The Post-Soriano-I-Told-You-So Win Streak Splooginarium

[Saul Goodman]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

[Bort]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

[Slaky]

I suck at the internet today. Gonna sit a few plays out.

[morpheus]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

He's right. Just because people use the phrase incorrectly does not change the meaning of the phrase, just like people not understanding "irony" does not change its meaning.

Just sayin'.  Or pilin' on.

[Gilgamesh]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

He's right. Just because people use the phrase incorrectly does not change the meaning of the phrase, just like people not understanding "irony" does not change its meaning.

Just sayin'.  Or pilin' on.

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

You beg the question when you assume the conclusion of your argument in the premise. 

Example -

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "Well he just looks mad, therefore he's mad."
Gil: "You're begging the question."
Internet Apex: "Eat a dick."

Pex may be right in telling me to eat a dick, but he's wrong on the central question of whether the man is mad.  Here's how the convo should have gone.

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "His face is red, commonly associated with high blood pressure and stress.  His hands are shaking as well.  And two minutes before this, I saw him and another man engaging in a heated argument."
Gil: "Good points.  I agree that the man is made.  However, that raises the question of how stress and anger can cause physiological change in hu---."
::punches Gil::
Internet Apex: "Shut up!"

NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DON'T BEG THE QUESTION!!

[SKO]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

He's right. Just because people use the phrase incorrectly does not change the meaning of the phrase, just like people not understanding "irony" does not change its meaning.

Just sayin'.  Or pilin' on.

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

You beg the question when you assume the conclusion of your argument in the premise. 

Example -

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "Well he just looks mad, therefore he's mad."
Gil: "You're begging the question."
Internet Apex: "Eat a dick."

Pex may be right in telling me to eat a dick, but he's wrong on the central question of whether the man is mad.  Here's how the convo should have gone.

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "His face is red, commonly associated with high blood pressure and stress.  His hands are shaking as well.  And two minutes before this, I saw him and another man engaging in a heated argument."
Gil: "Good points.  I agree that the man is made.  However, that raises the question of how stress and anger can cause physiological change in hu---."
::punches Gil::
Internet Apex: "Shut up!"

NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DON'T BEG THE QUESTION!!

The man in both cases is Huey, right?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

Intrepid Reader: Gil Gunderson

"I don't always prescribe language. But, when I do, I BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRE."

He is... The Most "Interesting" Man in the World.

[Gilgamesh]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

He's right. Just because people use the phrase incorrectly does not change the meaning of the phrase, just like people not understanding "irony" does not change its meaning.

Just sayin'.  Or pilin' on.

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

You beg the question when you assume the conclusion of your argument in the premise. 

Example -

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "Well he just looks mad, therefore he's mad."
Gil: "You're begging the question."
Internet Apex: "Eat a dick."

Pex may be right in telling me to eat a dick, but he's wrong on the central question of whether the man is mad.  Here's how the convo should have gone.

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "His face is red, commonly associated with high blood pressure and stress.  His hands are shaking as well.  And two minutes before this, I saw him and another man engaging in a heated argument."
Gil: "Good points.  I agree that the man is made.  However, that raises the question of how stress and anger can cause physiological change in hu---."
::punches Gil::
Internet Apex: "Shut up!"

NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DON'T BEG THE QUESTION!!

The man in both cases is Huey, right?

You know it.

[Gilgamesh]

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

Intrepid Reader: Gil Gunderson

"I don't always prescribe language. But, when I do, I BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRE."

He is... The Most "Interesting" Man in the World.

Someone has to fight the good fight, damnit, lest our communication become an unholy melange of LOLs, OMGZs, and DRLPs.

This excludes FYCs, obviously.

[morpheus]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

He's right. Just because people use the phrase incorrectly does not change the meaning of the phrase, just like people not understanding "irony" does not change its meaning.

Just sayin'.  Or pilin' on.

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

You beg the question when you assume the conclusion of your argument in the premise. 

Example -

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "Well he just looks mad, therefore he's mad."
Gil: "You're begging the question."
Internet Apex: "Eat a dick."

