1625: Substitutions 2 - Revision history

DollarStoreBa'al: cat

2026-03-31T17:01:03Z

cat

FaviFake at 18:39, 10 May 2025

2025-05-10T18:39:54Z

FaviFake at 18:30, 10 May 2025

2025-05-10T18:30:59Z

Cheesesentience: /* Explanation */

2025-04-28T15:22:27Z

‎Explanation

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */ gooberpilled editmaxxer

2024-10-07T14:03:14Z

‎Explanation: gooberpilled editmaxxer

172.69.43.252: Undo revision 336132 by Maplestrip (talk) Added side-comment of justification. Wording allows such exceptional interpretations, without any actual unnecessary pigeonholing. Deliberately vague.

2024-02-29T15:54:04Z

Undo revision 336132 by Maplestrip (talk) Added side-comment of justification. Wording allows such exceptional interpretations, without any actual unnecessary pigeonholing. Deliberately vague.

Maplestrip: I am pretty sure all benders are listed under at least one of these labels, with stuff like sandbending or bloodbending being subcategories, and the titular Avatar being all of these four.

2024-02-29T13:55:57Z

I am pretty sure all benders are listed under at least one of these labels, with stuff like sandbending or bloodbending being subcategories, and the titular Avatar being all of these four.

172.70.91.211: /* Explanation */

2024-02-28T17:00:48Z

‎Explanation

Maplestrip: /* Table of substitutions */ Examples of when "urging restraint" functionally equals "egging on".

2024-02-28T14:13:39Z

‎Table of substitutions: Examples of when "urging restraint" functionally equals "egging on".

Maplestrip: /* Table of substitutions */ Copy-edit of No-indication.

2024-02-28T14:06:41Z

‎Table of substitutions: Copy-edit of No-indication.

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 ==Explanation==
-This is the second comic in the [[:Category:Substitution series|Substitution series]] where [[Randall]] has suggested substitutions that will make reading the news more fun. But there have been several [[:Category:Substitutions|comics using substitutions]] both before and after these ones.
+This is the second comic in the [[:Category:Substitution|Substitution series]] where [[Randall]] suggests substitutions that will make reading the news more fun. But there have been several [[:Category:Substitutions|comics using substitutions]] both before and after these ones. This is the full series:
 *[[1288: Substitutions]]
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 This is the second comic in the [[:Category:Substitution series|Substitution series]] where [[Randall]] has suggested substitutions that will make reading the news more fun. But there have been several [[:Category:Substitutions|comics using substitutions]] both before and after these ones.
-The series as of 2016:
+This is the full series:
 *[[1288: Substitutions]]
 *[[1625: Substitutions 2]]

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 | {{w|First degree|First }} /{{w|second degree|second }} /{{w|third degree|third-degree}}
 | [http://da.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Friggin Friggin'] awful
-| First, second and third-degree can be used in many context. {{w|Burn}}s {{w|Burn#Signs_and_symptoms|range from first to fourth degree}}, where higher is worse. {{w|Murder}} charges also range in from first to third degree in the US; here first-degree murder is the worst. Regardless, all these things are "friggin' awful" to experience, ''frigging'' being a {{w|minced oath}} on ''fucking'' (see [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frigging#English Wiktionary]). First and second degree are also used in the context of {{w|undergraduate degree}}s, which is less bad.
+| First, second and third-degree can be used in many context. {{w|Burn}}s {{w|Burn#Signs_and_symptoms|range from first to fourth degree}}, where higher is worse. {{w|Murder}} charges also range in from first to third degree in the US; here first-degree murder is the worst. Regardless, all these things are "friggin' awful" to experience, ''frigging'' being a {{w|minced oath}} on ''fucking'' (see [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frigging#English Wiktionary]). First and second degree are also used in the context of {{w|undergraduate degree}}s, which is less bad.{{cn}}
 |-
 | An [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unknown unknown] number

