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kgbagent · Post by **kgbagent** » Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:04 am

I suggest all readers watch the first two episodes of "Who is America"

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:41 pm

I am proud to be a disgruntled American. But proud or not is meaningless. When sperm meets egg no embryo is offered specific citizenship. It's a crapshoot; no way to be proud about pure chance. Grateful perhaps , but not proud.

Felgerkarb · Post by **Felgerkarb** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:48 pm

taabarang wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:41 pm I am proud to be a disgruntled American. But proud or not is meaningless. When sperm meets egg no embryo is offered specific citizenship. It's a crapshoot; no way to be proud about pure chance. Grateful perhaps , but not proud.

Your ancestors made the choice where to live, work, etc.. Nothing random about what they did.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:49 pm

taabarang wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:41 pm I am proud to be a disgruntled American. But proud or not is meaningless. When sperm meets egg no embryo is offered specific citizenship. It's a crapshoot; no way to be proud about pure chance. Grateful perhaps , but not proud.

I've always loved the word disgruntled. It uses 'dis' to negate the following word, so that should be 'gruntle', right? Were people gruntled in the first place? Once they become disgruntled, can they be regruntled?

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:06 pm

"Nothing random about what they did"

Obviously you can't extend the logic beyond one generation. Did my parents choose to be born American or Jewish, Muslim or Christian? It's a crapshoot for all embryos.

Stroppy as you well know English is loaded with negative adjectives which are not used in the positive.
Nothing whelming about that.

that genius · Post by **that genius** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:36 pm

I thought disgruntled was a term plastic surgeons used.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:38 pm

taabarang wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:06 pm Stroppy as you well know English is loaded with negative adjectives which are not used in the positive.
Nothing whelming about that.

I'm going to be a dick here ... 'whelm' is actually a valid word, but not commonly used!

GTC7 · Post by **GTC7** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:46 pm

Gruntled actually does mean happy.

Had it not been for a meme I saw a couple weeks ago I wouldn't have known though.

that genius · Post by **that genius** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:48 pm

Flammable and inflammable.

Stupid bloody language. But then, what can one expect from Germanic types?

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:57 pm

GTC7 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:46 pm Gruntled actually does mean happy.

Had it not been for a meme I saw a couple weeks ago I wouldn't have known though.

Honestly didn't know that. But it turns out 'gruntle' may have spawned from 'disgruntle' rather than the other way around, according to Merriam Webster:

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