It's like normal hangman, except instead of trying to guess a word, the other person is trying to nail you down to a single word.
So, for example, you start off with four spaces and the word "Jynx". The other person guesses a J first, so you count it wrong and switch your word to any four letter word that doesn't have a J (LYNX, for example). Then they guess Y, so you mark that wrong and switch it to any word without a J or Y (GANG, LOON, etc.).
The objective is for the guessing player to box in the writing player, and for the writing player to keep squirming away from the guessing player. A little unbalanced, but pretty fun.
TheKuven · 193 points · Posted at 02:48:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
2059FF · 16 points · Posted at 03:30:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It used to be a brand name (like "Escalator") but has since become generic enough to be in most dictionaries (as slang for "photocopier") and is accepted in Scrabble. Good enough for me.
The less letters, the harder it is. Gnu is the hardest I've ever seen. Even if they start off all vowels they're still donezo.
zer0cul · 2 points · Posted at 03:57:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Way easier than spy. Hardest words are s_y: spy, sky, sly, shy. Not sty because t is common. Can also mix it up with cry/pry/try. How many 3 letter words end with u and have no other vowels? Tru?
WAtofu · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
'Fjørd' does not exist. Fjord is a norwegian word adopted into English. This is great, because it makes it easy for English speaking tourists to pronounce local places like Hafrsfjord.
I've actually misspelt it, I was going for fjørð. Not a word in English, but still a word!
Jens1011 · 10 points · Posted at 03:22:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But then you could just use words from any language, you could just do a single line and have it be a Chinese character. Good luck ever guessing which character I’m using.
I kept using it to refer to the US solar eclipse last year, because it's a really cool sounding word that you don't really get a chance to use in conversation, unless you're into astronomy.
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I will extend those so they're easier for our sausage fingers to click!
I play "racecar" with my students to work on vocab. If I draw the car body, two tires, an exhaust pipe, and two windows, the kids lose. That way, the kid whose dad killed himself a few years ago doesn't freak out about our game.
Jazz is one of the best words according to something I was reading. The way I understand it, because words get easier to guess once you've guessed a letter already, the fact that jazz has only three unique letters, and j and z are so uncommon, means that it's less likely they will get any clues before running out of guesses.
Source: Drafting Magic the Gathering's new Unstable set and I got Hangman and needed to research hangman strategy.
Is no one going to mention the fact that Jynx isn't even a word? I always thought that proper names couldn't be used in hangman? Otherwise, why not just use Dweezil?
The implication that things might go wrong for the child if they win this game of hangman. Now, not that things are gonna go wrong for them, but they're thinking that they will.
It’s an Always Sunny reference
EDIT: it’s been a while since I’ve seen that scene, so I looked it up and I realized you were referencing the second part. Now I feel dumb
https://youtu.be/-yUafzOXHPE
While it isn't exactly pointless, length does matter a whole lot more than complexity. But still, having numbers, characters, etc. helps with key space.
Leave an underscore in the word. If they guess underscore write it inside one of the pre-existing lines. Maybe then the little fuckers will finally stop asking you to play games with them.
I feel like it is cheating to use a word that isn't English...
ELB95 · 9 points · Posted at 03:08:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Its a valid scrabble word. It was Merriam Webster's "word of the day" back in 2008.
I know everybody has different "rules" for games, but those are the two things I (and people I've played with) use to confirm whether a word is allowed or not.
Right, but crwth is a straight up Welsh word. It has an English translation. Things like gesundheit shouldn't count either in my opinion. That's just this peasants opinion though.
Admittedly, I'm also just a peasant. I read the Wiki on it (which shouldn't count as the final source, of course), and the language used seems to suggest that it still counts as a word in English.
Like several other English loanwords from Welsh, the name is one of the few words in the English language in which the letter W is used as a vowel.
It’s actually a term for a method of copying, but it’s just trademarked by the company Xerox so I don’t think all uses of it are considered a proper noun
Talos would want a unified Empire, not the secession of Skyrim. Only with a unified Empire could the Aldmeri Dominion be defeated and the worship of Talos permitted once more, in the entirety of Tamriel.
The Stormcloaks only use Talos' name as a wedge issue to justify their war against the Thalmor. They have the right idea, that of trying to defeat them, but they go about it the wrong way, Talos would say. They are willing to break the Empire apart, doing the work of the Aldmeri Dominion for them. Once the Thalmor see that the Empire is fragmented, they'll have no worries about seeing the continent conquered and controlled directly by them, with no such Empire as a vassal of any sort. The Stormcloaks' grand strategy promotes the ends that the Thalmor seek.
Keep the Empire unified. Take the fight to the Elves once we have out-bred them. Talos guide you.
I agree. A unified empire is the best hope to beat the Thalmor. Except it's impossible to have that at this point. After the Oblivion Crisis, the Empire has began collapsing. Black Marsh seceded. Elsweyr and Valenwood was given to the Aldmeri Dominion. Hammerfell was given next except they formed a resistance against the Thalmor and actually won.
The Empire is left with High Rock, Skyrim, and Cyrodiil (it's up to you if you want Morrowind but what's the difference?).
Do you honestly believe that this unified Empire can win another war with the Aldmeri Dominion in a second great war? Ever since the Septim bloodline was over, the Empire made stupid decisions and fell into its own demise.
They couldn't even win the first war when they are stronger before. How do you think that an Empire that recently recovered from a civil war, that lost a lot of territory, that lost a lot of men. Can win a second great war with the Aldmeri Dominion?
And yes that would be disastrous if Skyrim was left independent because it can give the Thalmor free pass to invade it. But think about it, do you really think that the Thalmor will invade an independent Skyrim after the civil war?
Looking at Skyrim's geography, you can invade from the North, from the Empire (High Rock and Cyrodiil), from Hammerfell, and from Morrowind.
If the Thalmor invaded from the North then they'll be fucked by the Sea of Ghost. Invading from the Empire will be impossible because there's no way the Empire would allow them or it's a fucking war (not because they love Skyrim but because you wouldn't let an army of your enemy pass through your territory). Invading from Hammerfell is obviously stupid because they couldn't even beat Hammerfell, how the fuck are they going through it? And the last would be from Morrowind and that's a hard game with the Dunmer and Argonians, so that's not even an option. The distance of this invasion is logistically costly because you are going through Black Marsh first and you could die there from the swamps before reaching Morrowind.
Lastly, an independent Skyrim is much stronger than being a puppet of an Empire. An independent Skyrim can build back it's army (which Ulfric promised because they are also preparing a war with the Thalmor, see Stormcloak victory ending). Benefit from it's own economy rather than giving some of it from the Empire, Skyrim is rich btw. Establish relationships with their neighbors (Hammerfell, Morrowind, and Black Marsh).
The Empire is a vassal of the Aldmeri Dominion. The Thalmor can invade from anywhere besides Morrowind, especially with the mountain roads leading into Skyrim.
To answer another question: would the Thalmor invade an independent Skyrim after a civil war? Yes, as soon as possible and by any means necessary. In their position of power, they would hire High Elf, Breton, and Imperial mages alike to open and sustain portals to invade anywhere they want. Why "as soon as possible"? Because the strategic advantage of a Skyrim ruined by civil war without any time to replenish their manpower or to rebuild is too great to squander. Enemy in ruined lands? Hell yeah, they'd want to exploit that, and use the rebellion as an even greater reason to push subjugation and slavery on the races of Men.
True victory over the Aldmeri overlords can only be achieved via rebellion across a unified Empire. Nords, Bretons, Redguards, Imperials are all more fertile than the Mer races, and can out-breed them until the unified Empire outnumbers the High Elves. The Aldmeri Dominion, in turn, cannot be too harsh on its subject races without reason, or it would provoke rebellions in every province. (The rebellion in Skyrim, once more, gives them reason to accelerate their driving of their subject races into slavery until the entirety of the Empire is theirs!)
What's more irritating are these fucking idiots who can't seem to understand that controversial concepts and simply occasionally being nice don't have to be related. Go back up and see the edit.
But life is all about teaching and showing your children the bad and unpleasant parts, huh? God forbid you just want to boost their mood in a bout of them being down.
Moderation can't possibly fucking be real.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm proud of you. Here's a star next to your name and a participation trophy.
I have never let me daughter win. I’m always brutal with games, but I’m also taking the time to teach her my strategies as I do them. That way she learns and becomes a gracious loser. It’s an important life skill to accept that failure is inevitable. You either cry about it or get better.
Now she’s 10 and legitimately beating me in Backgammon.
I lost once when I was a kid and now I suck dick for crack and I'm not even a crack addict. I just throw the crack away. That's how much losing fucked me up.
Oh how I wish I understood your comment, PRSBirdies, but I actually scanned the comments in search for someone breaking down OP's post. I didn't that understand that one, either.
Can you ELI5, to someone who played hangman in a decidedly different way than the OP.
That's not the reason I didn't get it, though, I suspect...I suspect momentary dementia (but I was always a pessimist). :-<
Edit: OK, I now get the OP. My mental reading "voice" (which for some reason sounds like Sean Connery today) read something inventive the first 3 times.
I know you’re joking, but I’m definitely thinking about how to make my kid not be an angry asshole when he plays online games. He’s gonna be surrounded by it.
Double reply because I'm an asshole: the song is really good. It's kinda cringy, but it sounds great and the story behind it is SUPER AWESOME. Also, NetNobody is really smart.
Tldw; used beef with KSI to a. grow and b. bait KSI into getting NetNobody's ex to get in on the diss track, helping with his court case fighting for custody of his child.
If there's one minor thing that pisses me off for absolutely no fucking reason it's when players don't shake hands after a match. Such a minor thing, but infuriates me to no end to see an opponent refuse a handshake.
nutsaur · 9 points · Posted at 02:42:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I wish I was taught to lose.
Every time I lose I get a little better. Winning can be pretty boring.
I was young and playing this with my dad, and I had guessed 'Z' and 'Q'. He told me that those letters rarely ever pop up, so it was kind of a waste of a turn to guess them. The next word he picked was 'pizza'.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 03:47:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I JUST realized why that's the template sentence. Wow. I feel dumb. Been reading it for 20 years now, never understood why they chose such an odd sentence.
The hunter has the gun and the crackers, the cat wants the crackers, the bear wants the fish, the fish wants the fly, are we on the same fucking page here?
1thief · 4 points · Posted at 03:36:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."
This is shorter - with two fewer letters - and therefore better. Everyone - particularly Microsoft - has been doing it wrong forever.
Exactly. We're trying to get all 26 letters in there, but we're not just trying to get all 26 letters in there in a row without telling a nice, pleasant story!
In fact when I was a kid, I always misremembered the sentence as, "The quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog," which I still like better as being a more visually interesting story
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
There, even more efficient, and I got every version of every letter. Don't understand why they don't use this instead of a template sentence? Especially if the requirements are it must have all the letters.
The Iroha (いろは) is a Japanese poem, probably written in the Heian era (794–1179). Originally the poem was attributed to the founder of the Shingon Esoteric sect of Buddhism in Japan, Kūkai, but more modern research has found the date of composition to be later in the Heian Period. The first record of its existence dates from 1079. It is famous because it is simultaneously a perfect pangram and isogram, containing each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once.
English generally doesn't use w as a vowel on it's own. It is often part of a diphthong.
Loan words from languages where w is a vowel, though, have made their way into English. The word cwm, for example, is from Welsh, were a w can represent the same vowel sound as in who /uː/
It's more correct to say that the grapheme w can be used to represent a vowel sound. But if you said that, your English teacher might have punched you in the face for being a pretentious twat.
hypnotii · 39 points · Posted at 02:43:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I remember some of my middle school friends and I felt like hot shit because we could (and still can) spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Hahahaha I used to sling this word around in Gifted and Talented class like I was a hot commodity. Thanks for reminding me of that. I got what I deserved when I said "prostitute" instead of "prosecutor" when we were having a class discussion on jobs and careers, and didn't know why I got in trouble.
Don't forget eyes, ears, mouth, nose, pupils, and a hat.
Se7enLC · 40 points · Posted at 02:43:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you use HANGMAN as the word, they'll feel really dumb when they don't get it. Use EASY, and while they are playing, keep telling them "it's easy" and "this word is easy".
[deleted] · 100 points · Posted at 02:20:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.
From Wikipedia: The lorem ipsum text is typically a scrambled section of De finibus bonorum et malorum, a 1st-century BC Latin text by Cicero, with words altered, added, and removed to make it nonsensical, improper Latin.
Seems like the definition of gibberish to me even if it had a source that wasn't gibberish before it was altered.
Would be funny to see how long it took Cicero to figure out what you were up to though...
As for the "for some reason" you may already know but for those that don't: One of the big (primary? only?) reasons the lorem ipsum text is used so commonly in design work is specifically because it is meaningless nonsense. That way when you're working on a design layout or typesetting you don't get distracted by the words themselves but can focus on the appearance of the words.
Though obviously for most of us almost any latin text would probably work (I guess the average English speaker could probably pick out a word here or there, but overall it would be meaningless).
As I heard it, another part of the goal with mangling the text was to make sure that it had roughly the same distribution and prevalence of each letter as the English language, also to aid in judging how real text will eventually appear. For that reason, just any latin text might not work as well, since it might use letter combinations that would not appear in English (like words ending in "ii").
Ah yeah good point! I had forgotten about that bit. It's not just any random gibberish, it's gibberish with relatively representative letter distribution, word length, and other "realistic" characteristics.
Interestingly, it is actually much closer to the original source than you might imagine.. Also, according to s few sources, the original text was actually written by Cicero, so I bet he’d think that you’d been slacking off while transcribing or something.
Interesti, it is tually muh oser to he origina urce. Sod according to ew bint sous, ext actu writ by Cero, so I werg hat yo acking off parny hile anscrib or someth.
Basically matches the source, right? :)
I'm kidding... sort of. I realize that's a bit exaggerated, but the point remains that it is a series of words (and non-words) that were specifically intended to be nonsensical. That is, by definition, gibberish. Even if you ignore the non-words and pretend all of them are real words, it's still gibberish. The fact that they were pulled from a source that originally made sense doesn't change that. The comparison to the original mostly shows how little you may have to alter a text for it to become unintelligible.
And yeah, the original text coming from Cicero was in the Wikipedia quote in my other response. I can't say I have a good enough grasp of Latin to know how easy or difficult it would have been for him to make the connection between the gibberish and the stuff he wrote that served as the source. It makes sense to me that he would be able to recognize it but it also seems like the words being altered into non-words, missing words, and occasional added words might do weird stuff to your mind making it hard for even the original author to recognize... I dunno.
Disarm their defenses against you so you can implement your plan to psychologically destroy them over time. It takes longer but it's much more empowering than winning a game of hangman against them. Once they do their second sentence in the penal system, you will know you have truly destroyed a human life. If you are skilled enough you can actually turn them into your evil minion and assign them tasks such as murdering someone who slighted you or burning down a building that contains documents you need destroyed.
29 letters vs 31 letters. It's also grammatically correct. If you don't count that because there is only one "Sphinx" in the world, meaning it can't be made of black quartz, "how vexingly quick daft zebras jump" is also shorter with only 30 characters.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:53:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The Great Sphinx of Gaza isn't the only sphinx in the world! A sphinx is a mystical creature like a gryffin, just one that we associate with the famous monument.