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 | {{w|Candidate}}
 | {{w|Airbender}}
-| A 'candidate' usually refers to a political person who represents a certain political party in an election. He would then be that party's candidate, for instance for a presidential election. 'Airbender' refers to the show {{w|Avatar: The Last Airbender}}, where there are magical martial-artists known as waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders, and airbenders, depending upon which 'element' they have power over.
+| A 'candidate' usually refers to a political person who represents a certain political party in an election. He would then be that party's candidate, for instance for a presidential election. 'Airbender' refers to the show {{w|Avatar: The Last Airbender}}, where there are magical martial-artists mostly identified as waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders and airbenders<!-- clarification: the ur-powed of energybending is more than just all four elements together in the 'normal' avatar-level panspeciality mode, implying possibility of more sub-bending classes; plus Toph's development of metalbending goes beyond hyperspecialised earthbending to an arguable fifth 'element'-class, by the time of Kuvira; thus both canon and fanon *may* admit to more, even before 965:Elements puts an xkcd-spin on it, which it doesn't hurt to allow for -->, depending upon which 'element' their abilities have power over.
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 | {{w|Unmanned aerial vehicle|Drone}}

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 *[[1679: Substitutions 3]]
-In this table, [[Randall]] suggests substituting several common phrases in generic news with similar or related phrases that mean something different for comical effect. Some of the replacements are {{w|synonyms}}, some are {{w|antonyms}}, and some are plain different concepts; and, even though they would (most of the time) make a grammatically correct sentence, the resulting idea would, however, often sound absurd or bizarre.
+In this table, [[Randall]] suggests substituting several common phrases in generic news with similar or related phrases that mean something different for comical effect. Some of the replacements are {{w|synonyms}}, some are {{w|antonyms}} and some are plain different concepts; and, even though they would (most of the time) make a grammatically correct sentence, the resulting idea would, however, often sound absurd or bizarre.
 Some of the examples might, also, mock the fact that many news contradict the actual facts or obvious results of a situation. For example, "[influential person] vows to do good to the world" would be replaced with a more usual fact "[influential person] probably won't do good to the world" - see [[#Example of sentences|example]] below with North Korean leader.
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 | {{w|Candidate}}
 | {{w|Airbender}}
-| A 'candidate' usually refers to a political person who represents a certain political party in an election. He would then be that party's candidate, for instance for a presidential election. 'Airbender' refers to the show {{w|Avatar: The Last Airbender}}, where there are magical martial-artists known as waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders, and airbenders.
+| A 'candidate' usually refers to a political person who represents a certain political party in an election. He would then be that party's candidate, for instance for a presidential election. 'Airbender' refers to the show {{w|Avatar: The Last Airbender}}, where there are magical martial-artists mostly identified as waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders and airbenders, depending upon which 'element' their abilities have power over.
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 | {{w|Unmanned aerial vehicle|Drone}}
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 | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/successfully Successfully]
 | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suddenly Suddenly]
-| The two words have nothing much to do with each other except that they both begin with ''su'' and they are both adverbs. This change would make entrepreneurial endeavours, military victories, and record achievements sound like unintended, spontaneous surprises.
+| The two words have nothing much to do with each other except that they both begin with ''su'' and they are both adverbs. This change would make entrepreneurial endeavours, military victories and record achievements sound like unintended, spontaneous surprises.
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 | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expand Expands]
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 | {{w|First degree|First }} /{{w|second degree|second }} /{{w|third degree|third-degree}}
 | [http://da.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Friggin Friggin'] awful
-| First, second, and third-degree can be used in many context. {{w|Burn}}s {{w|Burn#Signs_and_symptoms|range from first to fourth degree}}, where higher is worse. {{w|Murder}} charges also range in from first to third degree in the US; here first-degree murder is the worst. Regardless, all these things are "friggin' awful" to experience, ''frigging'' being a {{w|minced oath}} on ''fucking'' (see [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frigging#English Wiktionary]). First and second degree are also used in the context of {{w|undergraduate degree}}s, which is less bad.
+| First, second and third-degree can be used in many context. {{w|Burn}}s {{w|Burn#Signs_and_symptoms|range from first to fourth degree}}, where higher is worse. {{w|Murder}} charges also range in from first to third degree in the US; here first-degree murder is the worst. Regardless, all these things are "friggin' awful" to experience, ''frigging'' being a {{w|minced oath}} on ''fucking'' (see [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frigging#English Wiktionary]). First and second degree are also used in the context of {{w|undergraduate degree}}s, which is less bad.
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 | An [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unknown unknown] number
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 | {{w|Years}}
 | {{w|Minute|Minutes}}
-| Changing the units drastically from years to minutes would make many sentences silly, as there are 525,600 minutes in the typical year. Prisoners would be convinced to 10 minutes in jail, and major climate goals will be reached in 20 minutes.
+| Changing the units drastically from years to minutes would make many sentences silly, as there are 525,600 minutes in the typical year. Prisoners could be convicted to 10 minutes in jail, and major climate goals will be reached (or breached) in 20 minutes.
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 | {{w|Minute|Minutes}}
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 | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/urge Urged]{{w|Self-control|restraint}} by
 | {{w|Alcohol intoxication|Drunkenly}} [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/egg_on egged on]
-| If someone urges someone else to restrain themselves, then they are trying to make them exercise self-control, and discourage them from starting or continuing a possibly foolish act. In this substitution we have the exact opposite, as to egg someone on to do something is actively encourage an act to happen, or continue. Urging restraint can sometimes have an encouraging effect, be it when an adolescent want to prove their courage, or when an organization loathes a government.
+| If someone urges someone else to restrain themselves, then they are trying to make them exercise self-control and discourage them from starting or continuing a possibly foolish act. In this substitution we have the exact opposite, as to egg someone on to do something is actively encourage an act to happen, or continue. Urging restraint can sometimes have an encouraging effect, be it when an adolescent want to prove their courage, or when an organization loathes a government.
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 | {{w|Horsepower}}
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 ===Example of sentences===
 *Here follows some real examples with links to the news/text:
-**Words from the list, and the replacement words are highlighted with '''bold''' font.
+**Words from the list, and the replacement words, are highlighted with '''bold''' font.
 **All words are included at least once, and the list is sort of sorted after the order the words appear in the comic, but most sentences have more than one word from the list, on purpose!

