Comments on: Pronouns, Those Ambiguous Devils, Actually Help the Brain http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monster http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-194540 Monster Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:20:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-194540 Pronouns waste words. Pronouns waste words.

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-193404 Chris Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:36:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-193404 what pronoun is, Urg? Geico 15 minutes save 15%, Urg. what pronoun is, Urg?

Geico 15 minutes save 15%, Urg.

]]> By: Weakly http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-193371 Weakly Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:04:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-193371 All he needs is a new writer and his comic might actually be half-funny. (...did I use enough pronouns?) All he needs is a new writer and his comic might actually be half-funny.

(…did I use enough pronouns?)

]]> By: Becki http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-193238 Becki Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:54:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-193238 Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Bizarro is unfunny and lazy and ignorant with his humor most of the time, but occasionally he gets it right. But even his unfunny work has a nice illustration style. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Bizarro is unfunny and lazy and ignorant with his humor most of the time, but occasionally he gets it right. But even his unfunny work has a nice illustration style.

]]> By: Some crazy dork http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-193151 Some crazy dork Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:03:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-193151 You found *this* comic funny compared to the others?! Well, it takes all kinds, I guess. :D You found *this* comic funny compared to the others?! Well, it takes all kinds, I guess. :D

]]> By: kons0uL http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-193034 kons0uL Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:15:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-193034 Weird...the Bizarro comic was actually <i>funny</i>. Someone better go check hell for ice and the sky for pigs. Weird…the Bizarro comic was actually funny. Someone better go check hell for ice and the sky for pigs.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-192835 just a guy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:19:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-192835 STOPID? oi. The concept that making your brain work more makes you smarter is a common one. I guess that's why people do crosswords, logic puzzles, etc. The game 'Brain age' and similar titles capitalize on this idea. Taking this into consideration, wouldn't using proper nouns more often keep your mind more 'fit'? Sure, it might be more 'overloaded', but you often do 'overload' your mind when thinking and solving things. STOPID? oi.

The concept that making your brain work more makes you smarter is a common one. I guess that’s why people do crosswords, logic puzzles, etc. The game ‘Brain age’ and similar titles capitalize on this idea.

Taking this into consideration, wouldn’t using proper nouns more often keep your mind more ‘fit’? Sure, it might be more ‘overloaded’, but you often do ‘overload’ your mind when thinking and solving things.

]]> By: XuYu http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-192811 XuYu Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:49:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/20/pronouns-those-ambiguous-devils-actually-help-the-brain/#comment-192811 Maybe this explains why people that refer to themselves in the 3rd person seem SOOOOO F***IN' STOOOOPID! And why cultures that do this -- like the vietnamese -- are so F***IN' LAZY AND STOPID, too! Maybe this explains why people that refer to themselves in the 3rd person seem SOOOOO F***IN’ STOOOOPID! And why cultures that do this — like the vietnamese — are so F***IN’ LAZY AND STOPID, too!

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