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August 29, 2009 04:07 AM
What is your favorite oxymoron?
Two favorites that come to mind are:
1) Turned up missing
2) Legal brief
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1) Give only one oxymoron per answer. (You must understand what an oxymoron is. If you're not sure, look it up online before answering the question.)
2) Don't leave any commentary (keep it simple for voting purposes).
3) Leave a nickel (or more) to raise the stakes.
4) Ability to follow #1, #2, and #3 will result in a "helpful" vote from me.
4) Failure to follow #1, #2, and/or #3 will result in an "unhelpful" vote from me, and the reason why. No second chances, so make your answer a good one.
5) The answer(s) of any person, who gets an "unhelpful" vote from me, can be used once again by any other person.
There are plenty of well-known oxymorons. Try to find the lesser known ones for the sake of originality.
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1) Turned up missing
2) Legal brief
Rules:
1) Give only one oxymoron per answer. (You must understand what an oxymoron is. If you're not sure, look it up online before answering the question.)
2) Don't leave any commentary (keep it simple for voting purposes).
3) Leave a nickel (or more) to raise the stakes.
4) Ability to follow #1, #2, and #3 will result in a "helpful" vote from me.
4) Failure to follow #1, #2, and/or #3 will result in an "unhelpful" vote from me, and the reason why. No second chances, so make your answer a good one.
5) The answer(s) of any person, who gets an "unhelpful" vote from me, can be used once again by any other person.
There are plenty of well-known oxymorons. Try to find the lesser known ones for the sake of originality.
The person who receives the most "helpful" votes, and who follows the rules the most closely, receives the tip.
Have fun,
Shin
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August 29, 2009 11:18 AM
Great answer, but left commentary (video): #2
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August 29, 2009 05:35 PM
Due to some protests, I'm allowing some answers for people who understand "commentary" to mean something different from what I had intended. My apologies for the confusion. I'll be more clear the next time.
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August 29, 2009 11:15 AM
Great answer, but no tip given: #3
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August 29, 2009 02:56 PM
well, I can't give a tip because I just joined last night and don't have my yellow belt yet.
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August 29, 2009 03:56 PM
Yep, that's a bummer! Sounds like this isn't the type of question that you can answer until you've got some money. Even a nickel is a hurdle if you don't have any. Sometimes, on Mahalo, you'll find other questions that are limited to certain belt levels, etc., but a vast majority are open to anyone who cares to answer.
The concept of adding tips to the asker's tip ("team tipping") is fairly new. Askers don't usually require that participants add tips, but it's much appreciated, and it ensures that the question will remain prominent. As the tip amount gets higher, then more people enjoy the challenge of trying to answer the question. I thought I'd require participants to leave tips so that, the higher the tip gets, the more people will accept the challenge. It makes it more fun that way.
Welcome to Mahalo and I wish you much success in future questions. Mahalo gets more interesting every day. I hope you'll stick around and become a valued member of the community.
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The concept of adding tips to the asker's tip ("team tipping") is fairly new. Askers don't usually require that participants add tips, but it's much appreciated, and it ensures that the question will remain prominent. As the tip amount gets higher, then more people enjoy the challenge of trying to answer the question. I thought I'd require participants to leave tips so that, the higher the tip gets, the more people will accept the challenge. It makes it more fun that way.
Welcome to Mahalo and I wish you much success in future questions. Mahalo gets more interesting every day. I hope you'll stick around and become a valued member of the community.
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August 29, 2009 04:32 AM
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August 29, 2009 11:15 AM
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August 29, 2009 01:23 PM
I'm not sure, either, what time the system cycles. Jeff would likely know. Sorry you missed it.
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August 29, 2009 11:23 AM
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August 29, 2009 07:38 AM
True, the current administration is keeping the budget under controll....WTF Republicans are simply the lesser of two evils.
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August 29, 2009 05:52 PM
In case you didn't notice, the market crashed well before Obama was elected.
