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Amazing reporting, highly enjoyed the narrative. Yes let's blow up a whale, beached as. What could possibly go wrong? Remains to be seen.

drcongo 6y ago
This pun deserves all the upvotes it can get.
- dctoedt 6y ago
  Upvoted you, too — I would have skimmed right by the (great) pun had I not noticed your comment.
  - hunter2_ 6y ago
    Just handed out the updoots left right and sideways myself, because my points on this video comment just hit the triple digits (!!!). What a time to be alive.
    - atat7024 6y ago
      Please don't do this here.
      - dctoedt 6y ago
        That's a pretty cheeky comment: You've got one karma and just created the account; GP has been around for awhile.
        atat7024 6y ago
        Appeal to authority based on points.
        dctoedt 6y ago
        And your appeal is to what, exactly? Answer: It's to the "authority" of an opinion offered by an unidentified newcomer, with no indication why the rest of us shouldn't dismiss the opinion as unhelpful noise. In contrast, points and longevity serve as a rough, very-democratic measure of a poster's cumulative contributions to the community here, and thus (indirectly) of how well the poster has grokked the local cultural norms. That, in turn, gives readers useful information about the weight that they might wish to consider giving to the view(s) expressed by the poster. (Apropos of which: I see that you still have a total of -1 points for the all of five days that your account has been active.)
      - D2187645 6y ago
        Please don't do this here.
    - sundvor 6y ago
      That's actually the same ballpark as mine; thanks again for sharing it, I'm sure it'll be one of my all time favourites as the years go by.
- sundvor 6y ago
  Wow, thanks; I was wondering if anyone would notice - there was one or two a while later, and I was happy someone got it. Then came back just then after a few busy days and had to do a massive double take at the number of upvotes; I probably shouldn't discuss the actual number, but it's my most upvoted reply ever - there must be a lot more punsters here! :) I used the reference to the NZ "Beached As" due to its brilliance, if you haven't seen it it's a silly treat especially if you love the accent. And again I greatly enjoyed that sardonic tone of the original video, which I saved for future repeats.

drcongo 6y ago

This pun deserves all the upvotes it can get.

dctoedt 6y ago
Upvoted you, too — I would have skimmed right by the (great) pun had I not noticed your comment.
- hunter2_ 6y ago
  Just handed out the updoots left right and sideways myself, because my points on this video comment just hit the triple digits (!!!). What a time to be alive.
  - atat7024 6y ago
    Please don't do this here.
    - dctoedt 6y ago
      That's a pretty cheeky comment: You've got one karma and just created the account; GP has been around for awhile.
      - atat7024 6y ago
        Appeal to authority based on points.
        dctoedt 6y ago
        And your appeal is to what, exactly? Answer: It's to the "authority" of an opinion offered by an unidentified newcomer, with no indication why the rest of us shouldn't dismiss the opinion as unhelpful noise. In contrast, points and longevity serve as a rough, very-democratic measure of a poster's cumulative contributions to the community here, and thus (indirectly) of how well the poster has grokked the local cultural norms. That, in turn, gives readers useful information about the weight that they might wish to consider giving to the view(s) expressed by the poster. (Apropos of which: I see that you still have a total of -1 points for the all of five days that your account has been active.)
    - D2187645 6y ago
      Please don't do this here.
  - sundvor 6y ago
    That's actually the same ballpark as mine; thanks again for sharing it, I'm sure it'll be one of my all time favourites as the years go by.
sundvor 6y ago
Wow, thanks; I was wondering if anyone would notice - there was one or two a while later, and I was happy someone got it. Then came back just then after a few busy days and had to do a massive double take at the number of upvotes; I probably shouldn't discuss the actual number, but it's my most upvoted reply ever - there must be a lot more punsters here! :) I used the reference to the NZ "Beached As" due to its brilliance, if you haven't seen it it's a silly treat especially if you love the accent. And again I greatly enjoyed that sardonic tone of the original video, which I saved for future repeats.