There's no point in playing a game that you can't lose. Instead you should use words like Queue, rhythm, and qi to make things really difficult for them.
PlazaOne · 12 points · Posted at 00:45:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How is queue hard? 4/5 letters are vowels and once you have those, it isn't too hard to know the word. You're relying on the person not knowing the word queue exists
[deleted] · 46 points · Posted at 01:10:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Y'all need to chill. Let's say we're showing a kid how to play for the first time!
Edit: I am talking about the first round with a kid in like grade 1. I am convinced everyone who disagrees is thinking about their 16 y/o nephew OR hasn't played a lot of games with kids, doesn't know how to play games with kids.
I agree in spirit, but actually this doesn’t teach like most of the rules of the game. If they never guess wrong they miss the drawing the hangman part.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sure but you probably won't play just the one round
But the first round they learn is the most important round. If they think the game is so easy that it is impossible to make a mistake, that's just setting them up for disappointment.
If you're teaching a kid how to play for the first time, do not use this phrase. They would be confused on how the game works. The wouldn't understand how there is any challenged to the game. They would just think it's a game consist entirely of saying a letter and then writing that letter down.
Plus this isn't a Life Pro Tip. It's enabling conditions where kids never lose, the equivalent of a "participation medal" except worse. It's actually really, really bad child-rearing skills.
If your kid can't enjoy a game that they don't win you have messed up or the kid simply should never play games. If you want to bond why not do something that is actually enjoyable as opposed to just trying to trick your kid.
[deleted] · -26 points · Posted at 01:37:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's not like you can use it every time. and the point is that it lets the kid win which can make the kid more engaged. Say if he lost 5 in a row, he could not want to play anymore. Throw this one out there, he's finally got one in the bag and wants to play more.
I mean I wouldn't say to use shit like this every time. If the kid has been having a bad day, or has lost a couple of games in a row its nice to throw them an easy one that doesn't look too easy. Sometimes you just wanna give them a chance to win, without letting them know you made it easy on them.
This should be thrown in there when the kid seems like they need a victory moment, but obviously you don't want them to actually know you let them win (or they won't actually get a victory moment). I mean if you only give them things like this, yeah that's not great, kids need to learn they don't always win. But lets say you're playing 10 rounds of hangman, giving the kid one round they're guaranteed to win won't ruin the child's life.
I don't think OP meant to give them ones like this every time. Just picture your kid had a hard day at school, or they just lost 3 games of hangman in a row. Sometimes they need a victory moment to boost their self esteem. This is a sentence that a kid won't realize you handed it to them. Pretty much, definitely don't have them win every time, that's not good. However, losing every time isn't good either, you'll raise a kid who thinks they're a failure. Throw something like this in on occasion when you as a parent feel like they really need a victory moment.
Eh, it depends on the age, when they're like 5 they may not realize you set it up that way. Plus, I mean there is "A", I always guess "A" during hangman, its a common letter. Obviously you shouldn't be trying this with older kids.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 03:54:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
TIL that “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” was not at all a random sentence used by typing tutor programs.
kklevy · 5 points · Posted at 03:08:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's insane how many people in this thread think this is going to lead the child into some participation medal syndrome. You can only use this phrase once (else you'd just ruin the game) and it's a cool way to introduce what is a pretty neat and linguistically important sentence in the English language. It's a learning moment for God's sake, not the implementation of some permanent handicap.
If you’re testing to see if grandma had a stroke, get her to repeat that sentence. It uses almost all English sounds and you can detect slurring speech or slower cognition this way. I’ve used it in the emergency room triage for years.
I obviously don’t rule it out that way, but it certainly makes it more obvious if there is neurological impairment.
I actually did this with my 6-year-old son just a few weeks ago (although we usually skip the Hangman aspect of the game anyway.) He decided to just start off guessing the letters in alphabetical order, and it was so fun to see his reaction as he realized every single one was there.
While kids definitely need to learn that you don't win every time and that that is ok to do so. Sometimes your kid needs a self esteem boost, this would give them that boost without your kid realizing you handed it to them. I'd use it after my kid had a really hard day at school, or lost a couple of games in a row already. A moment when they may have low self-esteem, feel a bit like a failure, and use it to boost their self-esteem/confidence.
Making the game un-lose-able every time would be terrible parenting, however watching your kid fail repeatedly and not offering them a hand isn't good parenting either. This is you offering a hand without them realizing it, making them feel like they did it all on their own.
The fuck? Why don't you want the kid to lose? Isn't that the point of playing with children? Last thing I want to deal with is some annoying kid who thinks they're hot shit for guessing a long phrase.
I did this with my little cousin during my brother's college graduation ceremony. We were sitting for hours through the ceremony and played hangman to pass the time. He was getting frustrated with some of the words I gave him, so I decided to give him this phrase. He was wondering why it was so long but felt like a super hero picking each letter and getting a hit each time. His face lit up with smiles and giggles when he finished "without any wrong guesses".
He's starting college next year, and I'm getting married on Saturday. Maybe I'll have someone to play hangman with again when he graduates.
When me and the kids play a board game, I usually add in special rules where the first person to win helps the next people to win and so on until everyone gets to candy mountain or whatever.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But what phrase can I use so that they'll be set up to lose? That's the one I'm interested in.
When my kid used "TV" on us and he was at the age where we didn't know if he was making up a word or not, as we had the T but V was not something we were thinking, and both of us (wife and I) lost individually , we knew it was game on after that.
btveron · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or teach them that nothing is handed to you in life, and get them to do a little problem solving.
Wait, people let their kids win? Man I remember playing scrabble all the time with my mom and she always won. I finally won one day and after that the scrabble game rarely ever came out. It took years to beat her and then kaput
A better thing to do would be to have a phrase that is mathematically impossible to lose at but can still be at the point of almost losing. This allows the kid to think they could have lost but still win.
Yeah and then give them a participation ribbon right? It's every man for themselves when you play with me. Nothing wrong with losing op in fact it's good for you. Builds humility.
It's possible to use a much shorter phrase that is still impossible to lose with. The phrase only needs (27 - n) letters, where n is the number of incorrect guesses that cause them to lose. Depending on how creatively you want to draw your hangman, you really don't need to use that many letters.
For example, "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS" has 20 unique letters, so if you can draw a hangman with 7 parts then the game is impossible to lose.
Head, neck, body, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg. Un-losable game with a much simpler phrase.
NaCl777 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs also works, but kids need to learn to lose and fail
VincoP · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don't use this for a group game though. I don't remember what phrase was used when I was in 2nd grade, but I remember guessing a whole sentence. With the rest of the class silent, I felt awkward going through every letter, starting and finishing it by myself, and at least one kid said I hogged the game, though our teacher pointed out it was all going according to the rules.
“The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs back 1234567890” was the first teletype message sent from the pentagon to Moscow after they installed direct communications lines after the Cuban middle crisis in the 60’s. Know colloquially as the “red phone” it actually didn’t have voice capability until the 1980’s.
Being a father and an educator, I have to say that while well-intentioned, this type of advice can do more harm than good.
Kids need to struggle, lose a little, have a well-deserved win, then rinse and repeat. Don’t make things easy for them. Instead, scaffold difficult task for them so they can experience success, but success that they’ve earned, not been given. If they continually experience success in a structured environment, they won’t know what to do when they experience the slightest bit of frustration in the real world. You haven’t given them the tools.
So, in the example of Hangman, give them 3-letter words and give them a category (eg _ _ _ is a farm animal). Then, slowly ratchet up the difficulty as they experience success. The next level of difficulty should be hard enough that they fail a couple of times, but success isn’t out-of-reach. It’s called the “Zone of Proximal Development” or ZPD.
Also, as a side note, imagine how daunting OP’s suggested phrase would look in a game of Hangman to a child who can barely read. No young child would persevere through that, and would likely either give up or get bored before they even made it halfway.
Children need to loose games until they improve then you can let them win a game as motivation, if you let a child always win they will grow up to be pathetic.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My favorite is 'Io,' the planet.
They get one vowel, and they know for sure the other one has to be a consonant - it? is? in? or no? to? so?
People saying "dont let them win!" "Prepare them for life"
Its a fucking game of hangman. Letting your kid beat you at something isnt going pussify them for the rest of their life. I hope you people never have children.
Thank you, you seem like the one person that understands. I would just use this with my cousin who hasn’t even completely learned how to speak yet, using complicated words so he loses accomplished nothing at his age.
That's way too long. By the time they guessed what it was, we would both be bored to tears. Valiant effort though.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Once again this sub proves to be stupid as hell.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Kids should learn how to lose, I never let my kid win anything. Then when she does win something, it has meaning.
To this day ive never beat my uncle at monopoly, weve played 100s of times since i was a small child, still do. If and when that day comes, it will be an achievement for me. If he let me win as a kid it would of meant nothing.
Reading through the comments I think it’s clear we have a good and healthy gathering of concerned and earnest parents and a equally sized cotillion of dark humored childless maniacs who just want to watch the world burn.
_Eerie · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This sentence sucks. It's clear that it was made so it was impossible to lose. Better make a phrase which doesn't have like 7-8 letters - there would be some misses and the hangman would be drawn in a part but it would still be impossible to lose
Making sure kids never lose is a terrible idea. Instead teach them to lose the right way and learn lessons from the loss. Teach them respect for their opponents. Also teach them how to win with respect and class.
O you're one of those types... Fuck outta here. Teach a kid nothing but wins, when he finally losses in reaity, you'll regret it as a parent! That's truth! Fails are a part of life. Teach to deal with it versus never have it.
Good thing Im not 18 yet and don’t have kids, I was just posting something that came to my mind.
Enkjdu · -1 points · Posted at 03:05:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I remember the first time I learned people were retarded chimpanzees.. I started reading a book when I was 11 called the tipping point by malcom gladwell.. good book, some anecdotes on psychology, some interesting sociological stats. I was reading In math class, because who needs simple algebra when you can do quantum physics and college level computing when you're 12. A girl asked me what I was reading, so I showed her and her knee jerk reaction was that "oh there's a number in that book with a percent, I can't read it. I went home and did some IQ research and found out that my iq was over 400, and I did the standard deviation math and realized that if the average human's processing power is 93 in this country, and a cockroaches processing power is 25ish, that the average human has a lot more in common with a cockroach than they do with me.
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blackburn009 · 4715 points · Posted at 00:52:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use Jynx at least once to make sure they know the taste of defeat
DetectiveTinaBrown · 1287 points · Posted at 02:29:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And rhythm >:)
JTurtle_ · 962 points · Posted at 02:39:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Never forget to use “phlegm” occasionally
HouAngelesDodgeStros · 64 points · Posted at 03:15:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That and 'vacuum' are my go-to words when I'm playing Hangman for money.
PM_ME_YOUR_JELLIES · 71 points · Posted at 03:23:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wait, I've never heard of people playing Hangman for money.
seandfrancis · 34 points · Posted at 03:49:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Backalley Hangman... the stakes are high, but the rush, the rush is tremendous!
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 03:53:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Street rules Hangman. Where the only thing higher than the stakes are the players.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:31:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Where if you lose they literally hang you..
mrpanda350 · 3 points · Posted at 05:42:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don't know why, but I read this in seinfeld's voice
imregrettingthis · 3 points · Posted at 19:58:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's how us teachers make ends meet.
PM_ME_YOUR_JELLIES · 2 points · Posted at 19:59:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gotta pay for that ammunition somehow. /s
pyroSeven · 5 points · Posted at 03:49:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Mate, you can play anything for money. You wanna bet?
I may have a problem...
PM_ME_YOUR_JELLIES · 3 points · Posted at 03:58:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I have a problem too, it's all good. I went to Vegas and spent 4 times as much as I planned too...
GettingBoredOfThis · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yeah but people on reddit lie
heartshapedpox · 38 points · Posted at 03:24:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You regularly play Hangman for money?
atlgeek007 · 42 points · Posted at 03:27:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
https://i.imgur.com/OL5LgTD.gif
ujelly_fish · 4 points · Posted at 03:49:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
As soon as the guess “u” you’re done though
Erzherzog · 3 points · Posted at 04:19:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Have you ever heard of Dirty Hangman?
It's like normal hangman, except instead of trying to guess a word, the other person is trying to nail you down to a single word.
So, for example, you start off with four spaces and the word "Jynx". The other person guesses a J first, so you count it wrong and switch your word to any four letter word that doesn't have a J (LYNX, for example). Then they guess Y, so you mark that wrong and switch it to any word without a J or Y (GANG, LOON, etc.).
The objective is for the guessing player to box in the writing player, and for the writing player to keep squirming away from the guessing player. A little unbalanced, but pretty fun.
TheKuven · 193 points · Posted at 02:48:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I prefer to use "pshaw".
rurunosep · 133 points · Posted at 02:57:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
As if I'd use "pshaw"
peewinkle · 73 points · Posted at 03:09:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pshaw
mickdermack · 18 points · Posted at 03:36:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gesundheit
TheLastUserWasUsed · 10 points · Posted at 03:41:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day
gaspitsjesse · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Qi to really melt their brains.
kangarool · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use Gesundheit at least once to make sure they know the taste of defeat
chardogrande · 22 points · Posted at 03:10:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yee snaw
kcapulet · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Syzygy
Quaiker · 4 points · Posted at 03:36:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Qat
Rappelling_Rapunzel · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
ha ha HAW! snort!
Dswimanator · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
psshtt
GabeNewell1337 · 19 points · Posted at 03:18:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I use pokemon names
ThePickleAvenger · 30 points · Posted at 03:33:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Good luck guessing, Yvetal, fucker
GabeNewell1337 · 13 points · Posted at 03:33:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
or SPOINK
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 03:44:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
yveltal*
ftfy
jimmythebass · 5 points · Posted at 03:46:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Especially when you don't even spell it right.
ThePickleAvenger · 2 points · Posted at 12:02:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fuck
DAVasquez- · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The Pepsiman sound?
PaulTheOctopus · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I like syzygy quite a bit.
ossi_simo · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I use “myrrh” and “galaxy” and “jazzy”
TheColossalX · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use Pygmy.
BuffaloSabresFan · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That one is not a real word /s
iPundemic · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz always works
Dran_Arcana · 73 points · Posted at 03:12:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Xerox is the most evil one I've ever seen
Faczak · 62 points · Posted at 03:17:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Djinn is bad in hangman AND scrabble
thegeneraldisarray · 27 points · Posted at 03:26:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But great for Ouija.
nomadfarmer · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nah, get that j on a triple letter, maybe throw in a word multiplier... It's couple be great!
Echopractic · 42 points · Posted at 03:17:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Proper noun/brand name. Not allowed. Disqualified. Barred. Do not pass go. Choose another word.
Bill_buttlicker69 · 8 points · Posted at 03:28:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fired. Disowned. Executed.
2059FF · 16 points · Posted at 03:30:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It used to be a brand name (like "Escalator") but has since become generic enough to be in most dictionaries (as slang for "photocopier") and is accepted in Scrabble. Good enough for me.
