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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #45 on: October 24, 2012, 10:29:58 am »

From macroeconomics to Kahn's [pectoral muscles], whateve they may be.

Did I mention I don't understand those square brackets? Dx
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #46 on: October 24, 2012, 10:40:12 am »

They're used in newspapers to tell the reader that word has been changed slightly to make more sense, or in this case block out a word with another word instead of using unprofessional starring.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #47 on: October 24, 2012, 10:54:39 am »

Did I mention I don't understand those square brackets? Dx
As far as I know, all brackets are square.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #48 on: October 24, 2012, 02:01:04 pm »

Did I mention I don't understand those square brackets? Dx
As far as I know, all brackets are square.

He would appear to be a Brit. Non-square brackets are parenthesis.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #49 on: October 24, 2012, 02:04:19 pm »

And what about wiggly brackets? {} And perky brackets? ⟨ ⟩
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #50 on: October 24, 2012, 02:10:17 pm »

He would appear to be a Brit.
This is, in fact, doubly false.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #51 on: October 24, 2012, 02:24:29 pm »

And what about wiggly brackets? {} And perky brackets? ⟨ ⟩
[], {}, (), ⟨ ⟩, <>  "From the top: brackets, braces [or curly brackets], parentheses, angle brackets/chevrons, and inequality signs."

Wikipedia answers many questions. I think that's most of the standard surrounding thingies. Barring / / and _ _ and * * for /italics/, _underlining_, and *bold* in situations where the formatting doesn't actually exist. As deraily as deraily can get, but I kinda' wonder what else is commonly used...
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #52 on: October 24, 2012, 02:41:12 pm »

He would appear to be a Brit.
This is, in fact, doubly false.
Pretty sure Skyrunner is South Korean.

I'm guessing Korean doesn't use square brackets that often, if at all.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #53 on: October 24, 2012, 02:44:55 pm »

I guarantee you that Skyrunner uses them all the time.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #54 on: October 24, 2012, 03:12:51 pm »

Then that would mean that....Skyrunner is actually......Kim Jong-un!
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #55 on: October 24, 2012, 04:37:41 pm »

I suppose there is more than one Korean, but he/she probably is Kim Jong-un.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #56 on: October 24, 2012, 04:48:42 pm »

I suppose there is more than one Korean, but he/she probably is Kim Jong-un.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #57 on: October 24, 2012, 05:30:20 pm »

I forgot that [] meant an edit. xD

[] are square brackets, {} curly brackets to me.

Also, Kim's a [good] [friend]. Really.
He even gifts us bits of shrapnel every once in a while.
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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #58 on: October 24, 2012, 05:33:49 pm »

Or at least he tries, but he accidentally sends the shrapnel to Japan instead.

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Re: The recent economic story of Zimbabwe
« Reply #59 on: October 24, 2012, 08:33:25 pm »

There is precedent for using rocks as currency.
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In one instance, a rai being transported by canoe was accidentally dropped and sank to the sea floor. Although it was never seen again, everyone agreed that the rai must still be there, so it continued to be transacted as genuine currency.

Which is better: Hyperinflated papers with pictures of rocks, or a large wheel-shaped rock sitting in the ocean known for (probably among other things) having been dropped in the ocean accidentally from a canoe whch may or may not have eroded?
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