![]() 11/29/2015 at 11:57 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
When I die, I hope somebody days, “Well, at least he tried.”
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I'm going to guess that this is from a majorly conservative region.
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Meh, just anywhere in the southern US. I live in a moderately red county, and people are just like this here. It’s annoying.
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Slightly related: When I die, I want my tombstone to say “He put the bomp in the bomp shebomp shebomp.”
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Yeah, but who put the ram in the ramalamadingdong?
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I dunno. ISIS, probably.
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the feels!
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A for effort
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“thankful for the dead people”
Likes dead people
Wants more dead people
Is glad they are dead
wat
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My daughter in Girl Scouts now, and it really irks me that their oath says “I will try to...”. I guess the Boy Scouts aren’t much better, but “I will do my best to...” sure sounds a lot more convincing. If an oath is a promise, and you’re promising to try, you’re not promising much.
If someone tells me that they’ll “try to be there”, I know they’re not coming.
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Your reply sent me off to Google to look up the GS oath. I think it would be better if the oath used the word “endeavor” instead of “try.” There are shades of meaning between the two:
Endeavor is sometimes just a formal word for try or attempt , and those words are often better. But endeavor is appropriate where the effort is sustained and challenging. ( grammarist )
“Try” is a weak stab at something. “Endeavor” means that you will work hard, and stick with it, even though you may not attain the goal. Important distinctions.
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Yeah, “try” is weak sauce. “Endeavor” is great, and it would teach little kids a great new word. Oh well...