TokyoJokeyo · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How about about "xerography"?
johndoe1920 · 6 points · Posted at 03:29:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The less letters, the harder it is. Gnu is the hardest I've ever seen. Even if they start off all vowels they're still donezo.
zer0cul · 2 points · Posted at 03:57:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Way easier than spy. Hardest words are s_y: spy, sky, sly, shy. Not sty because t is common. Can also mix it up with cry/pry/try. How many 3 letter words end with u and have no other vowels? Tru?
WAtofu · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's gotta be the easiest word with x though
Lilscribby · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz. The absolute worst bc two Zs.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:07:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or smegma.
Laz0r_dick · 23 points · Posted at 03:14:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Not for a child. Drunk friends tho
theflyingkiwi00 · 3 points · Posted at 03:28:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
have a friend called greg, call him smegma, he doesn't know what it means
kai_okami · 21 points · Posted at 03:24:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If I saw "_ _ _ _ g m" I would just fucking leave.
NewaccountWoo · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You dropped this \
kai_okami · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I..what? When? \ Thank you but I don't know what to do with this.
NewaccountWoo · 4 points · Posted at 04:14:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I responded to the wrong person.
He's gone now, it's yours I guess.
It's what he would have wanted...
Moundsy · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Dont forget "Calypso"
michaltee · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How about "smegma"? That one's a h00t!
chandleross · 84 points · Posted at 03:00:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The lucid lynx hurdles over the melancholy canine with inexplicable rhythm.
Boukensha94 · 17 points · Posted at 03:39:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Calm down Beelzebub.
RandizzleDee · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This probably wouldn't be that hard considering not many letters would be wrong guesses
notice_moi · 5 points · Posted at 03:20:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Woah Satan, hold on to your horses!
AlwaysJeans · 65 points · Posted at 02:38:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or if you're a horrible person, sygygy
hypnotii · 66 points · Posted at 02:41:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or if you’re a total asshole, fjord
craze4ble · 45 points · Posted at 02:58:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you really want to screw them over, fjørd.
Jernhesten · 28 points · Posted at 03:09:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
'Fjørd' does not exist. Fjord is a norwegian word adopted into English. This is great, because it makes it easy for English speaking tourists to pronounce local places like Hafrsfjord.
craze4ble · 11 points · Posted at 03:13:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I've actually misspelt it, I was going for fjørð. Not a word in English, but still a word!
Jens1011 · 10 points · Posted at 03:22:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But then you could just use words from any language, you could just do a single line and have it be a Chinese character. Good luck ever guessing which character I’m using.
BallPlartCallMop · 3 points · Posted at 03:27:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung
Good luck guessing that one.
craze4ble · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My go-to would be Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitainskajütenschlüssellochschraube.
Erzherzog · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Huh. I never realized that languages without alphabets probably can't/don't play hangman.
dethmaul · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I drove a Fiero once, too.
VulpesFennekin · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Feeurth.
jev123 · 13 points · Posted at 03:06:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or zzyzx
kai_okami · 17 points · Posted at 03:24:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What the fuck happened
xaanthar · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Guy decided to open up a "health spa" type place and gave it a catchy marketing name to be, and I quote, "The last word in health!"
HelperBot_ · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Non-Mobile link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California
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NeededToFilterSubs · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The most loyal imp I've ever known
awkwardisrelative · 0 points · Posted at 03:33:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I actually knew a kid named Zzyzx once. Funnily enough his sister had a normal name like Connie or something.
CraineTwo · 27 points · Posted at 02:48:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or if you delight in others' suffering, "crwth".
Jaquestrap · 10 points · Posted at 03:05:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or if you rejoice in the misery of the youth, just use "I'm a big fat poopy face."
drellby_primpton · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
or 樓觀飛驚 圖寫禽獸 if you're a naught boy
eddmario · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or if you just wanna be a dick, "axolotl"
Bucket_the_Beggar · 8 points · Posted at 02:47:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm rather fond of xylenes.
Scizmz · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zyzzyx
acebravo56 · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Norwegians would get that no problem. J should be their first guess.
ValAichi · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fjord is somewhat common, I think a decent number of people would get it
Android_Obesity · 22 points · Posted at 03:09:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Do you mean “syzygy?” I’ve totally used that before. Thanks, dictionary.com word of the day!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:34:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I actually encountered this word in real life
Psalm-69 · 5 points · Posted at 03:42:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I kept using it to refer to the US solar eclipse last year, because it's a really cool sounding word that you don't really get a chance to use in conversation, unless you're into astronomy.
WriteBrainedJR · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you count watching the X-Files episode that has this word for a title, so have I.
Emperor_Neuro · 8 points · Posted at 03:03:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I've never had anyone correctly guess zyzzyva. Sygygy will now be my follow up
Corporal_Cavernosa · 19 points · Posted at 03:08:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's actually syzygy.
420milestogo · 3 points · Posted at 03:21:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I conquer. (For realsies though, it is syzygy.)
Emperor_Neuro · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Even better :)
Yodiddlyyo · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zyzzyva is a proper noun though.
Emperor_Neuro · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's the name of a category of beetles. It's no more of a proper noun than "polar bear."
chandleross · 3 points · Posted at 03:01:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
people like you go to a special place in hell.
I love it.
NearlyOutOfMilk · 3 points · Posted at 03:10:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Think you mean "syzygy".
PhasmaFelis · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Syzygy."
02overthrown · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You mean syzygy?
revereddesecration · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
*syzygy
amazonian_raider · 2 points · Posted at 02:49:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or maybe syzygy?
PM_THE_GUY_BELOW_ME · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
cwms would be worse
The_Amazing_Emu · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's my go to word. Gotta have them use up most of their guesses on vowels
alexanderw885 · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz works pretty well too
ajfoucault · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Rhythms also gets them all the time (dat "adding an s" Scrabble technique, tho :P)
deepestshame · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Crwth
Git Gud famalam
ananonymouswaffle · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Queen and Cyclopses are personal favorites
Munkii · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My dad would use "kayak"
xanderismello · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Syzygy
renernavilez · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I choose categories. Step 1: movies Step 2: choose xxx as movie. Step three count how many bitches you're gonna fuck with your victory dick.
elvisnake · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And Nymph
danickel1988 · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I used arc in a math class and no one guessed it.
GeorgieWashington · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Schwa
MacduffFifesNo1Thane · 0 points · Posted at 03:06:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Are you Victoria Mitchell? And why is the March Hare so important to the Aztecs?
dubyrunning · 222 points · Posted at 02:55:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or if you want them to win but learn a bunch of new words in the process, try the most metal of pangrams, "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow!"
supersassysara · 89 points · Posted at 03:11:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Where is F
EDIT: kill me
Ass_Clapper · 32 points · Posted at 03:12:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Of
SpitfireP7350 · 29 points · Posted at 03:21:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
oof
2059FF · 3 points · Posted at 03:32:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
ooof
explodingpear · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Where o
Surinical · 3 points · Posted at 04:32:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
He needs to drink more letter spotting juice
U_only_y0L0_once · 2 points · Posted at 03:49:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
ouch owie!
idledebonair · 3 points · Posted at 03:53:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
my bones
iWasChris · 18 points · Posted at 03:33:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sfinx
CptSpockCptSpock · 9 points · Posted at 03:12:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Of
pedantic_asshole_ · 5 points · Posted at 03:18:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Of
NoncreativeScrub · 4 points · Posted at 03:38:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
F
Doyle524 · 4 points · Posted at 03:50:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Interesting though, the reason you missed it is because most brains process the f in of as a v.
uss1701jb · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Well yeah because it's not "uhff" it's "uhvv"
TmickyD · 6 points · Posted at 03:12:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you use words like those, F is out of the question.
Flatscreens · 3 points · Posted at 03:25:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oof
sconniedrumz · 3 points · Posted at 03:48:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
F
IceNein · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Of
admiralspark · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Of
PaulTheOctopus · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Press f to pay respects
brileaknowsnothing · 2 points · Posted at 14:26:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hmm. I couldn't find it either. Interesting psychological phenomena, perhaps.
DGSTEE · 129 points · Posted at 03:10:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Let’s not teach them to be neckbeards too
Crazymage321 · 9 points · Posted at 03:22:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Damn that sounds like part of a DnD Campaign.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
/unexpectedd&d
Ashbrit · 3 points · Posted at 03:30:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This isn't a pangram though... right? Where's the 'Y'?
0kely_d0kely · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My
FatGayRod · 3 points · Posted at 03:56:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Where's the "M"?
0kely_d0kely · 3 points · Posted at 03:58:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's upside down in "vow"
Ashbrit · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wow. I read over that like 5 times to make sure I wasn't dumb, but I ended up being dumb.
-w-w · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
O is in there twice. Is that legal?
inb4 prequelmeme
jejrikshqhekdks · 74 points · Posted at 02:54:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The fewer the letters the better.
Jazz
Thanks-For_The-Gold · 50 points · Posted at 03:11:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm partial to "fly", generally pisses people off.
tlst9999 · 18 points · Posted at 03:46:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
A. No.
E. No.
I. No.
O. No.
U. No.
peacetricia · 15 points · Posted at 03:05:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gym
bhrgunatha · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
qi to really mess them up.
FatFingerHelperBot · 3 points · Posted at 03:30:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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bhrgunatha · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:23 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Good, skinny-fingered bot.
takkuso · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I've heard Jazz and Buzz are statistically the hardest words in hangman.
jcowlishaw · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pizza
sjwillis · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Icy
therealgodfarter · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sky is a favourite of mine
BuRP77 · 0 points · Posted at 03:21:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oh shit, mine would be I, it is only one letter.
Yeah_Its_Crusty · 28 points · Posted at 03:09:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Lynch is my go to
HouAngelesDodgeStros · 28 points · Posted at 03:14:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And it fits the theme of the game!
BamBiffZippo · 12 points · Posted at 03:35:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I play "racecar" with my students to work on vocab. If I draw the car body, two tires, an exhaust pipe, and two windows, the kids lose. That way, the kid whose dad killed himself a few years ago doesn't freak out about our game.
pure_race · 4 points · Posted at 03:48:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I use a bear in a crate with heaps of balloons attached to it, floating in the air. Get a letter wrong, a balloon dissapears.
Win before the bear comes crashing to the ground!
Erzherzog · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Now the kid whose dad died in a bear attack is forced to save his father's killer!
pure_race · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Did I say the bear is actually a teddy bear? Trying to work out what weird monster from Five Nights at Freddy's killed the father.
FatGayRod · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I use a stick man and sever a limb each time until he's decapitated. Helps us learn about ISIS and vocabulary.
FatGayRod · 0 points · Posted at 03:58:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How would the dad freak out when he's dead?
BITCRUSHERRRR · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yeah, they're one of my favorite bands too
ianoftawa · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sly/ply/fly/why/shy keep on changing until they loose. I am not always a good person.
BlueBlazeMV · 30 points · Posted at 02:41:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zephyr
FourOneNiner · 11 points · Posted at 02:39:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don’t jinx the lynx, Leon Spinks.
ConnorMcJeezus · 8 points · Posted at 02:57:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wave
mysoxarewhite · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hymn
Brocktoberfest · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
cwm
shadowslayer978 · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Only if they use a dragon type ;)
doesntgeddit · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zzyzx.
Emperor_Neuro · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My favorite word is Zyzzyva.
smoov22 · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz
holyshitbots · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ox
RandomExcess · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
quiz
Jellyeleven · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No one ever gets COW
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Coccyx
Jokkitch · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And Sphynx!
Bradspersecond · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sphynx was my go to "Let's play another game" move.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jynx and Jazz, you can neva lose
techcaleb · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Aglet
Dentedhelm · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Sphinxes" always does the trick for me
FeloniousDrunk101 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I’m a big fan of “strengths” as the longest word with only 1 vowel.
snugglow · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I use Wyvern
PvtToonz · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I like to use syzygy
poopybunghole69 · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or jazz
ghostmetalblack · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Better to learn disappointment sooner than later
tgraefj · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My favorite is gypsy
coachlasso · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Myrrh is also a good one
Tj7223 · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"syzygy"
exLurker25 · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
a substitute teacher once hit us with "Ivy" and my class was absolutely stumped.
treesalt617 · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The real tip is always in the comments.
DoctorHoho · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Follow one by the other, and you can instill a sense of magic
Duke_Jopper · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pneumatic is always fun too.
ebb2flow · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Syzygy is a fun one
PM_ME_LEGAL_PAPERS · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nah, "adz" will make them weep.
Dlgredael · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz is one of the best words according to something I was reading. The way I understand it, because words get easier to guess once you've guessed a letter already, the fact that jazz has only three unique letters, and j and z are so uncommon, means that it's less likely they will get any clues before running out of guesses.
Source: Drafting Magic the Gathering's new Unstable set and I got Hangman and needed to research hangman strategy.
pilotlife · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nah, Syzygy is my main go to. Haven't had a person yet guess that word correctly.
PS: Syzygy is a term used when three or more celestial bodies line up within a galaxy
BabylonDrifter · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Adz
Duki- · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
sphinx.
angrysquid17 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zhuzh is my new favorite word, mostly because I use it a lot and never knew how to spell it until recently...
VikingBraixen · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My favorite word for that is Zygote
Randel1997 · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or just 14 Q's in a row
ESPONDA- · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz
GnomeFighter · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My personal favorite is "Wyvern"
TheReal_VidiVici · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Daddy, I thought a Jynx was a girl with the rocket launcher in that really old game you play...
louis_456 · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gypsy is pretty brutal. A card I always keep hidden up my sleeve.
SuperdorkJones · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Is no one going to mention the fact that Jynx isn't even a word? I always thought that proper names couldn't be used in hangman? Otherwise, why not just use Dweezil?
jon_the_ninja · 0 points · Posted at 03:24:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz is the hardest word I️ thought ?
ShiftingStar · 3243 points · Posted at 00:18:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Teach them how to lose gracefully. Use a word they’ve never heard of.
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 3608 points · Posted at 01:01:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Throw in some numbers and special characters. Teach them about password security.
huggiesdsc · 1567 points · Posted at 01:03:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use their own social security number. Teach them to fear you, because of the implications.
DuckTapeHandgrenade · 477 points · Posted at 02:25:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Are we playing hangman on a boat?
ThereComing · 145 points · Posted at 02:34:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You said that word, implications. What implications?
SexlessNights · 42 points · Posted at 02:53:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
its prerogative
smokeydaBandito · 15 points · Posted at 02:59:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Who's prerogative?
lombax45 · 18 points · Posted at 03:00:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, no, no. It’s perscriptive.
NoUse4aNam3 · 9 points · Posted at 03:14:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I think you mean provocative.
