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[23:47:49] <NERD-1> lollin at this dipshit grad student trying to print a4 size paper
[23:48:02] <NERD-1> and not getting why nothing's looking right when we only have letter sized
[23:48:59] <vemp> too smart for printin'
[23:49:21] <Gigablah> lollin at the fact that CMU only has letter sized paper
[23:49:29] <ramoth> uh
[23:49:35] <NERD-1> the US only has letter sized paper
[23:49:35] <ramoth> Gigablah: nobody in the US has A4
[23:49:47] <NERD-1> or legal
[23:49:47] <Gigablah> what
[23:49:50] <Gigablah> no wonder everyone hates you
[23:49:52] <vemp> wtf
[23:49:56] <vemp> US sux
[23:49:58] <ramoth> A4 is a shit size for paper anyway
[23:50:00] <NERD-1> blah gets owned in US computer labs too
[23:50:08] <ramoth> 8.5"x11" for life.
[23:50:16] <ramoth> Gonna get that tattooed on my forehead brb
[23:50:19] <vemp> letter is too small
[23:50:26] * coma-chan is now known as lace-chan
[23:50:51] <NERD-1> sounds like vemp's compensating for something
[23:50:59] <Gigablah> seriously why did it take me 24 years to figure out why printer settings always default to letter
[23:51:11] <ramoth> kill yoruself.
[23:51:13] <NERD-1> owned for pirating US versions

I really did think that everyone in the world used A4 sized paper

What mind-boggling revelations have you had about stuff you've always taken for granted?

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What size exactly is this A4 paper you speak of? 8.5 X 11 inch size paper is basically standard for school and work, at least with most of the people/companies I've dealt with.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A4 is 210mm by 297mm, which Google converts to 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

There are people who have never heard of A4?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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8.27 x 11.69 inches.

I have never touched that type of paper with stated dimensions ever in my 22 and a half years of existence on this planet.

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A4, A5, Letter, Legal, what the heck, all is a matter of preference. Here in Manila the letter size seems to be the standard for school work and legal for corporate, but I submit resumes in A4 to stand out. teehee

Back on topic though, I always thought the Dragon Ball series was made in China. :P It was not until I was in high school til I noticed the japanese characters and lyrics during the intro scene. I dunno, maybe because Dragon Ball had a unique style (especially the facial features and hair on the characters) amidst all the same looking big eyed blu haired animes then. meh.

I was speaking idiomatically.

This is really retarded but until I went to work for a dental financial consulting firm, I never knew that dentists were "real" doctors with as much education as medical doctors, just on a different part of the body. I just always thought they were highly educated tooth fixers.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I played pool (billard) and I puckered the black ball in. Not knowing that the black ball needs to be the last one to end the game. There were still like 5 or 6 balls left. ;_;

FELIPE NO

When I was about, oh, 10 or 11, I thought that "sex" was merely the act of penetration, and then after that, people just kind of sat there and that was it. I didn't realize there was all this thrusting and moving about involved.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

O god, GERMANY uses A4. Its slimmer and longer than our 8.5x11". I think it's A4 anyways. It's such a bitch to deal with that paper when I'm using US paper and I need to shove everything into a file. I am so OCD about files and paper alignment. I will go as far as cutting off the extra on the German paper just so the papers align.

As far as revelations, ha ha. This one is pathetic. Until about 3 years ago, I thought Thursday was spelled THRUSday. And the word epitome I spelled "opitomi." I have no idea.

Apart from that, there have been some interesting cultural differences I've noticed between Americans and others, but nothign MAJOR.

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When I was in elementary school, I always thought Marion Barry was two people: Mary and Barry.

Man, he sure put the Columbia into District of Columbia.

As for the paper sizes stuff, I know about them. I don't really know where from. I think I just looked them up out of curiosity after seeing them in MS Word or something many years ago. :/

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Despite I live in the US I actually like A4 better. It's slimness is more pleasent on the eye, and the ratio of the A4 (which is 1.4135, thanks for posting the numbers I never knew it was this) is a bit closer to the golden ratio (1.618).

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OMG I just realized while writing this that that 1.4135 is pretty much sqrt(2), which is 1.414. 1:1.414 ratio can keep being divided and you get the same thing ie. you should be able to keep cutting an A4 paper in half and still get a piece with the same ratio, just scaled down. Well almost perfectly anyway.

Wow fuck the US. A4 FTW. GENIUSZ

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On topic, in Junior High school that I realized there was a New York City, and a New York State.

Similiarly Washington DC, and Washington State double

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Didn't know it even existed. They name paper?!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Spatula

Similiarly Washington DC, and Washington State double

Well, they don't actually double since they're on complete opposited ends of the country and all.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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I didn't know my grandmother's name until I was 10. Even my parents called her nan.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by gaming

I CAN SEE FOREVER

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Originally Posted by gaming

HOLY SHIT THE WORLD AS I KNEW IT IS NO MORE

There's nowhere I can't reach.

When I was just a little Capo, I thought that oral sex was just talking about sex. =o

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Did you know peanuts grew in the ground? I always thought there was a peanut bush or something and you picked them, but they're root plants.

Yeah. Well. I don't really think of where my peanuts come from.

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Originally Posted by Capo

When I was just a little Capo, I thought that oral sex was just talking about sex. =o

LOL! This should be quote of the year! LMAO!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, up until a few weeks ago, I didn't know that girls shirts had the buttons on the other side. Well, I guess that's because I've never worn a girls shirt before but still, my friends were pretty surprised when I told them that.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

A girl I was talking to at school thought that guys never got boners in public, ever. I had to explain the waistband or "quick tuck" to her in full detail, with the help of a few of my male comrades.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by PKO

Yeah, up until a few weeks ago, I didn't know that girls shirts had the buttons on the other side.

I didn't know that. I'VE HAD A REVELATION! Seriously though, why do the buttons need to be on different sides?

Anyways, I pronounced Arkansas "arr-CAN-zas" for a very long time. Seriously, it's spelled like Kansas but with an Ar in front of it, so why "ARR-can-saw"? I was so embarrassed when someone corrected me on that. I also didn't know until a couple years ago that most people have their Christmas family gatherings on Christmas Day rather than Christmas Eve. I'd always gone to my grandparents' on Christmas Eve, so I had never given it a second thought.

Since I'm talking about the holidays now, I'll mention that I had a really funny impression of what Boxing Day was for a while. I knew that people in Britain celebrated it, so when I was little I figured that it was a day where there was a big boxing match in Britain and everyone watched. That belief stuck with me well into my teenage years for some reason. I figured out later that it probably didn't involve boxing, but it wasn't until recently I read up on what the holiday is all about.

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Oh man, I absolutely love A4 paper. Because of that WONDERFUL ratio that rocketdog mentioned, it's perfect for printing zines and pamphlets! I can't believe you wily Americans don't have it! I'd be glad to send you some, you poor, deprived souls.

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