[2015-6-9] - The meaning of self?

[jtgibson]

Heh... six posts discussing the comic, nine discussing Ada Marie. =P

Back on topic, I didn't get the misunderstanding either; I thought the persistence thing was somehow the joke in itself (which I really didn't get), and didn't make the mental connection for the wink wink nudge nudge about her not following the proper rules for "saving" oneself. That meant that I had no idea what the priest would have whispered to her, which made the hover text equally incomprehensible to me. =)

Now that I *get* it, it's amusing, but one of the most obscure jokes I've seen in ages...

[nerd]

The joke is not that difficult to get. From the way she talks, the priests knows that she doesn't understand what "preserving herself" means in this context, so he explains it means her virginity. Then, she misunderstands that as "self" being a general euphemism for the word "virginity". Then, it suggests you that every time a person says a sentence including "self", you should mentally replace all of those instances with the word "virginity", because that's hilarious.

Have I made myself clear?

[Bard]

..Also, I don't see how Ada or Marie are nerdy names, but hey, that's a matter of opinion.

I'm a teacher. I know many many girls called Ada and Marie. They're normal. The nerdiest name I've encountered so far? Hazchem. He's a lovely lad, but his parents have a lot to answer for. I also have taught kids called Yacht, Rainbow, and River. In different schools, with different parents. Ada and Marie? Tame.
Perhaps I do think too oddly.

I think we have a troll here Edminster. Clearly ignoring why Ada Marie would be nerdy and instead going for "in general they are normal names" displays a lack of intelligence which a teacher couldn't (or shouldn't?) have.'

Also, on topic: I also thought the joke was a little cramped - I scratched my head and wondered. (Which is a thing I've been doing for years while studying philosophy - self, reality, ethics, fundamental physics, linguistics, all surrounded with lame student jokes...it should have prepared me well enough for this joke)

[GUTCHUCKER]

Also, on topic: I also thought the joke was a little cramped - I scratched my head and wondered. (Which is a thing I've been doing for years while studying philosophy - self, reality, ethics, fundamental physics, linguistics, all surrounded with lame student jokes...it should have prepared me well enough for this joke)

Studying philosophy is great. At the end of your degree, you can use it to get a job teaching more people philosophy. Isn't it magical?

[Tar]

PS: I don't get the "What is the nerdiest possible thing you could name your child?" either.

Pissed that "Optimus Non-composite" was rejected.

[Robert Carnegie]

PS: I don't get the "What is the nerdiest possible thing you could name your child?" either.

It's what Zach named his child, after Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie.

I used Google, it appears to have taken me back to 2015.

First I thought you meant me, strange question and quite personal. I considered James Tiberius... then since my surname is Carnegie I offered "Melon". (Yeah.) nope, so then I thought about reading 1000 comics starting with recent ones to find one about hereditary nerdhood... that's a nope from me.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a smart lady. Equivalent to "Jocelyn No Nobel Burnell". Two nos cancel.

Rosalind Franklin.

[AlixeTiir]

PS: I don't get the "What is the nerdiest possible thing you could name your child?" either.

It's what Zach named his child, after Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie.

I used Google, it appears to have taken me back to 2015.

First I thought you meant me, strange question and quite personal. I considered James Tiberius... then since my surname is Carnegie I offered "Melon". (Yeah.) nope, so then I thought about reading 1000 comics starting with recent ones to find one about hereditary nerdhood... that's a nope from me.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a smart lady. Equivalent to "Jocelyn No Nobel Burnell". Two nos cancel.

Rosalind Franklin.

You guys are too smart for me

When I was signing up I tried fuckin' shit like "Yoda" and "Leia" and "Jean Luc"

I had to google what the question meant and google said "it's his daughter's name you stupid fuck" and then I wasn't able to get in because I wrote "Ada Weinersmith".

sigh

obviously, I eventually figured out the "Ada Marie" thing.

[aks]

There's nothing nerdy about Ada Marie. It's an extremely basic, entry-level reference, the kind of thing a movie executive would use as a stand-in for "things that nerdy people like", or that Big Bang Theory watchers would think is nerdy. It's simply trite.