Dininiful · 0 points · Posted at 03:36:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
He definitely said purgatory
evil_leaper · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pugnacious?
n7-Jutsu · 5 points · Posted at 03:55:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It gets people going
Oh wait, I'm thinking about something else
lostinpow · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
/r/IASIP
Johnny_Freedoom · 36 points · Posted at 02:32:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I could not, would not, on a boat
failbotron · 60 points · Posted at 02:36:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
but you would...because of the implication
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 02:45:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
In reality I want a simple explanation,
Away from the terrible implication.
I could not, would not, on a boat
I could not, would not, in a moat.
failbotron · 20 points · Posted at 02:47:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
but you would...because of the implication
Johnny_Freedoom · 13 points · Posted at 02:53:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You guys have said that word implication a couple of times, what implication?
TheIncredibleInk · 18 points · Posted at 03:10:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The implication that things might go wrong for the child if they win this game of hangman. Now, not that things are gonna go wrong for them, but they're thinking that they will.
Lunchboxninja1 · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wait, wait--Dennis, is this child in danger?
FruityShnebbles · 8 points · Posted at 03:10:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It’s an Always Sunny reference EDIT: it’s been a while since I’ve seen that scene, so I looked it up and I realized you were referencing the second part. Now I feel dumb https://youtu.be/-yUafzOXHPE
xThe_Cool · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Read any of the boring ass books you wrote
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
[deleted]
xThe_Cool · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Damn you're right
waff1e3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It really sounds like she doesn't want to play hangman with you!
c-williams88 · 51 points · Posted at 02:25:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But they’re not in any real danger, right?
AbominaSean · 37 points · Posted at 02:30:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No ones in any danger. How can I make that more clear to you?
wolamute · 26 points · Posted at 02:33:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But the thing is she's not gonna say no, she would never say no, because of the implication.
[deleted] · 21 points · Posted at 02:36:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Dennis, are we going to hurt these women?
c-williams88 · 9 points · Posted at 02:33:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don’t know, it feels like these girls are in danger. (Pls don’t kill me if I don’t quote it right)
SemiNormal · 14 points · Posted at 02:38:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You certainly wouldn't be in any danger.
TheLegendarySheep · 7 points · Posted at 02:53:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This is the first time I've seen this reference used in the correct context rather than just shoehorned in to get karma
The_Jibbity · 7 points · Posted at 02:59:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I feel like you’re not getting it
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
/r/unexpectedDennis
pliney_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don't think many kids know their social. They'd probably just be pissed you chose an 9 digit number to play the game with.
WolfCola4 · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I suspect that maybe you might say no, and yet... i also feel like maybe... you wouldn’t dare.
BITCRUSHERRRR · 0 points · Posted at 03:24:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hey, kids! Yabba-dabba-doo me a favor and give me your parents' credit card information!
iqover190 · 0 points · Posted at 03:25:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha hahahaha. You cheeky bastard you.
superbDOG46 · 0 points · Posted at 03:33:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Numberes arent allowed
Plucky_Cosmic_Relief · 28 points · Posted at 02:32:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And the Batman symbol.
nutsaur · 17 points · Posted at 02:39:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Z 4 Q Q Q
TheNoelPatrol · 2 points · Posted at 04:07:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But where's the Batman symbol?
nanananabatman88 · 6 points · Posted at 02:44:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That is only for emergencies.
WhenInDoubtBolt · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Busted!
tycoge · 15 points · Posted at 02:51:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
https://xkcd.com/936/
workingsoapbox · 12 points · Posted at 02:28:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
NIST says that is pointless these days. You have to teach them phrases.
silverblaze92 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I base all my password phrases off the foundation series. Ain't no one cracking my shit
Clavactis · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
While it isn't exactly pointless, length does matter a whole lot more than complexity. But still, having numbers, characters, etc. helps with key space.
nanananabatman88 · 11 points · Posted at 02:43:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hunter2
lonelyparty · 10 points · Posted at 02:53:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
yeah but if they guess * they win.
DishwasherTwig · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Teach them regular expressions too.
ireallydislikepolice · 3 points · Posted at 03:58:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
All I see is *******
Baby-eatingDingo_AMA · 16 points · Posted at 02:44:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Leave an underscore in the word. If they guess underscore write it inside one of the pre-existing lines. Maybe then the little fuckers will finally stop asking you to play games with them.
wise_young_man · 9 points · Posted at 03:13:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Who hurt you?
Tantalus4200 · 4 points · Posted at 02:39:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I like it
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:39:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Classic Schrute
3-DMan · 3 points · Posted at 03:01:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You don't know wingdings, motherfucker? Loser!
slih01 · 2 points · Posted at 02:51:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ah that really tickled me
FACESS · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don’t forget about those silent letters...
martin72095 · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Did you mean lowercase or uppercase p? Can’t forget that it’s case sensitive as well
Tin_Foil · 2 points · Posted at 03:04:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
One blank. Clue: 1993 Musician Stage Names. Good luck, lil Timmy!
dragonsandcoffee · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The real LPT are in the comments, as always!
ZoobileePoo · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oh, so sorry, the final blank was an interrobang
OldPersonReddit · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How about "F$#&"?
02overthrown · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry, your response must contain at least one uppercase and one lowercase letter.
automatics1im · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I used to do E=MC2 all the time. I alienated a lot of my peer group in my youth
RayNele · 2 points · Posted at 03:21:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"But I said e already!"
Bitch you didn't say capital E
Reat4 · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Throw in some special foreign symbols to make them crash
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Looking at you iOS!
clickfive4321 · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
why does it all show up as *******?
JimsInnerThoughts · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This is my favorite. Thanks warm beer and cold pizza.
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Y0uR3WE!C0m3
NoceboHadal · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's.. a good way of doing that.
HungryDLuffy · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wheres the give gold button on mobile?
Remindme! 3 days
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Please skip the gold and donate that money to any charity you see fit!
HungryDLuffy · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oh man. Will do 👌👌👌
[deleted] · 327 points · Posted at 00:26:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Make up a word. Convince them its real. Life is unfair.
the_original_Retro · 221 points · Posted at 01:01:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No no you can use real words and not compromise your integrity.
My favourite: "DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID".
Four-year-olds hate me.
harryoui · 36 points · Posted at 01:15:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But there’s so many letters that there aren’t as many that would be incorrect.
My favourite is ‘xerox’ as they usually guess ‘_ero_’ but don’t guess the X. Never tried it with a child though
ripsandtrips · 19 points · Posted at 02:36:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zebra, xenophile, existentialism are my go tos
ELB95 · 18 points · Posted at 02:47:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I like to go with crwth. Nobody ever gets it the first time, and most people call cheat after guessing all the vowels
frogger2504 · 19 points · Posted at 02:58:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I feel like it is cheating to use a word that isn't English...
ELB95 · 9 points · Posted at 03:08:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Its a valid scrabble word. It was Merriam Webster's "word of the day" back in 2008.
I know everybody has different "rules" for games, but those are the two things I (and people I've played with) use to confirm whether a word is allowed or not.
caustic_apathy · 3 points · Posted at 03:04:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
A lot of words in English don't have their origins in English.
frogger2504 · 4 points · Posted at 03:48:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Right, but crwth is a straight up Welsh word. It has an English translation. Things like gesundheit shouldn't count either in my opinion. That's just this peasants opinion though.
caustic_apathy · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Admittedly, I'm also just a peasant. I read the Wiki on it (which shouldn't count as the final source, of course), and the language used seems to suggest that it still counts as a word in English.
Source
Like so many things, this is probably a gray area.
nauru_ · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My god. This has to be the greatest hangman word ever, thank you
Mr_WreckedEm · 10 points · Posted at 02:53:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Syzygy ans rhythm are my favorites, the reactions after guessing all the vowels are the best
Baby-eatingDingo_AMA · 4 points · Posted at 02:45:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Those last two are good choices for 20 questions as well.
whichpollsallofthem · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Lynx is pretty good as well!
IllegalThings · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No proper nouns
Jus sayin
harryoui · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It’s actually a term for a method of copying, but it’s just trademarked by the company Xerox so I don’t think all uses of it are considered a proper noun
IllegalThings · 0 points · Posted at 03:48:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Exactly.
Sandlight · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's why I love Yggdrasil- the world tree out Norse mythology. Not too many words with 4 consonants in a row. Semi vowel y makes it even better.
Alex-Kay · 96 points · Posted at 01:10:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Toddlers HATE him!
HeyItsNarwhal · 41 points · Posted at 02:03:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
With this one SIMPLE trick!
XtremeHacker · 16 points · Posted at 02:09:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Regrow lost hair EVERY time!
HoodPiggy · 10 points · Posted at 02:21:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
57 y/o woman looks 24 with THIS PRODUCT! DOCTORS HATE HER!
DoctorBagels · 2 points · Posted at 03:48:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And it made her penis HUGE!
RhynoD · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I go with tintin
nurseag · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My friends 4 year old would get so mad at me thinking I made up a word.
Hey_im_miles · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Methyline deoxymethamphetamine
nutsaur · 12 points · Posted at 02:40:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Life is fair because it's unfair to everyone.
brainmoney · 6 points · Posted at 02:33:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ok Dwight
Jonesy61 · 3 points · Posted at 02:17:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Dad? Your on Reddit now?
wtf_whatever · 16 points · Posted at 02:22:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Missed the “e” in “you’re”. Draw a line.
nollsgame80 · 7 points · Posted at 02:27:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What a disappointment. Thank God I have another son.
Jonesy61 · 3 points · Posted at 02:28:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Seriously dad. Stop.
obi_wan_the_phony · 2 points · Posted at 02:30:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
u/Jonesy61 it’s your birthday and it’s your parents job to embarrass you on it. Happy cake day son!
Sub_Corrector_Bot · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You may have meant u/Jonesy61 instead of U/Jonesy61.
Remember, OP may have ninja-edited. I correct subreddit and user links with a capital R or U, which are usually unusable.
-Srikar
GoodKindOfWyrd · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/HMGWCSVRAzo
JimmyPellen · 20 points · Posted at 02:29:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
a friend of mine uses "Rhythm" all the time
TeetsMcGeets23 · 12 points · Posted at 02:32:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gym is my favorite word.
ahappypoop · 10 points · Posted at 03:02:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My math teacher in 10th grade used "phlegm" to good effect.
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And if they guess "y" you can change it to Gem
TeetsMcGeets23 · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
They go through all the vowels before Y and are stumped...
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 02:36:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What's your favorite?
TeetsMcGeets23 · 4 points · Posted at 02:52:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gym.
Fat_Taiko · 0 points · Posted at 03:09:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ox.
ProbablyFullOfShit · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Your friend plays hangman regularly?
JimmyPellen · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
literally.
daffy_deuce · 0 points · Posted at 02:58:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nth. Nobody ever gets nth.
JimmyPellen · 0 points · Posted at 03:27:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
agreed. I think someone would first expect the spanish inquisition before they would ever guess NTH.
Alcohol_Intolerant · 12 points · Posted at 03:03:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Honestly, "Pizza" is one of the hardest words to get for little kids. Like, "_ i _ _a" looks so foreign. Plus, it's "4" letters.
johnlavolpe · 10 points · Posted at 02:33:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
syzygy. Win every time
Farler · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Syzygy: when the earth aligns with the moon and sun"
"Beautiful"
exmono · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Came here to say that.
Syzygy.
Syzygy.
Syzygy.
Shoopdawoop993 · 4 points · Posted at 02:20:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Lynx is my go to for domination. Styx is another good one if they allow names
SquaresAre2Triangles · 7 points · Posted at 02:51:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jazz
ZombieMan70 · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hey I saw that study too
DoomishFox · 3 points · Posted at 02:28:23 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I've had good luck with cycle. The two Cs really throws em for a loop.
efitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hajj always wins
grok is one that's treated me well too
Octillio · 6 points · Posted at 02:40:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
what was that symbol that's crashing iphones? use that.
MaxMustermane · 7 points · Posted at 02:25:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sahelanthropus
armadillo198 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
A dud?!
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 5 points · Posted at 00:25:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This would be great for teaching new words
ShiftingStar · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It is :)
TeetsMcGeets23 · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gym is my favorite.
f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5 · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Cwms
milochuisael · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hit my nephew with "avocado" last night. I had him stumped until my fiancé gave it away.
AverageAlien · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yeah like,
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
flentum · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use “huzzah”. No one ever guesses “huzzah”
Banoonu · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
if you can, pick a word related to something they're interested in!
imaussiegivemekarma · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That’s smart
IDespiseFatties · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Dad?
ShiftingStar · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yes? Do you need something, buckaroo?
anothercarguy · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Can it be in a foreign language or stick with archaic english?
InaMellophoneMood · 1 points · Posted at 10:51:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Take a loan word like crwth
110110 · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
“Vacuum” really fucks with people.
And by people I mean me.
And by “really fucks with” I mean I lost.
jumborickuta · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Show them how to cheat. It's like what I tell the kids in Jiu jitsu. The ref will always give you one warning.
SteveEsquire · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Kid can still lose. They'll mess up and say a letter twice. In hardcore hangman that's disqualification.
11th_hour · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
natrlselection · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Zygote
TheDovahkiinsDad · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Gypsy. Gets em every time. But like only 60% of the time it works every time... cuz a lot of people catch on that it’s gypsy.
whales-are-assholes · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Like "anal." /s
MaverickMarmoset · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 1831 points · Posted at 01:00:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
LPT: Make sure kids know that it is perfectly okay to lose.
[deleted] · 310 points · Posted at 02:25:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
LPT: When playing hangman with your kids, use made-up words or words in languages they don’t yet understand.
_Rummy_ · 137 points · Posted at 02:30:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Cyrillic
SeriousMichael · 67 points · Posted at 02:44:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's the capitol of Tamriel. Proper nouns don't count.
SirButtKnuckle · 46 points · Posted at 02:51:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No thats cyrodyll, cmon man
Listener09 · 68 points · Posted at 02:53:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's actually Cyrodiil... And it's not the capital of Tamriel. It's just a seat of an empire.
SirButtKnuckle · 12 points · Posted at 02:58:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks, it's been a while since I read the word itself
Deerman-Beerman · 4 points · Posted at 03:01:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Cyrodiil is the seat of an empire?
analogkid01 · 19 points · Posted at 03:22:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ask your doctor if Cyrodiil is right for you. Side-effects may include spontaneous combustion, social halitosis, and numbness of the epidermis.
Deerman-Beerman · 3 points · Posted at 03:30:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I was going for a Serana quote but I like this better.
Talos_the_Cat · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Someone needs to tell Talos to knock off the dead god schtick, return to Tamriel and reunify it before TES VI.
Listener09 · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Stormcloaks will win. Talos guide you.
Talos_the_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Talos would want a unified Empire, not the secession of Skyrim. Only with a unified Empire could the Aldmeri Dominion be defeated and the worship of Talos permitted once more, in the entirety of Tamriel.
The Stormcloaks only use Talos' name as a wedge issue to justify their war against the Thalmor. They have the right idea, that of trying to defeat them, but they go about it the wrong way, Talos would say. They are willing to break the Empire apart, doing the work of the Aldmeri Dominion for them. Once the Thalmor see that the Empire is fragmented, they'll have no worries about seeing the continent conquered and controlled directly by them, with no such Empire as a vassal of any sort. The Stormcloaks' grand strategy promotes the ends that the Thalmor seek.
