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Congratulations Peter! Word balloon was correct.
I also received a promotion in a meeting I initially assumed was heading the other direction. It’s a weird feeling.
Likewise- walked in fully expecting to be laid off, but instead was asked to set up a new office in another country (so technically still laid off by one company, but rehired by its sister entity across the sea)
Go, Peter!
So, do you have room for a cool but absolutely beat POS that’ll make your life miserable and give us the content we crave? That’s kinda obligatory, no?
I can’t believe that this is the second time in a week my usually mild-mannered self has had to say this: “Fuck Peter T….” but goddamn that guy is morally bankrupt and put multiple businesses I like/use out of business just because he can.
Oops, you are talking about another Peter… sorry
Arguably did a solid for the Hulkmeister though, leading to this website somehow.
I guess that is true, we would likely not have The Autopian if it were not for that asshole. And the Hulk was done wrong, but not that wrong…
Oh that Peter.
The default option in the comment box for quoting someone is a blockquote which, despite being selected via a quotation mark, doesn’t actually put the quoted material itself within quotation marks. Are you trying to get us sued?
Also, congratulations on the promotion!
Go git’em, Pete!
Congratulations Pete! Finally someone in charge who knows what the fuck they’re doing!
😉
Congrats, Peter. This would imply that there is now an open position you once occupied. This is a great sign of growth for the Autopian! What will the new employee do???
This comment has been redacted not to violate David’s Code of the Autopian (allegedly).
On a serious note, congrats Peter! And I think David has a point on this one, although I personally wouldn’t mind quotation marks within a bubble.
I thought the speech bubble was more clear because it showed the attribution to the Canadian guy. Just putting the statement in quotations didn’t attribute it to anyone.
And this is why life has taught me to hire attorneys instead of going with common sense.
(“Congratulations Peter”) – Brandon
Your work is solid Pete. Have some confidence in yourself, you deserve it.
(“(Congratulations Peter!) – VanGuy” -VanGuy) – VanGuy
checking syntax… ok
Please Excuse Meddlesome Dithering Autopian Staffers
This is much better than the one I made when I was younger, Please Eviscerate My Deranged, Annoying Sasquatch.
Peter’s Editing Made David All Sad
PEMDAS???
Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction
‘Please Excuse My Dear Sally’ was how I learned order of operations last century -unless it’s something completely different in publishing.
LOL, that’s it. I always said Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally too. Never PEMDAS.
It’s been decades: had to google—followed by forehead smack 😉
Hi – part-time magazine editor here: no, it isn’t; perhaps; and no, they won’t. 🙂 At least not to any measure that would bear legal scrutiny. I see three reasons for this.
One, it would be trivial to find any number of similar images with people and cartoon-like speech bubbles that do not represent actual quotes.
Two, the “visualization” statement uses a logical fallacy: “everyone knows that”. How would one go about demonstrating even that most people know [something]?
Three, the lack of actual quotes creates significant ambiguity. One should not rely on the reader to assume they are there.
tl;dr – DT had the right approach here.
PS Congratulations, Peter! Well done!
“Which magazine, and where can I subscribe?”
– Bleeder
Former blogger and current lawyer (with the obligatory ’not your lawyer’) who was about to make a very similar comment regarding the bubble before you beat me to it.
At best, the idea of the bubble as a quotation mark substitute relies on context which is far from universal. If it came down to BMW raising a fuss, regardless of outcome, nobody would end up happy or come out ahead except for whichever law firm Galpin has on retainer.
Also, congrats to Peter!
Folks, I’m not full of shit here. The number of lawsuits I’ve probably kept us out of is significant. (But that’s basically half my job as EIC).
I agree, even as a Mechanical Engineer. Lawyers are good at finding those loopholes.
Fellow engineer – I think I comprehend legalese ’till I don’t
(Congratulations, Peter!)> Mechjaz
Congrats, Pete!
-buzz*
*Actual quote
As a reader, we clearly do not always comprehend the internal (and legal) dynamic of headlines, etc… Thank you for this glimpse into how this sausage is made (as unpalatable as it may be at times). I do not envy your responsibilities but do envy your opportunities. Godspeed to David and ‘Elise’.
“Congratulations Peter!” – 3WiperB
Credit where it’s due, you’ve kicked off some solid orthography gags
-Mechjaz
Just in case
“I appreciate that people caught it and continued it” – 3WiperB