain where Pennywise was hanging out and even he thought it was bad. You can stop at "self-preservation." You were not "making things happen." :disappoint: You haven't been "making things happen." :suspish: And you will not be "making things happen" in the future. :charlieblackmon...

A civilian who couldn't even be bothered to vote to save her own ass :rolleyes: got lynched. What did you make happen...

A civilian who couldn't even be bothered to vote to save her own ass :rolleyes: got lynched. What did you make happen? My survival. I also anticipated movement from nutella and G-man in response to my vote since they’d been sitting around looking confused for a while. But there apparently wasn’t enough time. You already said that: elohcin Self-preservation and for the sake of making things happen. Self-preservation is "my survival." I don't fault anybody for that. "Making things happen" is not "my survival." You couldn't make things happen at any point the rest of the Day phase? You parked your vote on me and...that was it...

Epi helped turn the thread into an off-topic debate about language. Epi was then antagonistic toward the resumption of gameplay without contributing any fresh reads or opinions himself. Epi is a bowl of chocolate ice cream. Yeah, well I was at work too...

What is this? Tom Waits (host/mod/non) 4 33% Voters: WaywardSon , ColinIsCool, Kylemii, speedchuc...

And MafiaMenace didn't even vote. Hey new guys: Vote for people. Civilians lose if civilians don't vote...

Yes, please. Talk about that...

Yes, please. Talk about that. Well the whole “literally” argument could have just been a distraction ploy from somebody nefarious. You’re the participant who I’d find the likeliest to actively conspire to do a thing like that. Could have been. Might have been. Was it a ploy? Was there any serious Day 1 discussion I was fucking up? Did my linguistic debate really foil the civilian plan to thwart mafia right out of the gate? Get out of the city. Then there was your general dismissiveness to my attempts to engage you afterwards. It seemed like you were, again, actively conspiring not to talk about reads. That’s something I consider to be bad. I could see you as a baddie trying to take advantage of the thread’s general lack of activity by throwing shade on a player or players who are trying to kickstart actual gameplay. I can see you doing that again in your response to my vote. You don’t seem to object to the vote itself, or at all concerned with my mindset when I made it. You’re just picking at the semantics of my post. I don’t think that’s what’s important about my post. If we’re going to talk about it, we should talk about why my “making things happen” statement is indicative of chocolate. Conspiring not to talk about reads? I didn't talk about them because I didn't have any. You asked me specifically about my JJJ vote. What have I done? Literally destroyed the thread. I'm done. I won't talk any further about any of this shit. What would you like to talk about? I think you called Jay bad earlier. What’s the deal with that? Number three: I'm voting for JaggedJimmyJay. Let us know why, when you have time. I’m going to cook dinner and take stock of everything after the kids are in bed. You know, because we have that wonderful extra 24 hours to utilize. No reason. I quoted myself: No reason. It was a place to put a vote. What do we all think of sprityo then? He’s the one person who’d done something actually worth talking about in a mafia context. What'd he do? Make a joke? Fuck outta here. I give this answer an F. Here I asked you a question and you gave my "answer" a thumbs down. I wasn't answering anything. Then you called me chocolate ice cream or something. You are bad. I would bet my spoon on it...