Talk:101: Laser Scope - Revision history

42.book.addict at 04:33, 22 September 2025

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Beanie at 09:55, 17 March 2021

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Fabian42: Undo revision 202887 by Knit cap (talk) Makes no sense here, wrong place mayeb?

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Undo revision 202887 by Knit cap (talk) Makes no sense here, wrong place mayeb?

Knit cap at 12:50, 9 December 2020

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162.158.158.197: Alternative explanation in the meaning of the title text.

2020-09-07T15:26:39Z

Alternative explanation in the meaning of the title text.

162.158.78.124: Peg Bundy reference

2020-01-04T13:36:40Z

Peg Bundy reference

Lupo at 13:28, 24 October 2019

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172.68.182.16 at 13:43, 1 June 2019

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141.101.76.16 at 16:52, 17 January 2018

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141.101.76.16 at 16:50, 17 January 2018

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 :::I don't think you can speak, considering you wrote a question mark immediately followed by a comma. [[User:Beanie|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie|talk]]) 09:55, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
-The parity of meanings shown here is also known as "zeugma". AP English Language for the win! Anonymous 06:31, 3 December 2013 (UTC) {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.91}}
+The parity of meanings shown here is also known as "zeugma". AP English Language for the win! Anonymous {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.91|06:31, 3 December 2013 (UTC)}}
 :Actually, a zeugma is specifically an instance in which the word is used once, but applies to multiple parts of the sentence. If it were stated that "I wish I'd missed you then, so I wouldn't now," the title text would be an example. Since missed is included twice, it misses being a zeugma, but not being memorable. (One favorite of mine is: "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit." -William Riker, Star Trek: TNG.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.197|108.162.246.197]] 05:36, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
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 : I think the RJX-21 device is shaped like a small optical telescope, with laser sight with a wire attached, yet not a standalone laser sight module. Therefore, we may have a stalking reference as well.
+: Also: in some languages, once camera (or "photoapparat[us]") has a stock for better handling, it's called "photo gun". Joke is, many film cameras, even professional ones, had iron sights without oculars. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.182.16|172.68.182.16]] 13:43, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 Reminds me of a joke where there is a sniper pictured with the text (which I think is also some song lyrics): "I only miss you, when I'm breathing" --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 13:28, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
-On Married with Children, Peg once asked, "Did you miss me, Al?" to which he replied, "With every bullet so far."
+On Married with Children, Peg once asked, "Did you miss me, Al?" to which he replied, "With every bullet so far." {{unsigned ip|162.158.78.124|13:36, 4 January 2020 (UTC)}}
-Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
+Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. {{unsigned ip|162.158.158.197|15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)}}

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 :Nope.  Nothin' ta do with stalkers.  The scope is to improve the accuracy of the firearm it is attached to. It's saying "are you missing your loved ones with your un-scopified weapon?  This scope will improve your accuracy and you won't miss anymore." [[Special:Contributions/207.225.239.130|207.225.239.130]] 22:33, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 ::Scopified?, really [[User:Whiskey07|Whiskey07]] ([[User talk:Whiskey07|talk]]) 09:15, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 The parity of meanings shown here is also known as "zeugma". AP English Language for the win! Anonymous 06:31, 3 December 2013 (UTC) {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.91}}

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	Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)		Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
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−	~~Or use Styropyro's lazer sniper rifle [[User:Knit cap\|Knit cap]] ([[User talk:Knit cap\|talk]]) 12:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)~~

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	Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)		Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Or use Styropyro's lazer sniper rifle [[User:Knit cap\|Knit cap]] ([[User talk:Knit cap\|talk]]) 12:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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	On Married with Children, Peg once asked, "Did you miss me, Al?" to which he replied, "With every bullet so far."		On Married with Children, Peg once asked, "Did you miss me, Al?" to which he replied, "With every bullet so far."
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		+	Re the last paragraph about the title text, "the writer wishes he had missed (failed in his attempt to shoot) someone so they would not miss them (feel bad that they are not there), implying that he shot a family member, and is now feeling the grief", I read this to mean that the writer wishes that they had missed someone as in not met them in the first place, and as a result they wouldn't have got to know them and now find their absence saddening. 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

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	Reminds me of a joke where there is a sniper pictured with the text (which I think is also some song lyrics): "I only miss you, when I'm breathing" --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 13:28, 24 October 2019 (UTC)		Reminds me of a joke where there is a sniper pictured with the text (which I think is also some song lyrics): "I only miss you, when I'm breathing" --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 13:28, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
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		+	On Married with Children, Peg once asked, "Did you miss me, Al?" to which he replied, "With every bullet so far."

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	Also: in some languages, once camera (or "photoapparat[us]") has a stock for better handling, it's called "photo gun". Joke is, many film cameras, even professional ones, had iron sights without oculars.		Also: in some languages, once camera (or "photoapparat[us]") has a stock for better handling, it's called "photo gun". Joke is, many film cameras, even professional ones, had iron sights without oculars.
	[[Special:Contributions/172.68.182.16\|172.68.182.16]] 13:43, 1 June 2019 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/172.68.182.16\|172.68.182.16]] 13:43, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
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		+	Reminds me of a joke where there is a sniper pictured with the text (which I think is also some song lyrics): "I only miss you, when I'm breathing" --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 13:28, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

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	Could also be a reference to the common situation, that one is too sure about one's partner (i.e. not showing them, that one misses them when being a couple but spacially apart) and this being the reason for the partner for leaving one. If one had missed them while being together they would'nt have left. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.253\|162.158.89.253]] 17:56, 13 January 2017 (UTC)		Could also be a reference to the common situation, that one is too sure about one's partner (i.e. not showing them, that one misses them when being a couple but spacially apart) and this being the reason for the partner for leaving one. If one had missed them while being together they would'nt have left. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.253\|162.158.89.253]] 17:56, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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		+	: I think the RJX-21 device is shaped like a small optical telescope, with laser sight with a wire attached, yet not a standalone laser sight module. Therefore, we may have a stalking reference as well.
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		+	Also: in some languages, once camera (or "photoapparat[us]") has a stock for better handling, it's called "photo gun". Joke is, many film cameras, even professional ones, had iron sights without oculars.
		+	[[Special:Contributions/172.68.182.16\|172.68.182.16]] 13:43, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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 The parity of meanings shown here is also known as "zeugma". AP English Language for the win! Anonymous 06:31, 3 December 2013 (UTC) {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.91}}
 :Actually, a zeugma is specifically an instance in which the word is used once, but applies to multiple parts of the sentence. If it were stated that "I wish I'd missed you then, so I wouldn't now," the title text would be an example. Since missed is included twice, it misses being a zeugma, but not being memorable. (One favorite of mine is: "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit." -William Riker, Star Trek: TNG.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.197|108.162.246.197]] 05:36, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 Might also be an reference to the classic "blues brothers movies" in which a stalker makes numerous attempts, including one attempt where she uses a rocket launcher
 --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.180|141.101.104.180]] 10:36, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 Could also be a reference to the common situation, that one is too sure about one's partner (i.e. not showing them, that one misses them when being a couple but spacially apart) and this being the reason for the partner for leaving one. If one had missed them while being together they would'nt have left. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.253|162.158.89.253]] 17:56, 13 January 2017 (UTC)