Keep the Empire unified. Take the fight to the Elves once we have out-bred them. Talos guide you.
Listener09 · 1 points · Posted at 16:06:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I agree. A unified empire is the best hope to beat the Thalmor. Except it's impossible to have that at this point. After the Oblivion Crisis, the Empire has began collapsing. Black Marsh seceded. Elsweyr and Valenwood was given to the Aldmeri Dominion. Hammerfell was given next except they formed a resistance against the Thalmor and actually won.
The Empire is left with High Rock, Skyrim, and Cyrodiil (it's up to you if you want Morrowind but what's the difference?).
Do you honestly believe that this unified Empire can win another war with the Aldmeri Dominion in a second great war? Ever since the Septim bloodline was over, the Empire made stupid decisions and fell into its own demise.
They couldn't even win the first war when they are stronger before. How do you think that an Empire that recently recovered from a civil war, that lost a lot of territory, that lost a lot of men. Can win a second great war with the Aldmeri Dominion?
And yes that would be disastrous if Skyrim was left independent because it can give the Thalmor free pass to invade it. But think about it, do you really think that the Thalmor will invade an independent Skyrim after the civil war?
Looking at Skyrim's geography, you can invade from the North, from the Empire (High Rock and Cyrodiil), from Hammerfell, and from Morrowind.
If the Thalmor invaded from the North then they'll be fucked by the Sea of Ghost. Invading from the Empire will be impossible because there's no way the Empire would allow them or it's a fucking war (not because they love Skyrim but because you wouldn't let an army of your enemy pass through your territory). Invading from Hammerfell is obviously stupid because they couldn't even beat Hammerfell, how the fuck are they going through it? And the last would be from Morrowind and that's a hard game with the Dunmer and Argonians, so that's not even an option. The distance of this invasion is logistically costly because you are going through Black Marsh first and you could die there from the swamps before reaching Morrowind.
Lastly, an independent Skyrim is much stronger than being a puppet of an Empire. An independent Skyrim can build back it's army (which Ulfric promised because they are also preparing a war with the Thalmor, see Stormcloak victory ending). Benefit from it's own economy rather than giving some of it from the Empire, Skyrim is rich btw. Establish relationships with their neighbors (Hammerfell, Morrowind, and Black Marsh).
And last but not the least, free Talos worship.
Talos_the_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 16:28:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The Empire is a vassal of the Aldmeri Dominion. The Thalmor can invade from anywhere besides Morrowind, especially with the mountain roads leading into Skyrim.
To answer another question: would the Thalmor invade an independent Skyrim after a civil war? Yes, as soon as possible and by any means necessary. In their position of power, they would hire High Elf, Breton, and Imperial mages alike to open and sustain portals to invade anywhere they want. Why "as soon as possible"? Because the strategic advantage of a Skyrim ruined by civil war without any time to replenish their manpower or to rebuild is too great to squander. Enemy in ruined lands? Hell yeah, they'd want to exploit that, and use the rebellion as an even greater reason to push subjugation and slavery on the races of Men.
True victory over the Aldmeri overlords can only be achieved via rebellion across a unified Empire. Nords, Bretons, Redguards, Imperials are all more fertile than the Mer races, and can out-breed them until the unified Empire outnumbers the High Elves. The Aldmeri Dominion, in turn, cannot be too harsh on its subject races without reason, or it would provoke rebellions in every province. (The rebellion in Skyrim, once more, gives them reason to accelerate their driving of their subject races into slavery until the entirety of the Empire is theirs!)
OatsNraisin · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Regardless, "Cyrillic" is neither
oneinchterror · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Whoosh
CarkeysMellott · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The fuck they don't. What is this, amateur hour?
sibraa6 · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yeah if I'm playing 'hangman' I wanna really feel like I'm stringin' 'em up you know?
koobstylz · 7 points · Posted at 03:03:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I guess backwards E
DecreasingPerception · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Да
Brawnymayne · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
So...3
koobstylz · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yes but in Russian.
Jaquestrap · 4 points · Posted at 03:11:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Пошел ты на хуй."
Talos_the_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Differentiate between e and ë to REALLY mess that kid up.
CoolingtonBeans · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Morse code
Xanius · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't matter as long as it uses the same alphabet. Now doing Akkadian or hieroglyphics would be a real dick move.
robotzor · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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That's right, hanezeve caradhina
lil_eagle · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or words in a language you also don’t understand
bionix90 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And when they get flustered, tell them: "I'm anaspeptic, phrasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."
NeedToProgram · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Linear B hangman
diazegod · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Iridocyclitis
kalesmoothie12 · 0 points · Posted at 02:57:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
gun control.
[deleted] · 19 points · Posted at 03:28:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 5 points · Posted at 03:34:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I do the same with both of my nephews.
[deleted] · 41 points · Posted at 02:29:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Really though. People who think it's not okay to lose are annoying as fuck.
joeyjoejoe99 · 3 points · Posted at 03:31:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
See: children
Man_gled_dicks · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What's more irritating are these fucking idiots who can't seem to understand that controversial concepts and simply occasionally being nice don't have to be related. Go back up and see the edit.
But life is all about teaching and showing your children the bad and unpleasant parts, huh? God forbid you just want to boost their mood in a bout of them being down.
Moderation can't possibly fucking be real.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm proud of you. Here's a star next to your name and a participation trophy.
TBoneTheOriginal · 3 points · Posted at 03:53:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I have never let me daughter win. I’m always brutal with games, but I’m also taking the time to teach her my strategies as I do them. That way she learns and becomes a gracious loser. It’s an important life skill to accept that failure is inevitable. You either cry about it or get better.
Now she’s 10 and legitimately beating me in Backgammon.
passion4film · 5 points · Posted at 02:49:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And not uncommon.
short_of_good_length · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
the real comment is always in the LPT
cipher__ten · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I lost once when I was a kid and now I suck dick for crack and I'm not even a crack addict. I just throw the crack away. That's how much losing fucked me up.
Warmbeerandcoldpizza · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I think you might just be gay.
apd123456 · 6 points · Posted at 02:53:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
... if they are okay with being losers.
FTFY
Readvoter · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And if not, at least make it interesting. Find a phrase with all but 5 letters, if they get 6 strikes, for example.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Do they still get a Losers Trophy?
King_takes_queen · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:23 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And give them a medal anyhow.
Shitstaynes · 0 points · Posted at 03:41:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Except in the case where someone will hang for your failure.
[deleted] · 794 points · Posted at 00:53:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 02:59:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Can't wait to teach this to my future kid so they're met with the modern response of "gg ez"
TransposingJons · 3 points · Posted at 03:17:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oh how I wish I understood your comment, PRSBirdies, but I actually scanned the comments in search for someone breaking down OP's post. I didn't that understand that one, either. Can you ELI5, to someone who played hangman in a decidedly different way than the OP. That's not the reason I didn't get it, though, I suspect...I suspect momentary dementia (but I was always a pessimist). :-<
Edit: OK, I now get the OP. My mental reading "voice" (which for some reason sounds like Sean Connery today) read something inventive the first 3 times.
Jtaltstatt · 2 points · Posted at 03:21:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fukn scrub
andybader · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I know you’re joking, but I’m definitely thinking about how to make my kid not be an angry asshole when he plays online games. He’s gonna be surrounded by it.
flightofthebtown · 104 points · Posted at 02:04:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I love this!!
JustFoxeh · 85 points · Posted at 02:32:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You mean if you lose right?
Piyamakarro · 116 points · Posted at 02:57:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I haven't lost my virginity because I never lose.
Unhired · 37 points · Posted at 03:31:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Just remembered if you do lose your virginity to congratulate the winner
supersheeep · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But I never lose.
4DimensionalToilet · 3 points · Posted at 03:47:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
So the POTUS, in his own words, is a virgin?
Mockturtle22 · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
shhhh they are listening...
FlyingSpacefrog · 2 points · Posted at 14:50:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You can also sell it and then it’s not technically a loss
Mgrth111 · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Congratulations
Derwos · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Great pickup line.
ReadItWithSarcasm · 34 points · Posted at 02:50:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What he didn't tell us, is that mom made him congratulate the winner after being beaten with a wooden spoon.
Macktologist · 17 points · Posted at 02:53:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks-For_The-Gold · 3 points · Posted at 03:13:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Was that before or after his dad beat him with jumper cables?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
while
Eorlingat · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I was beat with a wooden spoon too!
4DimensionalToilet · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Man breaks into house, starts beating OP’s Mom with a wooden spoon.
OP’s Mom: “OP! Congratulate the winner! Please!”
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 02:39:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sometimes things are set up to lose. That's not a bad thing, in loss comes learning.
vastowen · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"turned my losses into learnin'"
"In the end I'm earnin'"
Sorry I'm leaving
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No don't leave
You're a poet
Stay with me
So we can grow it.
Edit: that sounded gay so please don't reply to it.
vastowen · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Mine was lyrics to a song. Also, too bad, I'm replying AND liking your comment.
vastowen · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Double reply because I'm an asshole: the song is really good. It's kinda cringy, but it sounds great and the story behind it is SUPER AWESOME. Also, NetNobody is really smart. Tldw; used beef with KSI to a. grow and b. bait KSI into getting NetNobody's ex to get in on the diss track, helping with his court case fighting for custody of his child.
NotThisFucker · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"If"...
"If" is good.
byedangerousbitch · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"When" works. It doesn't mean you're going to lose every time, it's just realistic about the fact that you will lose sometimes. No one wins em all.
NotThisFucker · 2 points · Posted at 14:06:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Quoting Hercules
Piernitas · 10 points · Posted at 02:49:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My grandma made sure that when we played board games at her house, there were no losers. Only first winner, second winner, etc.
justnigel · 3 points · Posted at 03:16:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My kids always have to hi-5 the winner ... which means everyone gets a hi-5.
Fuck_Alice · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If there's one minor thing that pisses me off for absolutely no fucking reason it's when players don't shake hands after a match. Such a minor thing, but infuriates me to no end to see an opponent refuse a handshake.
nutsaur · 9 points · Posted at 02:42:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I wish I was taught to lose.
Every time I lose I get a little better. Winning can be pretty boring.
absurdlyastute · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You're a loser to me.
nutsaur · 1 points · Posted at 21:21:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thank...you?
MayorOfHamtown · 1 points · Posted at 21:20:47 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
Sun_Of_Dorne · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:14 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
Sun_Of_Dorne · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:09 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
ardentto · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Upgrade this. Winner buys the losers a beer (age appropriate). Curling is so sportsmanship.
LoveFishSticks · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This is also how you can win sportsmanlike trophies (with some luck) and feel accomplished without actually winning the contest
SANTICLAWZ · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Congratulating the winner is not fun.
It's good to do but in my opinion that doesn't sound fun.
that_one_guy91 · 56 points · Posted at 02:33:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I was young and playing this with my dad, and I had guessed 'Z' and 'Q'. He told me that those letters rarely ever pop up, so it was kind of a waste of a turn to guess them. The next word he picked was 'pizza'.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 03:47:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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LoveFishSticks · 5 points · Posted at 04:04:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fuck dad
ragnarokxg · 4 points · Posted at 03:47:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I did the same to my son. The next word was quiz.
1jl · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
He should have used Quiz
BaKdGoOdZ0203 · 482 points · Posted at 00:23:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I JUST realized why that's the template sentence. Wow. I feel dumb. Been reading it for 20 years now, never understood why they chose such an odd sentence.
Zamzummin · 148 points · Posted at 00:41:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
‘template sentence’ = pangram
AIfie · 85 points · Posted at 02:43:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Is this shit a made up word too dad
LunaOmega · 128 points · Posted at 03:00:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
all words are made up, son
Zabracks · 64 points · Posted at 03:03:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Stay woke
sanhol · 11 points · Posted at 03:11:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Word.
Mockturtle22 · 0 points · Posted at 03:29:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
NO.
JakeSnowy · 7 points · Posted at 03:24:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This sentence punched me right in the brain
SavvySillybug · 51 points · Posted at 02:41:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The German version.
Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern.
Franz rushes all across Bavaria in a completely neglected taxi. (Rough translation... I suck at translating things directly.)
PeenuttButler · 170 points · Posted at 03:04:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And here's the chapter 1 of the Chinese version:
TulipTeddyBear · 19 points · Posted at 03:20:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Traditional > simplified 🏆
rabbit845 · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yes
Royalflush0 · 40 points · Posted at 03:14:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sounds impractical
celetrontmm · 19 points · Posted at 03:16:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fuck
Valyrian_Steal · 16 points · Posted at 03:20:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
TIL Chinese hangman is wholesome. Every letter/symbol guessed is correct!
whogottricked · 6 points · Posted at 03:24:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
tl;dr?
thatwasnotkawaii · 9 points · Posted at 03:37:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The hunter has the gun and the crackers, the cat wants the crackers, the bear wants the fish, the fish wants the fly, are we on the same fucking page here?
1thief · 4 points · Posted at 03:36:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Did you just give me a virus?
bigby2010 · 3 points · Posted at 03:52:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
‘Loose translation’ from Mandarin to English: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
discoshhrk · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks
turbulence96 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Is this a joke? All those words for one quote?
MeOnRampage · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
i think u have to do the pinyin version only brah
RadVarken · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What's with the tones?
dagod317 · 1 points · Posted at 14:57:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Your a dick for making me scroll that long. But I chuckled while I was realizing what you were doing, so take my upvote.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:49 on March 11, 2018 · (Permalink)
This book is famously dull, even to the Chinese.
There was a joke about it in one of the "Bridge of Birds" sequels.
innociv · 24 points · Posted at 02:54:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Haha. Taxi queer.
SavvySillybug · 3 points · Posted at 02:57:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Heh. Quer actually means across, or diagonally.
My online dictionary also offers athwart but I don't think that's relevant.
kenwaystache · 6 points · Posted at 03:21:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
so not straight. Ha.
GabrielShaw · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Actshually... you're still going straight if you're going across
SavvySillybug · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don't even know how to respond to that. You win. :D
Royalflush0 · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's missing Ä, Ö and Ü tho.
SavvySillybug · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It is. It's missing ß, too. I don't really know why. I can just say that it's the German sentence for showing off fonts.
GoldenMegaStaff · 46 points · Posted at 02:44:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."
This is shorter - with two fewer letters - and therefore better. Everyone - particularly Microsoft - has been doing it wrong forever.
NewScooter1234 · 12 points · Posted at 03:20:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, they're talking about a specific fox and dog.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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vastowen · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, because that is also incorrect. If lazy dog is a name, which it is not in the sentence, then it would be Lazy Dog.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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vastowen · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
e.e
Mrtn92 · 20 points · Posted at 02:50:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Agreed, there is no use in using "the" twice
[deleted] · 37 points · Posted at 02:55:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Parallel structure
connormxy · 9 points · Posted at 03:13:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Exactly. We're trying to get all 26 letters in there, but we're not just trying to get all 26 letters in there in a row without telling a nice, pleasant story!
