Irrational HatredPeople who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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Er..Obligate = "by necessity" so if you're obligated to do something means you're forced to do it by the laws of nature, physics, etc. You're obligated to keep breathing if you want to stay alive, but nobody is forcing you to.
Oblige = "To constrain by physical legal social or moral means" (as well as the meanings to do with being grateful), so if you're obliged to do something you're being forced to do it by someone else. You're obliged to breathe (out, usually) when someone else punches you in the gut when you're holding your breath.
I'll change my handle to Mr. Logic soon.
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shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:44,
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