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See previous discussion for browser plugins, scripts, bookmarklets etc. at [[1288:_Substitutions]] [sven]
 
See previous discussion for browser plugins, scripts, bookmarklets etc. at [[1288:_Substitutions]] [sven]
 
Can someone update the plugin for Chrome that does the word swaps? :3 Also swap it for upgoerfive-nouns[[User:International Space Station|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station|talk]]) 15:11, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 
 
The Title Text should read "...uncontrollably-swerving cars", not "...uncontrollably-swerving cats".  But I don't have the heart to change it.
 
 
: Neither do I... [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.55|173.245.54.55]] 16:14, 4 January 2016 (UTC)(Daniel)
 
 
:: Actually, if you applied the 1288 substitutions it would be uncontrollably-swerving CATS.
 
 
Ok, I just checked the log, and it was added here,
 
"(cur | prev)  15:11, 4 January 2016‎ 141.101.104.7 (Talk)‎ . . (+1,212)‎ . . (undo)"
 
by the person who added the transcript, obviously I don't know if this was deliberate, though I suspect it was.  Either way I think it is very funny and we should leave it. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.55|173.245.54.55]] 16:14, 4 January 2016 (UTC)(Daniel)
 
 
How many of them can be used?
 
"Like hundreds of civilians received friggin awful burns after a not very sudden dog attack Tuesday. After spherical outrage, the blade runner of presidential airbenders probably won't drunkedly egg it on the future."[[Special:Contributions/162.158.114.222|162.158.114.222]] 16:20, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 
 
 
huh...nothing for 'campaign' or 'voters'...also, the 'uncontrollably-swerving cats' is probably a victim of the first substitution filter that changes 'cars' to 'cats'[[Special:Contributions/162.158.56.227|162.158.56.227]] 17:06, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 
 
"The suspect is currently very large" -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 22:45, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 
 
after loading this into the browser plugin I noticed a loop caused "physically expands" to become "physically physically physically physically physically expands" and I began pondering whether the adding of extra physically-ies made the word intensify. Then I wondered why someone would need to intensify the acknowledgement of physicality. Then I looked at my hands, like REALLY looked at my hands. [[User:Beastachu|Beastachu]] ([[User talk:Beastachu|talk]]) 00:18, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 
 
As a small note, "No indication ➜ Lots of signs" would actually create quite a few grammatically incorrect sentences. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.133|108.162.241.133]] 01:19, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 
 
This page looks interesting when you do the replacements on it http://i.imgur.com/dg0bzw9.png - [[User:Gradient|Gradient]] ([[User talk:Gradient|talk]]) 09:47, 5 January 2016 (UTC
 
 
The 'dog -> drone' relation could also be a referance to a Half-Life 2 robot called "Dog". This "drone" helps the protagonist, Dr. Freeman, with tasks that could otherwise not be completed by humans, much like todays drones. {{unsigned ip|197.234.243.234}}
 
 
The substitution is one-way, for example "years" becomes "minutes", but in the example, the substitution is backwards. {{unsigned ip|134.255.101.92}}
 
 
At large just means unconfined. It gets hyphenated when it gets made part of a noun. So you can have, for example, editor-at-large. It is not reserved solely for fugitives and politicians
 
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.39.23|162.158.39.23]] 13:05, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 
 
Spherical firestorm sounds awesome[[Special:Contributions/172.70.230.157|172.70.230.157]] 23:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 
 
Murder Dogs [[Special:Contributions/172.69.7.150|172.69.7.150]] 13:37, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 

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