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The Spelling Bee
(sh.itjust.works)
The real winner is the rat
Why Jesus with the cake tho
Hey Ganesha, that wasn't a clean move.
The girl lost, despite having the cooler deity. She forgot a period. Both failed to capitalize the start of the sentence, however. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is disappointed in them.
Hmm but does that count as spelling? I think that'd be judged separately to punctuation.
"America prays for God to destroy our enemies. Our enemies pray for God to destroy us. Somebody is going to be disappointed. Somebody is wasting their fucking time. Could it be everyone?"
-- George Carlin.
PBF is the goat
Edit: lol I just saw the mouse latched onto Jesus' foot
It’s seems pretty absurd when you think about it that there is such a disconnect between how English words are pronounced and spelled that we have spelling bees. It seems that all of the effort to coordinate a spelling bee on a wide scale could’ve been used to develop and standardize a more phonetic writing system. Instead, we have made a competition out of rote memorization. Those kids should instead be praying for an overhauled writing system where there aren’t superfluous letters and exceptions to every rule so the next generation doesn’t have to struggle as much to learn to read.
all of the effort to coordinate a spelling bee on a wide scale could’ve been used to develop and standardize a more phonetic writing system
You say that like it hasn't been tried a bunch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_reform
I’ve heard of past efforts along these lines, but good to see a more comprehensive account.
I felt this way about language for a long time but I’ve now fully embraced descriptivism over prescriptivism. You literally can’t fight language :P
Eh, I feel like it teaches etymology, which I think is interesting. It's cool to know how many loan words we have from other languages, and how other languages shaped our own. It's kinda weird to turn that knowledge into a competition I suppose, but it's far from the weirdest thing on ESPN8
Given the number of kids in high school who still can’t read that well and the number of dyslexic people who struggle, I’m not sure preserving the heritage should be the priority. If we thought this way about programming languages, we probably would still be using assembly for everything.
I think it's closer to learning binary and Boolean logic as the precursor to programming, learning about transistor circuitry as the precursor to that, and learning more fundamental electronic circuitry as the precursor to that.
We use assembly where it's appropriate, people build digital circuitry where it's appropriate, people still build more basic/fundamental circuits where it's appropriate. Learning the etymology of words is interesting and an important part of history and anthropology, as it helps us piece together how people in the past interacted. Again, I agree that it's kinda weird to make a competition out of spelling. All I'm trying to say is that one of the side effects of spelling bees is that more people learn about the etymology and history of words, which is neat.
"Go for it Ganesh! You've got this!!!" 🍿🍺
CUT HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF!
Twist his dick!
Per the results of the last several dozen Spelling Bees, at least in the US, Ganesha is obviously listening to these prayers.
at least in the US
I'm not sure if it exists outside the US. Maybe in other parts of the anglosphere. I know it from The Simpsons and the concept is foreign for languages with more or less straightforward spelling
Pretty sure it's only the US. Definitely not a thing in NZ
Don’t you guys [NZ] literally have a spelling bee comedy panel TV show?
Watching that and Taskmaster NZ makes me think there are like 2 dozen comedians in the entire country and they just run around doing different TV shows where sometimes they're the guest and sometimes they host. And occasionally there aren't enough people so they have to import some from Australia.
They started in the US as, get this, a way to sell spelling books to children. Because the US had (and has!) it's own spelling system, the standard spelling book was being sold to schools around the country and to sell more of them, the publishers held competitions.
Because the US had (and has!) it's own spelling system
English wasn't standardized before the American revolution so it's not like they abolished the existing standard but they came up with their own when other nations did. Australia and Canada fall somewhere between US and British spelling and don't get me started on NZ. I don't know shit about NZ.
Unironically the story of Elijah 🤣
My money is on Jesus. He's savage as fuck.
Ah the prequel to the Record of Ragnarok
Ganesh is cool af though. A bipedal elephant with 4 arms is gnarly.
(The funny thing being that Ganesh loves snacks and would probably gladly take the peanut.)
Who doesn't love snacks?! I can't worship a deity that doesn't acknowledge my constant need for snacks.
I AM GANESHA!
Things aren't looking up for baby cheeses.
Who could stand up to an Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant? No one, that’s who.
Ganesh would absolutely fucking destroy Jesus. A carpenter with a couple of magic tricks vs The Elephant God™? Please.
Gnostic Æonic Jesus would probably be a good challenge against the spawn of the Demiurge
Considering he just thrust his arm through Jesus, I think the Hindu girl is winning the spelling bee.
Well if there's one deity thay can recover from perforated wounds, its the J man
It took him 3 days to recover from nails and spear holes, I guess an elephant fist hole will take longer
Anyway the spelling bee will be long gone
And Ganesh survived having his head removed and replaced with an elephant one. They're gods, so presumably it's not a fight to the death, just whose worshiper will win the spelling bee.
Shoutout to !pbf@discuss.online, where I've been posting these comics daily
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Is it me or does Ganesh have two right feet?
nope lgtm
Looks like two right feet to me bruh
Biting and knee to the groin ? Looks like Jesus likes to fight dirty
In his the defense the other one is a elephant with an axe and 4 arms
The kick in the nuts is just 😚👌
You should have prayed to Joe Pesci.
Is it possible the two youts could share first place?
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