Random Baseball Musings

[Derwood]

per fWAR, 40.6% of position players have negative WAR for their career.

 

is there a minimum PA to qualify for that list?

[Guest]

https://vine.co/v/iujFXdbUbHU

[Derwood]

As someone who used to think it was pronounced "mehms" instead of "meems", I feel ya bruh

[OleMissCub]

that's a clown pronunciation, bro

[SouthSideRyan]

per fWAR, 40.6% of position players have negative WAR for their career.

 

is there a minimum PA to qualify for that list?

 

Nope.

[Banedon]

First time I ever heard of "meme" thought it was pronounced "Mee Mee" or "May May". I may have eventually come around to the right pronunciation on this, but I'm still sticking with a hard G for gif, and [expletive] anyone that says different.

[RammyFanny]

First time I ever heard of "meme" thought it was pronounced "Mee Mee" or "May May". I may have eventually come around to the right pronunciation on this, but I'm still sticking with a hard G for gif, and [expletive] anyone that says different.

Still don't get why people don't just say the letters in GIF like every other 3 letter acronym (USA, GOP, NBA, LED, POW, etc).

[Banedon]

First time I ever heard of "meme" thought it was pronounced "Mee Mee" or "May May". I may have eventually come around to the right pronunciation on this, but I'm still sticking with a hard G for gif, and [expletive] anyone that says different.

Still don't get why people don't just say the letters in GIF like every other 3 letter acronym (USA, GOP, NBA, LED, POW, etc).

 

There's other computer/internet related acronyms that are that way too...*shrug*

 

LOL

RAM

ROM

DOS

FAQ

GUI

[Guest]

i hear LOL said the former way 99% of the time

[Derwood]

i hear LOL said the former way 99% of the time

 

In my brain, LOL=lawl

[Banedon]

i hear LOL said the former way 99% of the time

 

It's a fair split between saying the letters and saying "lawl".

[Guest]

usually if i hear (or see) lawl, it's being used sarcastically

 

like oh yeah that wasn't that funny.

 

that and lulz.

[Andy]

First time I ever heard of "meme" thought it was pronounced "Mee Mee" or "May May". I may have eventually come around to the right pronunciation on this, but I'm still sticking with a hard G for gif, and [expletive] anyone that says different.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought it was me-me. I remember my wife laughing when I first used the word around her and correcting me.

[SouthSideRyan]

People pronounce FAQ as "fak?"

[RammyFanny]

People pronounce FAQ as "fak?"

ive never really heard anyone say it any other way than just saying the actual words "frequently asked questions."

[Banedon]

People pronounce FAQ as "fak?"

 

Yes.

[Guest]

yup

[Guest]

wait

 

people don't just spell out f-a-q

 

is this some joke I'm missing

 

who are these folks and how do we tell them they are bad at being people

[jersey cubs fan]

wait

 

people don't just spell out f-a-q

 

is this some joke I'm missing

 

who are these folks and how do we tell them they are bad at being people

I don't recall the setting, but I've heard somebody mention the faqs at the back of some book and thought they were talking about facts for a second. Very rare to hear though.

[Derwood]

www.gamefaqs.com = Game Faks

 

DUH

[Banedon]

I might say FAQ as a word when I'm reading it, but if I was talking to anyone in person I'd say either F-A-Q or even Frequently Asked Questions because duh.

[Clem Fandango]

As someone who has built countless websites over the last 20 years with many FAQ sections, I've pronounced it all three ways, just depends on your audience. I personally say FAK simply for convenience.

[Guest]

As someone who has built countless websites over the last 20 years with many FAQ sections, I've pronounced it all three ways, just depends on your audience. I personally say FAK simply for convenience.

 

I have literally never heard this in my life, and I'm no stranger to FAQs

 

Are you 100% sure you aren't in some type of Truman Show-esque alternate reality

[Guest]

I might say FAQ as a word when I'm reading it, but if I was talking to anyone in person I'd say either F-A-Q or even Frequently Asked Questions because duh.

 

this is probably closer to accurate

 

i'm not sure i've ever actually said F-A-Q or FAKs

[RammyFanny]

on a different note, I went about 5 years as a kid where my brain instinctually processed the past tense form of "fake" as "[expletive]."