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# no
out of the selection of vegetables he randomly selected them

like out of the first ten numbers I randomly pick 4, 7, 9 and 3

see, not all uses of random are wrong.

also there's current slang changing the meaning of random, like 'shit' is not meant to mean 'rubbish', but it is used in such a way.
(1, Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:41, archived)
# I think
the problem is that 'random' is used by a small group of people aged 12 to 20 between the time they learn the word, and start getting 'cool' and the point where they grow up. Everything becomes 'random' and 'blatant' and it really fucks off the people who have grown out of it.

That is all.
(I helped save b3ta! stup0t, Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:47, archived)
# well yes
but that meaning of random was not wrong though

and when i use random it means that the maker of the image has just come up with an idea out of the blue, eg 'i think i shall make a flash of a squirrel singing about beans'

oh and it's 'pisses off'
(1, Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:49, archived)
# I think
we have to accept that meanings of words change over time. For example, in the 16th century the word "nice" used to mean "stupid".

that is all...
(mynci boy, Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:53, archived)
# Not quite
Nice means (sort of) accurate or correct.

100% NICE.
(I helped save b3ta! wonko the sane, Sat 11 Oct 2003, 17:24, archived)
# so that's
"out of the blue" not "random"
(I helped save b3ta! stup0t, Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:55, archived)
# oh ho ho
(1, Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:58, archived)