GoldenMegaStaff · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
There is nothing remarkable about a dog being lazy.
joseantara · 6 points · Posted at 03:34:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
There is, however, something remarkable about THE dog being lazy.
connormxy · 2 points · Posted at 10:51:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
In fact when I was a kid, I always misremembered the sentence as, "The quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog," which I still like better as being a more visually interesting story
rurunosep · 10 points · Posted at 02:58:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sounds better with "the", though.
GoldenMegaStaff · 3 points · Posted at 03:05:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Like this:
chrunchy · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Much betterer.
Andy_B_Goode · 4 points · Posted at 03:22:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you want it to be as short as possible you could use "Mr Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx", as long as you don't mind using abbreviations.
boramdarkwill · 3 points · Posted at 03:37:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It is not how long it is, they use the "t" so you can see the upper part of the "t" letter. It's just a font design thing.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
but if shortness was the measure, then they wouldnt use it.
Adobe uses "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow!"
GoldenMegaStaff · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That is just terrible; they should be ashamed.
TacoPi · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
1upIRL · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." has 31 letters.
vastowen · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
There, even more efficient, and I got every version of every letter. Don't understand why they don't use this instead of a template sentence? Especially if the requirements are it must have all the letters.
InaMellophoneMood · 1 points · Posted at 10:55:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But then the font is isolated letters, without the context of how it'll look in a sentence
BlorpBlarp · 0 points · Posted at 03:12:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Unless you're trying to get in that word count
doterobcn · 30 points · Posted at 01:21:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why?
BaKdGoOdZ0203 · 173 points · Posted at 01:28:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
One of each letterHas all 26 letters of the alphabet in it. (Pretentious ass)
doterobcn · 29 points · Posted at 02:01:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
oh shit, that's genius... Thanks!
swng · 16 points · Posted at 02:33:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I wonder if there actually are any phrases with one of each letters, hmmm
Avoiding common letters like e after used once would be difficult.
derkman96 · 28 points · Posted at 02:36:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
There is for Japanese hiragana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha in case you care. I don't know any for english
WikiTextBot · 21 points · Posted at 02:36:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Iroha
The Iroha (いろは) is a Japanese poem, probably written in the Heian era (794–1179). Originally the poem was attributed to the founder of the Shingon Esoteric sect of Buddhism in Japan, Kūkai, but more modern research has found the date of composition to be later in the Heian Period. The first record of its existence dates from 1079. It is famous because it is simultaneously a perfect pangram and isogram, containing each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once.
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GabrielShaw · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Good bot.
Starscream29 · 24 points · Posted at 02:39:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Cwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz
According to google, this is a grammatically correct sentence
Mavlis · 17 points · Posted at 02:44:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I remember when my English teacher made fun of me in 6th grade because I said w could be a vowel. :(
apd123456 · 10 points · Posted at 02:54:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Your English teacher was awesome.
Magneticitist · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'd vote that English teacher in as ambassador of mankind
Monsieur_Roux · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
English generally doesn't use w as a vowel on it's own. It is often part of a diphthong.
Loan words from languages where w is a vowel, though, have made their way into English. The word cwm, for example, is from Welsh, were a w can represent the same vowel sound as in who /uː/
homelaberator · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's more correct to say that the grapheme w can be used to represent a vowel sound. But if you said that, your English teacher might have punched you in the face for being a pretentious twat.
penguin_kingdom · 9 points · Posted at 03:04:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How do you pronounce "cwm"?
Starscream29 · 16 points · Posted at 03:11:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Just like how it's spelt
YJCH0I · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How do you spell “pronounced”?
LoveFishSticks · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Just like how it sounds
SchwiftyMpls · 5 points · Posted at 03:16:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Quim.
BITCRUSHERRRR · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
cwmmies
sittingcow · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
coom.
the w is literally like a double u
homelaberator · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
kʊm
or something like kOOm. where the OO is like the oo in good or o in woman or sumfink or nufink.
alanlight · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx
swng · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's a good one! I think I'll memorize that it.
Pourtaste · 3 points · Posted at 03:21:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Where's the v?
evky0901 · 5 points · Posted at 03:34:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
In the word over.
BaKdGoOdZ0203 · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
oVer the lazy dog
Pourtaste · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oh. Duh.
lovespeakeasy · 8 points · Posted at 01:52:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
AT LEAST one of each letter.
cat-pants · -2 points · Posted at 02:36:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Does it have all letters of all alphabets?
Edit- why downvotes? Clearly I was joking :-P
amazonian_raider · 4 points · Posted at 02:53:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Only the important one.
Source: 'Murica!
cat-pants · 0 points · Posted at 03:30:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
😂
just_pants · 7 points · Posted at 00:39:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You are not alone! D:
drunk_texan · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don’t feel bad. I’m just now learning after 30 years
bikesboozeandbacon · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I still don't understand lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It has every letter of the alphabet.
bikesboozeandbacon · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Oh snap.
JeremyDean2000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I feel stupid now, I still do not get it😒
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It has every letter of the alphabet.
JeremyDean2000 · 1 points · Posted at 11:54:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
See, I was thinking that, but was absolutely to unmotivated to check and see.
AMarriedSpartan · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don’t understand :(
MaverickMarmoset · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Then "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz" will blow your mind.
TheArgonianTargaryen · 0 points · Posted at 04:35:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don’t understand. Plz explain
BaKdGoOdZ0203 · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I (and others, apparently) already did. Plz read the rest of the thread.
GetSchwifty1326 · 180 points · Posted at 01:05:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or use the word antidisestablishmentarianism, it’s a good one.
Schlink007 · 67 points · Posted at 02:30:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
A girl at my middle school was so proud that she could spell this word 😂😂
pupperonan · 109 points · Posted at 02:42:19 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Same. But when you break it down, it’s not that hard to spell. Just long.
I’m unimpressed.
Schlink007 · 31 points · Posted at 02:43:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's how we all felt too it just got annoying her spelling it over and over again
greengrasser11 · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
NEXT
JeremyDean2000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yea, that's what she said....long...heh
hypnotii · 39 points · Posted at 02:43:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I remember some of my middle school friends and I felt like hot shit because we could (and still can) spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Schlink007 · 16 points · Posted at 02:44:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Now that's a hard word to spell
L_Nygaard · 30 points · Posted at 02:58:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Not really though, here: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
AfflictedFox · 12 points · Posted at 03:05:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
yea not really hard at all
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Breadhook · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Back in my day, we did it without copy/paste.
hereforthebob · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
They didnt do that. Think you know everything, don't you?
SuperSuperUniqueName · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Schlink007 · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You sir are one talented speller 😉
Yodiddlyyo · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
pneumoniamicroscopevolcano shit
Microtiger · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha I used to sling this word around in Gifted and Talented class like I was a hot commodity. Thanks for reminding me of that. I got what I deserved when I said "prostitute" instead of "prosecutor" when we were having a class discussion on jobs and careers, and didn't know why I got in trouble.
ValAichi · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I had to sing it in a school play...
If I'm asked to spell it, I still do it in a singsong voice
BlueWizard3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
So was I that I could spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
The-Real-Mario · 3 points · Posted at 02:58:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I always wondered. Isent "antidisestablishmentarianification" longher?
High_priestess6 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or deoxyribonucleic acid
zomboromcom · 32 points · Posted at 00:36:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's XERXES, mofo. Learn some history!
blackwatchdoctor · 5 points · Posted at 03:10:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, it’s Jazz. Music history bitches.
ossi_simo · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, it’s Myrrh. Biblical references at the way to go.
BaconConnoisseur · 26 points · Posted at 02:35:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I choose Z, 4, Q, another Q, a third Q, aaaaand the Batman symbol. Is it Alex Madras in Webster?
Edit: it should be Karras but fuck it, this monument to the arrogance of auto correct shall remain.
MewtwoStruckBack · 6 points · Posted at 02:59:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Karras*
gralatus · 123 points · Posted at 00:36:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You can also add extra fingers, toes, and scenery for the more difficult words. Encourage them to persevere.
Car-face · 141 points · Posted at 02:29:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"keep going! The crows haven't picked the carcass clean!"
Rafael47 · 38 points · Posted at 02:35:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Seems that your guy is actually a wizard that can levitate for the time being"
krangksh · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"C'mon bud, some of your remains can still be identified and sent to your family! You can do this!!"
macthebearded · 17 points · Posted at 02:22:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What is this, Hangman: Ukraine Edition?
gralatus · 4 points · Posted at 02:34:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You've got to make them suffer!
Or have a chance at survival, I've heard it both ways.
Juiceval · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don't forget eyes, ears, mouth, nose, pupils, and a hat.
Se7enLC · 40 points · Posted at 02:43:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you use HANGMAN as the word, they'll feel really dumb when they don't get it. Use EASY, and while they are playing, keep telling them "it's easy" and "this word is easy".
[deleted] · 100 points · Posted at 02:20:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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amazonian_raider · 28 points · Posted at 02:55:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I love using made up giberish in the native language of whoever I play with!
CptSpockCptSpock · 13 points · Posted at 03:16:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It’s not actually gibberish, it was just taken from a Latin text and then they removed the ends of some of the words for some reason
amazonian_raider · 15 points · Posted at 03:25:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
gib·ber·ish
ˈjib(ə)riSH
noun
unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.
Seems like the definition of gibberish to me even if it had a source that wasn't gibberish before it was altered.
Would be funny to see how long it took Cicero to figure out what you were up to though...
As for the "for some reason" you may already know but for those that don't: One of the big (primary? only?) reasons the lorem ipsum text is used so commonly in design work is specifically because it is meaningless nonsense. That way when you're working on a design layout or typesetting you don't get distracted by the words themselves but can focus on the appearance of the words.
Though obviously for most of us almost any latin text would probably work (I guess the average English speaker could probably pick out a word here or there, but overall it would be meaningless).
Breadhook · 3 points · Posted at 03:52:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
As I heard it, another part of the goal with mangling the text was to make sure that it had roughly the same distribution and prevalence of each letter as the English language, also to aid in judging how real text will eventually appear. For that reason, just any latin text might not work as well, since it might use letter combinations that would not appear in English (like words ending in "ii").
amazonian_raider · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ah yeah good point! I had forgotten about that bit. It's not just any random gibberish, it's gibberish with relatively representative letter distribution, word length, and other "realistic" characteristics.
CptSpockCptSpock · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Interestingly, it is actually much closer to the original source than you might imagine.. Also, according to s few sources, the original text was actually written by Cicero, so I bet he’d think that you’d been slacking off while transcribing or something.
HelperBot_ · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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amazonian_raider · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Basically matches the source, right? :)
I'm kidding... sort of. I realize that's a bit exaggerated, but the point remains that it is a series of words (and non-words) that were specifically intended to be nonsensical. That is, by definition, gibberish. Even if you ignore the non-words and pretend all of them are real words, it's still gibberish. The fact that they were pulled from a source that originally made sense doesn't change that. The comparison to the original mostly shows how little you may have to alter a text for it to become unintelligible.
And yeah, the original text coming from Cicero was in the Wikipedia quote in my other response. I can't say I have a good enough grasp of Latin to know how easy or difficult it would have been for him to make the connection between the gibberish and the stuff he wrote that served as the source. It makes sense to me that he would be able to recognize it but it also seems like the words being altered into non-words, missing words, and occasional added words might do weird stuff to your mind making it hard for even the original author to recognize... I dunno.
EDIT: A word
HelperBot_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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DAFUQyoulookingat · 0 points · Posted at 03:48:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Bad bot
amazonian_raider · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'll work on being a better robot next time... I haven't quite got it figured out yet.
DAFUQyoulookingat · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Good bot
amazonian_raider · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nice! I wasn't expecting to see such rapid improvements!
CranberryVodka_ · 3 points · Posted at 03:34:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I prefer “the night mother is fake news” he never gets it!
Eravaash · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I also like "May the Dread Father consume thy soul". Truly a poetic masterpiece <3
YJCH0I · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
When reading your comment, my brain previewed the Latin sentence in it and decided to read “Cicero” in its correct pronunciation as “Kickero”
MrsMiyagiStew · 64 points · Posted at 02:36:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would I want to lose against a kid. I'd look like a total idiot.
LoveFishSticks · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Disarm their defenses against you so you can implement your plan to psychologically destroy them over time. It takes longer but it's much more empowering than winning a game of hangman against them. Once they do their second sentence in the penal system, you will know you have truly destroyed a human life. If you are skilled enough you can actually turn them into your evil minion and assign them tasks such as murdering someone who slighted you or burning down a building that contains documents you need destroyed.
Buce-Nudo · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What kid wants to look forward to being an adult who can't beat kids at simple games? What kind of role model is that?
notverified · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And insecure
ohteeds · 12 points · Posted at 02:32:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
“Yak” is the shortest word I used to play that conquered nearly everyone.
starfishpluto · 8 points · Posted at 02:28:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This person was in r/penmanshipporn earlier, I swear. Jesus.
BigLebowskiBot · 4 points · Posted at 02:29:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You said it, man.
aperson · 3 points · Posted at 02:58:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Different person.
http://reddit.com/r/PenmanshipPorn/comments/804dom/posted_my_sons_hangman_game_on_the_funny_sub/dut25p8
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 18:52:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This was actually the inspiration for this post, nice catch man
macleodd35 · 15 points · Posted at 03:03:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The participation trophy of Hangman
JsDaFax · 21 points · Posted at 02:26:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How does this help with deductive reasoning?
J3319 · 8 points · Posted at 03:22:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It doesn’t. It’s all about giving them a trophy and warm fuzzy feelings these days.
OutcastAtLast · 23 points · Posted at 02:44:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Life pro tip my ass.
TruePaleontologist · 0 points · Posted at 03:18:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What life problems?
JesusIsMyZoloft · 22 points · Posted at 02:34:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Jackdaws love my big Sphynx of quartz" is the shortest grammatically valid pangram.
WinkyChink · 11 points · Posted at 03:27:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
29 letters vs 31 letters. It's also grammatically correct. If you don't count that because there is only one "Sphinx" in the world, meaning it can't be made of black quartz, "how vexingly quick daft zebras jump" is also shorter with only 30 characters.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:53:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The Great Sphinx of Gaza isn't the only sphinx in the world! A sphinx is a mystical creature like a gryffin, just one that we associate with the famous monument.
WinkyChink · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Huh, TIL
lexluther4291 · 5 points · Posted at 03:37:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Here's the thing, you said a jackdaw is a crow...
marpocky · 9 points · Posted at 03:13:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Short, but not the shortest.
Cwm fjord-bank glyphs vext quiz!
Conceptual nonsense, but grammatically valid.
acmercer · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Here's the thing...
Sarahneth · 35 points · Posted at 00:20:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
There's no point in playing a game that you can't lose. Instead you should use words like Queue, rhythm, and qi to make things really difficult for them.