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August 29, 2009 11:29 AM
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August 29, 2009 11:31 AM
Great answer, but left commentary (image): #2
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August 29, 2009 05:37 PM
Due to some protests, I'm allowing some answers for people who understand "commentary" to mean something different from what I had intended. My apologies for the confusion. I'll be more clear the next time.
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August 29, 2009 11:37 AM
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August 29, 2009 06:32 AM
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August 29, 2009 11:39 AM
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August 29, 2009 11:19 AM
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August 29, 2009 08:26 AM
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August 29, 2009 11:32 AM
Great answer, but left commentary (URL): #2
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August 29, 2009 12:33 PM
How is a link commentary?! Commentary means providing an opinion or explanation, and I obviously did neither. Your rules seem a little ridiculous.
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August 29, 2009 12:56 PM
Demanda, I appreciate your comment.
However, the rules were intended to be quite simple: provide an oxymoron and leave a tip. Nothing else was needed.
My reason for wanting to keep it simple is to make it easier to wade through many answers and to make voting easier. The people who answer first tend to get the most "helpful" votes, even though there are many answers that are worthy of such votes. However, by the time people wade through all of the videos and links, etc., few people have much energy to get to the end. I know I don't, especially when every answer is at least several inches long. I want everyone to have an equal chance to follow the instructions and earn the tip. I wanted to try something completely different by requiring a very simple answer.
Also, I find it very discouraging to spend a lot of time answering other peoples' questions according to the parameters, only to find that the parameters mean little. I want to impress upon people the importance of sticking to any guidelines set, so that people who pay attention to details are rewarded. I think this is an important concept for promoting the overall quality both of the answers given and of Mahalo in general.
I respect your right to disagree, but please be aware that future questions will be just as meticulous in execution, to give all participants' answers the same consideration, not just those at the top of the heap.
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However, the rules were intended to be quite simple: provide an oxymoron and leave a tip. Nothing else was needed.
My reason for wanting to keep it simple is to make it easier to wade through many answers and to make voting easier. The people who answer first tend to get the most "helpful" votes, even though there are many answers that are worthy of such votes. However, by the time people wade through all of the videos and links, etc., few people have much energy to get to the end. I know I don't, especially when every answer is at least several inches long. I want everyone to have an equal chance to follow the instructions and earn the tip. I wanted to try something completely different by requiring a very simple answer.
Also, I find it very discouraging to spend a lot of time answering other peoples' questions according to the parameters, only to find that the parameters mean little. I want to impress upon people the importance of sticking to any guidelines set, so that people who pay attention to details are rewarded. I think this is an important concept for promoting the overall quality both of the answers given and of Mahalo in general.
I respect your right to disagree, but please be aware that future questions will be just as meticulous in execution, to give all participants' answers the same consideration, not just those at the top of the heap.
Respectfully,
Shin
August 29, 2009 05:37 PM
Due to some protests, I'm allowing some answers for people who understand "commentary" to mean something different from what I had intended. My apologies for the confusion. I'll be more clear the next time.
Mahalom,
Shin
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August 29, 2009 12:37 PM
Great answer, but no tip given: #3.
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August 29, 2009 03:42 PM
Civil War
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August 29, 2009 04:01 PM
Unfortunately, this doesn't strike me as an oxymoron (see #1) because I understand motherhood to require a lot of hard work (not one myself).
Moreover, no tip was given: #3.
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August 29, 2009 10:47 PM
Jeff: Good idea about the Yellow Belt issue. However, per my comment, "Civil War" wasn't the original answer.
Do you think I should just vote "helpful" on everybody, and leave the voting to the community?
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Do you think I should just vote "helpful" on everybody, and leave the voting to the community?
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August 29, 2009 06:18 PM
Thank God I'm an Atheist.
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August 29, 2009 07:06 PM
Amtrak schedule.
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September 01, 2009 03:21 AM
contest is over but i had to add this one...
AOL Canada
=D that one made me laugh for sure!
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