Talk:1483: Quotative Like

That second panel is, like, depressing. 108.162.249.185 05:19, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I found the article. Piderman (talk) 05:53, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Cool, added it. Thanks. PinkAmpersand (talk)

God also introduced a new concept "light" and was quicker implementing it (God did not need to wait for the next generation or kill people) throughout the world. And light sounds similar to (like) like. Sebastian --108.162.231.68 08:58, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Are there any other examples of actual living people who are not celebrities being name-checked in xkcd? Andries (talk) 13:23, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Given that the article noted that the next generation would be, quote, "in control," I think Cueball's interpretation is...well, slightly less absurd than it would be otherwise. 108.162.216.109 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

«Cueball: Like, when you're like, "She was like"?» What does that mean? --RenniePet (talk) 15:23, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Closest translation: "For example, when you say 'she said...'" Andyd273 (talk) 15:37, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Non-English analogon

It might interest you that in Germany exactly the same phenomenon exists, only in different flavor: the lower caste using "Digger" (like, "Fatso") as each third word, possibly in lieu of a comma. (Appears not yet in written material.) Anyone forced to overhear such a conversation is tempted to smack them in the face - hey, it works on a stuck record needle too :-) 108.162.230.221 13:38, 6 February 2015 (UTC)