Pex may be right in telling me to eat a dick, but he's wrong on the central question of whether the man is mad.  Here's how the convo should have gone.

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "His face is red, commonly associated with high blood pressure and stress.  His hands are shaking as well.  And two minutes before this, I saw him and another man engaging in a heated argument."
Gil: "Good points.  I agree that the man is made.  However, that raises the question of how stress and anger can cause physiological change in hu---."
::punches slaps Gil::
Internet Apex: "Shut up!"

NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DON'T BEG THE QUESTION!!

ShoutBox'd.

[Bort]

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

Intrepid Reader: Gil Gunderson

"I don't always prescribe language. But, when I do, I BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRE."

He is... The Most "Interesting" Man in the World.

Gils gonna Gil.

PS: I know Gil's right. It's just so Gil to correct someone on a message board who is using informal writing.

[Gilgamesh]

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

Intrepid Reader: Gil Gunderson

"I don't always prescribe language. But, when I do, I BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRE."

He is... The Most "Interesting" Man in the World.

Gils gonna Gil.

PS: I know Gil's right. It's just so Gil to correct someone on a message board who is using informal writing.

Eh, I was mostly having fun.

As Thrill said in the SBox, I knew what Apex was saying, I just wanted to stickpoke Apex a little.

[Bort]

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

Intrepid Reader: Gil Gunderson

"I don't always prescribe language. But, when I do, I BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRE."

He is... The Most "Interesting" Man in the World.

Gils gonna Gil.

PS: I know Gil's right. It's just so Gil to correct someone on a message board who is using informal writing.

Eh, I was mostly having fun.

As Thrill said in the SBox, I knew what Apex was saying, I just wanted to stickpoke Apex a little.

And makes you vulnerable to counter-stickpoking from the more, as the French say, "Bortesque" corners of the Internet.

[Saul Goodman]

Have the Cubs ever swept the Giants at AT&T before?

Nosir. Last Cub sweep at San Francisco was in September 1993 at the Stick per PAUL SULLIVAN.

Which begs the question: Has a team coming off of 100 losses ever swept the defending champs in their own building before? I'm just kidding, the question is not begged. Don't look it up. Seriously, you guys are weird. Don't.

No, considering the question was only raised, not begged.

Begging the question is an entirely different concept...but whatever.

I feel like this could be written a little more clearly.

Gils gonna Gil.

He's right. Just because people use the phrase incorrectly does not change the meaning of the phrase, just like people not understanding "irony" does not change its meaning.

Just sayin'.  Or pilin' on.

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

You beg the question when you assume the conclusion of your argument in the premise. 

Example -

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "Well he just looks mad, therefore he's mad."
Gil: "You're begging the question."
Internet Apex: "Eat a dick."

Pex may be right in telling me to eat a dick, but he's wrong on the central question of whether the man is mad.  Here's how the convo should have gone.

Internet Apex: "That man is mad."
Gil: "How do you know?"
Internet Apex: "His face is red, commonly associated with high blood pressure and stress.  His hands are shaking as well.  And two minutes before this, I saw him and another man engaging in a heated argument."
Gil: "Good points.  I agree that the man is made.  However, that raises the question of how stress and anger can cause physiological change in hu---."
::punches Gil::
Internet Apex: "Shut up!"

NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DON'T BEG THE QUESTION!!

Well this changes everything. Stay away from the mad made man.

[Saul Goodman]

I'm not a prescriptivist on most things linguistic, but on this one, I most certainly am.

Intrepid Reader: Gil Gunderson

"I don't always prescribe language. But, when I do, I BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRE."

He is... The Most "Interesting" Man in the World.

Gils gonna Gil.

PS: I know Gil's right. It's just so Gil to correct someone on a message board who is using informal writing.

Eh, I was mostly having fun.

As Thrill said in the SBox, I knew what Apex was saying, I just wanted to stickpoke Apex a little.

And makes you vulnerable to counter-stickpoking from the more, as the French say, "Bortesque" corners of the Internet.

The Americans' name is also Bortesque.