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Post by lonelocust on Aug 8, 2009 9:44:41 GMT -5
I'm surprised that no one has yet posted this. If they did and I missed it, I apologize for the re-post. Through about 80% of this video I was screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" when my boyfriend showed it to me, because you can see where it's going. But only because I watched Sarah Silverman's get-your-grandma-to-vote-for-Obama video. I wish whole videos could go to the mainpage. Funniest shit ever. Uhm, I apparently fail at embedding on proboards. Direct link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=raCRSjnT0Wc
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Post by Mantorok on Aug 8, 2009 10:00:37 GMT -5
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Post by Caitshidhe on Aug 8, 2009 11:14:32 GMT -5
I will admit one thing: it's one of the more original arguments that Obama is the antichrist! It's funny, in a terrifying way, but geezis shit, they're grasping at straws, aren't they? Everybody's name has some root in another language--why do you think baby name books with name meanings and definitions are so popular? But obviously we must take all of their meanings seriously, for they speak of prophecy! My real name means "divine ruler" and my middle name means "waterfall" in some ancient Germanic language. Clearly this means I'm destined to become the immortal queen of the undines in the Black Forest.
*shakes head*
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Post by the sandman on Aug 8, 2009 11:22:02 GMT -5
Except of course for the fact that Aramaic is not "Ancient Hebrew." Aramaic is one of the ancestors of Hebrew, but as a Semitic language it is as closely related to Arabic as it is to Hebrew. Considering the fact that the actual, practical pronunciations of any dead language is a matter of extreme conjecture (made even more difficult by the "understood vowels" common to Semitic written languages), claiming definitive "proof" of the "Anti-Christ" in this way is highly suspect.
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Post by SimSim on Aug 8, 2009 11:32:49 GMT -5
Let's totally ignore the idea of false cognates. Or well I guess in this case, words that would be pronounced similarly.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 8, 2009 11:35:52 GMT -5
Is it just my crappy headphones, or is the audio in that video low and horrible?
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Post by Caitshidhe on Aug 8, 2009 11:38:25 GMT -5
No, it was pretty horrid. I had to turn my volume up very high, and then I got a message on IM and it nearly knocked me backwards.
PROTIP: If you want to try and convince us that the President is clearly the antichrist, you might want to do it at a higher volume so we can HEAR YOU. Unless you're just banking on us not being able to hear it at all except for every third word and that we'll all be dumb enough to just take your word for it.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 8, 2009 11:45:47 GMT -5
Well that's good. I'd really hate it if my phones were goin out.
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Post by rookie on Aug 8, 2009 12:09:34 GMT -5
Was that supposed to be funny? Because I did find it a bit amusing.
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 8, 2009 12:11:18 GMT -5
I will admit one thing: it's one of the more original arguments that Obama is the antichrist! It's funny, in a terrifying way, but geezis shit, they're grasping at straws, aren't they? Everybody's name has some root in another language--why do you think baby name books with name meanings and definitions are so popular? But obviously we must take all of their meanings seriously, for they speak of prophecy! My real name means "divine ruler" and my middle name means "waterfall" in some ancient Germanic language. Clearly this means I'm destined to become the immortal queen of the undines in the Black Forest. *shakes head* You are in fact destined for such a thing, Cait. Or should I call you OSRIC TALLULAH!?
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 8, 2009 12:20:11 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure it wasn't *supposed* to be funny.
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Post by Marc on Aug 8, 2009 12:28:07 GMT -5
Except, it doesn't mean just "lightning from the sky." It means also, Blessed (Barak) Handsome One (Hussein) Bent (Obama). wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_Barack_Obama%27s_nameFurther, "lighting from the sky" in the text is merely a description of how Satan fell, not a description of Satan himself, or "the" antichrist. Additionally, even if accepting that it means "lightning from the sky," my name means "Warlike son of (a) God." I can assure you that I am not too warlike, nor do I have divine parentage. Marc
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 8, 2009 12:31:42 GMT -5
My first name roughly translates to "Ever Ruler." See? (note: the aforementioned link uses the bastardized "Eric," where mine is the proper "Erik.")
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 8, 2009 12:32:22 GMT -5
Maaaaybe he's trying to claim that Jesus said "Barack Obama" and people heard "barak bamah", Jesus was saying "I saw Satan - Barack Obama" and people thought he said "I saw Satan falling like lighting from the sky". I have no idea how Aramaic grammar works... but I bet that guy doesn't either.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 8, 2009 12:33:46 GMT -5
Wouldn't doubt it.
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