PlazaOne · 12 points · Posted at 00:45:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Rhythm
FTFY
huggiesdsc · 22 points · Posted at 01:06:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Throw them curve balls. Misspell shit they already know how to spell.
joyfulmastermind · 5 points · Posted at 01:35:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That’s my go to every time I play. They guess all the vowels and then don’t know what to do.
WinkyChink · 3 points · Posted at 03:18:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How is queue hard? 4/5 letters are vowels and once you have those, it isn't too hard to know the word. You're relying on the person not knowing the word queue exists
Sarahneth · 2 points · Posted at 03:48:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
People tend to put off guessing U once they see the two Es. Then they end up dead.
12kgun84 · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Queue could be easy. There's three different letters, two of which are vowels.
Edit: nevermind we're talking about kids. Kids are fucking stupid.
UndeadWaffle12 · 7 points · Posted at 01:51:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Then how am I going to beat them
Yamese · 4 points · Posted at 03:18:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
With your hand
IronDoesNotSee · 29 points · Posted at 02:29:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This is stupid as fuck.
[deleted] · 46 points · Posted at 01:10:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Y'all need to chill. Let's say we're showing a kid how to play for the first time!
Edit: I am talking about the first round with a kid in like grade 1. I am convinced everyone who disagrees is thinking about their 16 y/o nephew OR hasn't played a lot of games with kids, doesn't know how to play games with kids.
Ender_A_Wiggin · 40 points · Posted at 02:31:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I agree in spirit, but actually this doesn’t teach like most of the rules of the game. If they never guess wrong they miss the drawing the hangman part.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Sure but you probably won't play just the one round
StupidQuestionAskers · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But the first round they learn is the most important round. If they think the game is so easy that it is impossible to make a mistake, that's just setting them up for disappointment.
CptSandbag73 · -1 points · Posted at 02:56:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If they lose, just punch them so hard in the face that they’re dead before hitting the ground, and then crush their groin regardless.
jcw4455 · 21 points · Posted at 02:43:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
lol right?
People act like if you let them win in this game of hangman this one time, the kid will be fucked for life.
Maybe the kid's had a bad fuckin week and doesn't need a lesson in losing this very moment.
StupidQuestionAskers · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's a little kid, you would probably know if they're having a bad week or not.
KevinRonaldJonesy · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thats exactly when they need the lesson. Life doesn't stop kicking you in the balls just because you're down.
Source: sore balls
StupidQuestionAskers · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you're teaching a kid how to play for the first time, do not use this phrase. They would be confused on how the game works. The wouldn't understand how there is any challenged to the game. They would just think it's a game consist entirely of saying a letter and then writing that letter down.
aznanimality · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
NO MERCY
HAESisAMyth · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Lebron James"
leroyyrogers · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Then this won't teach them how to play. They'll just wonder what the empty gallows are for.
BloodyJourno · 0 points · Posted at 02:31:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Then they absolutely need to learn what happens when you fail, otherwise they won't grasp the game fully.
bass-lick_instinct · 0 points · Posted at 02:31:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Everyone gets a blue ribbon!
sjostern2010 · 17 points · Posted at 02:27:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, failure is a part of life/growing up.
kbzero · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
a part*
apart means the opposite
sjostern2010 · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Lol, thanks
JudgeDreadnought · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
As an English teacher, I can tell you, there are no useful lessons to be learned from hangman.
New_L · 3 points · Posted at 02:40:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Change dog to frog because the kids gonna get cocky
SirOrfeo · 3 points · Posted at 02:41:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I did this with my ex once. It was the longest game I ever played because she agonized over missing a single letter.
916andheartbreaks · 3 points · Posted at 03:14:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
chrysanthemum is the go to
ssbmhero · 19 points · Posted at 02:05:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Life pro tip for people who want their kids to never leave home.
SEJ46 · 5 points · Posted at 02:47:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How does this make it so they can't lose?
Nwcray · 9 points · Posted at 02:48:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It uses every letter.
SEJ46 · 4 points · Posted at 03:22:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ah thanks. Should have figured that out.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Am I blind. I can’t find the V.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wow. Over. I just saw this
the_original_Retro · 40 points · Posted at 00:45:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Plot twist: they don't know english.
Plus this isn't a Life Pro Tip. It's enabling conditions where kids never lose, the equivalent of a "participation medal" except worse. It's actually really, really bad child-rearing skills.
huggiesdsc · 42 points · Posted at 01:05:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Not if they're having fun. Bonding with your kid is just as important as teaching hard lessons.
brickmaster32000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If your kid can't enjoy a game that they don't win you have messed up or the kid simply should never play games. If you want to bond why not do something that is actually enjoyable as opposed to just trying to trick your kid.
[deleted] · -26 points · Posted at 01:37:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
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huggiesdsc · 40 points · Posted at 01:46:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don't think any aspect of his comment went above my head. I just disagree with him.
dorkbydesign · -1 points · Posted at 03:02:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
WOOSH
TellYouYourFuture · 0 points · Posted at 03:59:57 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
WHOOSH
huggiesdsc · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Guys I'm closing the window, it's way too drafty in here.
Whycanyounotsee · 3 points · Posted at 03:27:35 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's not like you can use it every time. and the point is that it lets the kid win which can make the kid more engaged. Say if he lost 5 in a row, he could not want to play anymore. Throw this one out there, he's finally got one in the bag and wants to play more.
Silntdoogood · 3 points · Posted at 03:00:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Give me a Q, a second Q, a third Q, the number 4, aaaannd the Batman symbol.
kklevy · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I think it's a pretty neat way to introduce that sentence... This isn't about letting the kid win on a regular basis, it's a one-off scenario.
Atiggerx33 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I mean I wouldn't say to use shit like this every time. If the kid has been having a bad day, or has lost a couple of games in a row its nice to throw them an easy one that doesn't look too easy. Sometimes you just wanna give them a chance to win, without letting them know you made it easy on them.
This should be thrown in there when the kid seems like they need a victory moment, but obviously you don't want them to actually know you let them win (or they won't actually get a victory moment). I mean if you only give them things like this, yeah that's not great, kids need to learn they don't always win. But lets say you're playing 10 rounds of hangman, giving the kid one round they're guaranteed to win won't ruin the child's life.
int-main-void · 15 points · Posted at 02:30:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
LPT Fill your kids lives with participation medals, helmets inside the house, and then watch them flourish in this super nice world we live in.
Atiggerx33 · 7 points · Posted at 03:20:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don't think OP meant to give them ones like this every time. Just picture your kid had a hard day at school, or they just lost 3 games of hangman in a row. Sometimes they need a victory moment to boost their self esteem. This is a sentence that a kid won't realize you handed it to them. Pretty much, definitely don't have them win every time, that's not good. However, losing every time isn't good either, you'll raise a kid who thinks they're a failure. Throw something like this in on occasion when you as a parent feel like they really need a victory moment.
brickmaster32000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Only if they are stupid. When not a single guess goes wrong I think they are going to catch on pretty fast.
Atiggerx33 · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Eh, it depends on the age, when they're like 5 they may not realize you set it up that way. Plus, I mean there is "A", I always guess "A" during hangman, its a common letter. Obviously you shouldn't be trying this with older kids.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 03:54:14 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
nah
TellYouYourFuture · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What the fucks a participation helmet?
lilafrika · 7 points · Posted at 02:29:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
TIL that “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” was not at all a random sentence used by typing tutor programs.
kklevy · 5 points · Posted at 03:08:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's insane how many people in this thread think this is going to lead the child into some participation medal syndrome. You can only use this phrase once (else you'd just ruin the game) and it's a cool way to introduce what is a pretty neat and linguistically important sentence in the English language. It's a learning moment for God's sake, not the implementation of some permanent handicap.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:58 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
That’s what I thought at least
Valyrian_Steal · 5 points · Posted at 02:05:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Want to win every time? Use “JFK”.
spoko · 3 points · Posted at 03:10:41 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
And then once they catch on, there's always FDR, LBJ, etc.
smartcool · 8 points · Posted at 01:35:55 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don't forget that Participation Trophy!
honestblackman · 2 points · Posted at 02:34:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
...Throwback to that time I tried playing hangman with some Japanese students using Japanese hiragana. That shit was damn near impossible.
renormalizable · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What is best when playing hangman? To crush them. See them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.
Mostface · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I wish I could gild on mobile, genius.
pmint23 · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What about the letter V?
spoko · 6 points · Posted at 03:17:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
oVer?
pmint23 · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wow. Missed that, thanks
asdGuaripolo · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's why you play monopoly with them from time to time and make them taste defeat again and again.
_Dimension · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm 41, I never got why they always used that sentence when showing off different fonts till now.
I figured it out by your submitted text and not by the comments. I just stopped here to say that.
Just when you think you know it all... something basic smacks you in the ass.
hotcheetos0489 · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ha I saw that comment today too
Keenzzz · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Original comment here
h_jurvanen · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Just guess what my nephew is going to try with _ _ X
olivesolives · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I’m positive you read the same comment I did on a /r/penmanshipporn thread
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:09 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yep
LarryLove · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Losing is a part of life. Teach them young. No mercy
templefugate · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
“B?”
“Dammit Timmy, you’ve guessed ‘b’ already. Guess another letter.”
“H?”
“Look Timmy! These are the letters you’ve guessed! Which ones are missing?!”
“9?”
matunascraft · 2 points · Posted at 03:21:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
TIL some people play Hangman using more than one word at a time.
Seriously, it's Hangman, not Wheel of Fortune. I don't have time for more than one word. I've got 99 bottles of beer to get down.
moltenlava16 · 2 points · Posted at 03:22:23 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm assuming you got this from the hangman game on r/PenmanshipPorn
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:02 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yep, I don’t even have kids just a young cousin
slappinbass · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:22 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you’re testing to see if grandma had a stroke, get her to repeat that sentence. It uses almost all English sounds and you can detect slurring speech or slower cognition this way. I’ve used it in the emergency room triage for years.
I obviously don’t rule it out that way, but it certainly makes it more obvious if there is neurological impairment.
TheRobomancer · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:26 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I actually did this with my 6-year-old son just a few weeks ago (although we usually skip the Hangman aspect of the game anyway.) He decided to just start off guessing the letters in alphabetical order, and it was so fun to see his reaction as he realized every single one was there.
kelloggj · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This is kind of amazing. So simple, but so helpful for younger learners.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 02:34:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
this isn’t a good tip lol
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:24 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
I tried lol
drb0mb · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
what the fuck this is "life pro tips" you loon
ReadItWithSarcasm · 3 points · Posted at 02:54:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Isn't hangman more for single words than phrases?
If so...
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
is apparently the longest word in the English language.
I would just start there. Let's see some dumb kid figure that one out.
flightofthebtown · 6 points · Posted at 02:03:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jeezus. How about allow them the opportunity to fail? How about the opportunity to critically think harder?
Atiggerx33 · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
While kids definitely need to learn that you don't win every time and that that is ok to do so. Sometimes your kid needs a self esteem boost, this would give them that boost without your kid realizing you handed it to them. I'd use it after my kid had a really hard day at school, or lost a couple of games in a row already. A moment when they may have low self-esteem, feel a bit like a failure, and use it to boost their self-esteem/confidence.
Making the game un-lose-able every time would be terrible parenting, however watching your kid fail repeatedly and not offering them a hand isn't good parenting either. This is you offering a hand without them realizing it, making them feel like they did it all on their own.
PM_ME_LEGS_PLZ · 4 points · Posted at 03:01:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This is so... Fucking... Dumb.....
joeh4384 · 4 points · Posted at 02:52:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Who loses to children intentionally? I guess I’m the kind of person who would spike it against little kids till they cry in defeat.
justsomeguy_youknow · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The lil shits need to taste the raw humiliation of defeat to truly appreciate victory
PM_ME_UR_LULU_PORN · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No, kids need to learn that it’s okay to lose and to take it well.
atrayitti · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The fuck? Why don't you want the kid to lose? Isn't that the point of playing with children? Last thing I want to deal with is some annoying kid who thinks they're hot shit for guessing a long phrase.
Bucket_the_Beggar · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I did this with my little cousin during my brother's college graduation ceremony. We were sitting for hours through the ceremony and played hangman to pass the time. He was getting frustrated with some of the words I gave him, so I decided to give him this phrase. He was wondering why it was so long but felt like a super hero picking each letter and getting a hit each time. His face lit up with smiles and giggles when he finished "without any wrong guesses". He's starting college next year, and I'm getting married on Saturday. Maybe I'll have someone to play hangman with again when he graduates.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:10 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
That’s so wholesome
Bucket_the_Beggar · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:04 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
I thought that story got buried in the comments. I'm glad someone enjoyed it. :)
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:34 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
I got annoyed by having all these comments showed up as unread so I read all of them and yours was one of the few positive ones.
Bucket_the_Beggar · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:23 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
You're a good OP. I hope things go well for you.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:11 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks man I try my best. Also I hope things go swell at your wedding.
Bucket_the_Beggar · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:11 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thank you! 🙂
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:03 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
No problem! 😃
ExcitingPercentage · 3 points · Posted at 03:07:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I thought this was Life Pro Tips, not Bad Parenting Advice.
Demplition · 2 points · Posted at 03:15:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I swear. Most of the posts from here which make it to the front page are complete feel-good garbage.
baby_armadillo · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
If you want to teach them true frustration, make the word "Jazz". No one ever gets it.
Toxicsully · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:05 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
When me and the kids play a board game, I usually add in special rules where the first person to win helps the next people to win and so on until everyone gets to candy mountain or whatever.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But what phrase can I use so that they'll be set up to lose? That's the one I'm interested in.
PMmeyourBALLSS · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:52 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Then they have to guess every single letter though.
EmoteFromBelandCity · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Want to make them hat you? Prusik.
daetsmlolliw · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I always use shrek as my go too hangman word 5 letters with only one vowel. They never get it
Nwcray · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Coxswain is pretty much the perfect hangman word.
tedward000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use "quick foxes jump over the lazy brown dog" if you wanna save a bit of time. (it's 2 letters shorter, yet still meeting the requirement)
MuzzleBlast · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yes more cotton wool for our kid’s feelings that’s working out so well..
mom0367 · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Torture them with complex words
NoMoreNicksLeft · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You could also use the phrase "The quick brawn fax jumps ever the lazy dig".
Too_Much_Banta · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Well that's just fucking gay
Pulp501 · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would I let them win?
aperson · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I read that thread too.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 0 points · Posted at 02:03:51 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nice :)
MFDork · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
use words like "Onyx", "Glyph", and "Gyspsy" just to fuck with them, then break out the jumper cables when they lose.
That'll learn them.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
there isn't an e, tho. typically you add 'red' somewhere in there
bobcat_roadkill · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"The"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
oh. you got me
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
but they will lose someday. gotta prepare them gently
GreenRemy · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This post needs gold!!
oldtimeguitarguy · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That’s a great idea
Dyvilian · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Whenever I play hangman I use the word syzygy. No one has ever gotten it even with a shit ton of extra turns.
mt-egypt · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or you make them lose 59 times in a row so when they finally win they feel like they accomplished something.