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 | No {{w|Indication| indication}}
 | Lots of {{w|Sign (disambiguation)|signs}}
-| Scientifically, the fact that there is 'no indication' that a theorem is correct does not positively prove the theorem wrong, it merely does not support it (assuming there are no actual counter-indications, which is often the case with the more esoteric ideas). This is often seized upon by those trying to promote a pseudoscience, in that their chosen idea "has not been proven to be wrong" (and yet, conversely, "it's just a theory" is incorrectly used to refute something that has valid scientific backing). Moreover, hearsay and bad experimental practices are often cited as 'proof'. A crackpot idea may thus be unsupported by valid science (there is 'no indication' of its truth) and yet its supporters insist upon there being 'lots of signs' that it is true, selectively using only ambiguous results that (to them, at least) lend credence to it being a fact. The substitution of 'no indication' with 'lots of signs' thus automatically converts the expected conservative and cautious stance on some disputed issue or other into the weasel-words phrasing that the issue's supporters may start using in their own propaganda.
+| In science, a verdict of there being "no indication" that a hypothesis is correct does not disprove that hypothesis, it merely does not support it. This is often seized upon by those trying to promote a pseudoscience, in that their chosen idea "has not been proven to be wrong." Meanwhile, hearsay and bad experimental practices are often cited as "proof". A crackpot idea may thus be unsupported by valid science (there is "no indication" of its truth) and yet its supporters insist upon there being "lots of signs" that it is true, selectively using only ambiguous results that (to them) lend credence to it being a fact. The substitution of "no indication" with "lots of signs" thus automatically converts the expected conservative and cautious stance on some disputed issue or other into the weasel-words phrasing that the issue's supporters may start using in their own propaganda.
 |-
 | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/urge Urged]{{w|Self-control|restraint}} by