Gamer1283454 · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would you do this? There's a lesson to be taught in failure.
adzm · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
nelska · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
he'll think hes the best ever after winning at a 9 word puzzle. lol.
nelska · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
then again the more words the better chances i guess with any word combination (sentence). but whatever.
Nukemm33 · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The slow black dog bows before the regal fox
Wedgehead84 · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I remember I used to play hangman all the time but never won till I was nine.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Hell no! You think I'm going to let a little kid beat me?
phrazel · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would you want them not to lose? Isn't the point of hangman to try and win?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use jazz for when teaching a lesson about loosing because life is full of loss.
StealthSpheesSheip · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:20 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I'm partial to "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Lynyrd Skynyrd is a motherfucker
ohnoapirate · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My boss' kids come into work sometimes, and they love playing with my whiteboard. I'm totally going to try this with them!
StandardFire22 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Do you happen to watch the NA LCS?
sugashane707 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I play to win. I crush young spirits so they get a taste of how life is going to beat them down.
KaraokeKing1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
When my kid used "TV" on us and he was at the age where we didn't know if he was making up a word or not, as we had the T but V was not something we were thinking, and both of us (wife and I) lost individually , we knew it was game on after that.
btveron · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or teach them that nothing is handed to you in life, and get them to do a little problem solving.
gingerpwnage · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:25 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Nah. Use words like ivy, screw, just any uncommon thing. Zephyr.
aaronth07 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would you let them win?
thyhornman · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Anyone else just sing through the alphabet song while looking for each letter?
whostheboss21 · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:32 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Only a millennial would think of this! Source: I am a millennial.
NacresR · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would I want to lose? Just cause he knows a total of 10 words doesn’t mean he gets it easy! /s
Jagacin · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
ELI5: How would this make sure that the kid never loses? Sorry in advance for my stupidity.
nubsta · 3 points · Posted at 03:18:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
it uses every single letter in the alphabet so they can never guess wrong
Jagacin · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ohhhhh. Yeah, that makes sense now lol. Thanks fren
toothpastemouth · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This phrase has every letter of the alphabet in it.
sco360 · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Lol fuck no these kids gotta learn early
boointhehouse · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wait, people let their kids win? Man I remember playing scrabble all the time with my mom and she always won. I finally won one day and after that the scrabble game rarely ever came out. It took years to beat her and then kaput
Crispy_socks241 · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Why would I want them to win?
zipadeedodog · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy do_"
Kid: I give up.
mikefvegas · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Of course, kids should learn you can’t lose in life. Will prep them for their easy future.
HeckFjord · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:56 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Not a life pro tip.
WavesOfLyght · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But then they have to guess every letter...
HerrBerg · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
A better thing to do would be to have a phrase that is mathematically impossible to lose at but can still be at the point of almost losing. This allows the kid to think they could have lost but still win.
catsdontsmile · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Child kept saying w. Dick stuck in the ceiling fan. Need further instructions.
bunkdiggidy · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You'd think it would help, but it can become a stalemate. You'd be surprised how many kids forget about H.
justnigel · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I prefer "Five wizards quickly jumping the box."
Juddston · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"If you or a loved one were diagnosed with mesothelioma you may be entitled to financial compensation."
tadpole256 · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fuck that. Make them earn it!
auSTAGEA · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:29 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
assbaring69 · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:00 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Unless they are mentally handicapped or you’re just tremendously condescending, however, this would only work once.
Hello_Mr_Fancypants · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My favorite hangman word is "robocop"
IzarkKiaTarj · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I tried that once as a joke with some friends, except I accidentally did "jumped."
Someone solved it when I kept trying to figure out where the damn "s" that they guessed was supposed to be.
FUCK_SNITCHES · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That is the most millenial thing I've heard.
xizrtilhh · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What a shitty LPT.
camhabib · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
... or just don’t rig the game so they win and have no idea what the entire world around them is like?
NoPantsBaby · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:11 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Never allow your children to beat you. They will lose respect for you and their drive to overcome their parents.
gryff42 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
the edit is the true LPT
sciencekitty521 · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
/r/shittylifeprotips
twochaudio · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:42 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yes, never let your kid lose.
Also make sure no one bullies him Watch what happens at age 18.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ima repost this in a couple months with all the advice in the top 20 comments included and people are STILL gna be complaining about it
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 2 points · Posted at 01:00:38 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Please do, you’ll get a hundreds of people complaining about participation trophies over a simple game of hangman
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:00 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
They all hoes. U gotta hear em, say "ok" and keep it moving.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:19 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks :) I have trouble brushing things off sometimes
Gilley23 · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:45 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yes let’s teach them life is fair and they should always win...... at the end of every game do you also pass out a trophy?
91seejay · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yeah and then give them a participation ribbon right? It's every man for themselves when you play with me. Nothing wrong with losing op in fact it's good for you. Builds humility.
IsThatHawkeye · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:44 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
r/unethicallifeprotips
PEVS3112 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Can you still call it Hangman with small children? Does it have, I don't know, maybe a less creepy name
maestroenglish · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Now I feel like a pro at life.
chickdat · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:40 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.
BITCRUSHERRRR · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
LPT beat your child to submission in puzzle games so much that they develop a fear of competition and strive to be the best they can be at everything.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Smoked Gouda is also a gouda one
Alpha-as-fuck · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Its also important to teach kids how to deal with losses though.
KingKongBrandy · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Ugh. This is just another symptom of the "everybody is a winner" culture we're continually wussifying ourselves into. No participation trophies!
iamDJDan · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:28 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Its a game of hangman......
Triplea657 · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I didn't know that phrase until about a week ago...
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:44 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Me neither lol
TycoonTim46 · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" uses less letters. Maybe for when they get a bit older.
corporatemao · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Destroy your kids in everything they do, it builds character. -Chad Johnson
zude111 · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:02 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
But then how would they learn that life is meaningless and death is inevitable ? (too dark?)
pol_pots · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The phrase is, "The quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog."
iammarshallholland · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don't just let them win. Birds push their children out of nests to teach them to fly haha
Armonster · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
wow bro, what a fucking life pro tip, ill be sure to keep this in mind
thinkfast1982 · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:21 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don't take a dive for no-one
briannabmoylan · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:18 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy god” and segway into a lesson on religions.
gamwizrd1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:37 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's possible to use a much shorter phrase that is still impossible to lose with. The phrase only needs (27 - n) letters, where n is the number of incorrect guesses that cause them to lose. Depending on how creatively you want to draw your hangman, you really don't need to use that many letters.
For example, "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS" has 20 unique letters, so if you can draw a hangman with 7 parts then the game is impossible to lose.
Head, neck, body, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg. Un-losable game with a much simpler phrase.
NaCl777 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs also works, but kids need to learn to lose and fail
VincoP · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Don't use this for a group game though. I don't remember what phrase was used when I was in 2nd grade, but I remember guessing a whole sentence. With the rest of the class silent, I felt awkward going through every letter, starting and finishing it by myself, and at least one kid said I hogged the game, though our teacher pointed out it was all going according to the rules.
Mkreza538 · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fuck that. I play to win
liveontimemitnoevil · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Tell that to Trump.
WormLivesMatter · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
“The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs back 1234567890” was the first teletype message sent from the pentagon to Moscow after they installed direct communications lines after the Cuban middle crisis in the 60’s. Know colloquially as the “red phone” it actually didn’t have voice capability until the 1980’s.
smoozagoozle · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:36 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or don’t cause life sucks and you’re a sadistic child hating asshole!
Mehkiism13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:43 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thanks but imma introduce them to the cthulhu mythos otw with "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtag"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:54 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7jk7d4/surefire_way_to_lose_a_game_of_hangman/
Doubtful it’ll make any difference, but I posted this months ago.
BenevolentCheese · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:06 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Letting children win is not an LPT: it's a way to raise children that aren't prepared for real life.
iamDJDan · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Its just a game of hangman. It aint that deep there Sigmund
clrobertson · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:49 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Being a father and an educator, I have to say that while well-intentioned, this type of advice can do more harm than good.
Kids need to struggle, lose a little, have a well-deserved win, then rinse and repeat. Don’t make things easy for them. Instead, scaffold difficult task for them so they can experience success, but success that they’ve earned, not been given. If they continually experience success in a structured environment, they won’t know what to do when they experience the slightest bit of frustration in the real world. You haven’t given them the tools.
So, in the example of Hangman, give them 3-letter words and give them a category (eg _ _ _ is a farm animal). Then, slowly ratchet up the difficulty as they experience success. The next level of difficulty should be hard enough that they fail a couple of times, but success isn’t out-of-reach. It’s called the “Zone of Proximal Development” or ZPD.
Also, as a side note, imagine how daunting OP’s suggested phrase would look in a game of Hangman to a child who can barely read. No young child would persevere through that, and would likely either give up or get bored before they even made it halfway.
neon_overload · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
They could still lose by guessing letters they've already guessed.
Garaleth · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Children need to loose games until they improve then you can let them win a game as motivation, if you let a child always win they will grow up to be pathetic.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
My favorite is 'Io,' the planet.
They get one vowel, and they know for sure the other one has to be a consonant - it? is? in? or no? to? so?
true evil.
nothingclever9 · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
The slow black dog bows before the regal fox.
JohnRoberts90 · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:47 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I didn't realize so many people played hangman so often, much less had "go-to" words/phrases
mcnuggetsispeople · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Unethical life pro-tip: Use loan words with diacritics so they can't win, since they're too naïve to know what a diacritic is
TheRapist_Joe_says · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:31 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Is that a good way to get kids to like you?
DAVasquez- · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Use the apple crashing character
voxef · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
this kind of parenting is why our society is going going to shit.
iamDJDan · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
People saying "dont let them win!" "Prepare them for life"
Its a fucking game of hangman. Letting your kid beat you at something isnt going pussify them for the rest of their life. I hope you people never have children.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 00:51:53 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Thank you, you seem like the one person that understands. I would just use this with my cousin who hasn’t even completely learned how to speak yet, using complicated words so he loses accomplished nothing at his age.
eatCasserole · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Five grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil queen and Jack.
SuperSuperUniqueName · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:30 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Try words with no vowels, like cyst.
DrBobBarker · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:03 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I deserve all types of shame for how long it took me just to figure out how you for sure couldnt lose in hangman in the first place.
Firenight19 · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Best way to win is Jazz.
nonameforyou1234 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Should I give them a participation trophy too?
Teach your kids to lose gracefully and learn from it.
We don't need anymore whiners.
StranTheMan1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:50 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"You already used that letter buddy... that one too... and that one. Ah fuck it just go play Minecraft or something."
gameplayuh · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:59 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
"iehova" begins with an i
Sprayface · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
That's way too long. By the time they guessed what it was, we would both be bored to tears. Valiant effort though.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:15 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Once again this sub proves to be stupid as hell.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Kids should learn how to lose, I never let my kid win anything. Then when she does win something, it has meaning.
To this day ive never beat my uncle at monopoly, weve played 100s of times since i was a small child, still do. If and when that day comes, it will be an achievement for me. If he let me win as a kid it would of meant nothing.
Hydropos · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or use the word 'skiing' and get a guaranteed win until they figure it out.
Underwaterbob · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I do this! Very rarely these days, but I used to all the time when I was teaching English to elementary schoolers.
Odor_punchout_16 · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:46 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
What's the point in playing a game with a kid if you can't at least kick their ass at it? Otherwise it's a waste of value reddit time
My_Ex_Got_Fat · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:24 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
TIL hangman is played with more than one word sometimes.
obrazovanshchina · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:04 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Reading through the comments I think it’s clear we have a good and healthy gathering of concerned and earnest parents and a equally sized cotillion of dark humored childless maniacs who just want to watch the world burn.
GloriousGardener · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:34 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
ULPT: Use a Latin phrase like "Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt"
When they lose, and complain it wasn't fair, tell them life isn't fair and that is the way of the world.
PM_me_UV_MOVIE_keys · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:16 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I don't understand this at all. When do you this phrase? Hangman is about guessing individual letters for a word, right?..
sunsetcolor · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:13 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I love how this is a pretty wholesome thread
_Eerie · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:58 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
This sentence sucks. It's clear that it was made so it was impossible to lose. Better make a phrase which doesn't have like 7-8 letters - there would be some misses and the hangman would be drawn in a part but it would still be impossible to lose
FrankSinclaire · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:38 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't that make it harder? You'd have to add the rule that it's ok to repeat letters
Pyro1921 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
So that they can learn they will never fail? Lol kay pussies
squeakybikedew · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Play build a robot instead to be constructive rather than destructive!
BrassAge · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:33 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Fair point. Why do we lynch someone slowly as a common children's game?
bigkidplayground · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:01 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Isn't hangman played with one word not an entire sentence?
TheHubbleGuy · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Or let the little shits lose cuz they’re most likely guna lose in life. Let em learn early. Stupid little kids.
othersuper · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:12 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Making sure kids never lose is a terrible idea. Instead teach them to lose the right way and learn lessons from the loss. Teach them respect for their opponents. Also teach them how to win with respect and class.
reagan2024 · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:07 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
LPT: Allow children to lose. It's not good to let them become accustomed to winning as a result of artificial intervention.
Perch__Perkins · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:09 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
Yea let's give them participation trophies too while we're at it
Livelogikal · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:08 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
O you're one of those types... Fuck outta here. Teach a kid nothing but wins, when he finally losses in reaity, you'll regret it as a parent! That's truth! Fails are a part of life. Teach to deal with it versus never have it.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:25 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
I’m not a parent tho...
Sklushi · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:10 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How does it make them not lose
speed3_freak · 0 points · Posted at 02:43:48 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
TCBY is my go to hangman word.
Soonergriff · 0 points · Posted at 02:54:27 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
No easy buckets. Ever.
flannelNeongold · 0 points · Posted at 03:23:51 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
It's the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy sleeping dog. Otherwise the kid never learns the letter E
SemicolonSSBM · 2 points · Posted at 03:43:53 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
How do you spell over?
masediggityflex · 0 points · Posted at 03:25:39 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
You are weak and will have weak offspring.
🎙️ _MemeTastic_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:27 on February 27, 2018 · (Permalink)
Good thing Im not 18 yet and don’t have kids, I was just posting something that came to my mind.
Enkjdu · -1 points · Posted at 03:05:17 on February 26, 2018 · (Permalink)
I remember the first time I learned people were retarded chimpanzees.. I started reading a book when I was 11 called the tipping point by malcom gladwell.. good book, some anecdotes on psychology, some interesting sociological stats. I was reading In math class, because who needs simple algebra when you can do quantum physics and college level computing when you're 12. A girl asked me what I was reading, so I showed her and her knee jerk reaction was that "oh there's a number in that book with a percent, I can't read it. I went home and did some IQ research and found out that my iq was over 400, and I did the standard deviation math and realized that if the average human's processing power is 93 in this country, and a cockroaches processing power is 25ish, that the average human has a lot more in common with a cockroach than they do with me.