A punitive spirit of denunciation haunts
pretty much any conversation among liberals.
A recent letter to the editor, published last month in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (PDF available here), reminds me of one of the reasons I've never enabled comments on this blog: the likelihood that some commenters would surely hijack the conversation —
pretty much any conversation, however marginally relevant — to take up their own agenda.
Under normal circumstances the literature of a community is
pretty much a conversation that it has with itself.
They're just telling them, «We could be your buyer agent», and that's
pretty much the conversation.
Not exact matches
If you wonder why there's so
much conversation and noise about the entertainment centers, video displays, cameras, as well as the connectivity being built into the new cars and trucks, it's because
pretty soon we'll all just be sitting quietly and passively in a comfy seat while the car takes us where we need to go.
The
conversation was
pretty much over.
For some, it's a guilty pleasure; for others, it's a weekly ritual; and for
pretty much everyone, American Idol is the source of water cooler
conversations and dorm gossip.
I listened to a phone
conversation between Hitchens and some female Unitarian / Universalist, and I admit Hitchens
pretty much blew her away: of course he did, smart as hell.
I am well aware that all of us make assumptions about people we talk to everyday, it's
pretty much impossible to carry out a
conversation otherwise.
His
conversation with God sounds
pretty much just like a
conversation He might have with Peter, or Matthew, or John.
Usually, this phase is marked by extended gaps between text messages, a whole lot of «Oh, lol» responses to
pretty much anything you say and the most telling sign of all, the avoidance of saying any more than they absolutely have to because having one - on - one time means you may have to have that
conversation you're both avoiding.
I'm a gambling man, and the FACT that the mathematical probability of us having this
conversation at this point in time is
pretty much impossible, unless, wait for it... wait for it... it's not an accident (stacked deck).
You know, Mike From Iowa, as
much as I normally abhor name - calling in what is supposed to be polite
conversation, sometimes «what a dork» is
pretty much the only reasonable response.
That's
pretty much how some churches discriminate — by assuming the other side of the
conversation, rather than listening.)
That's
pretty much how that
conversation goes, but I'm not about to be peer - pressured out of my hot water habit.
If you are Arsene Wenger in the beginning of a new season talking to Ivan Gazidis for the targets of Arsenal, you'd
pretty much know how the
conversation goes: IG — Hey Arsene, Top 4 this year?
That
pretty much puts a period to the
conversation.
This is
pretty much where we end the
conversation that started with me calling Fraser and asking if it was true that her organisation, Joyous Birth, was advocating that women go it alone giving birth at home, with no midwife or GP or bags of resuscitation gadgets.
I can actually remember joking with a friend in university about what the weakest part of our bodies were (I don't recall how this
conversation started lol) and I said «my immune system» and
pretty much if someone sneezed near me, I would end up getting sick.
As you know, any
conversation during a dental cleaning visit is
pretty much one sided.
I have that
conversation pretty much all the time.
I could even say, topics of
conversation are
pretty much the same each year: gossips, lunch menu... The funniest is when it's about gossips, at any age both kids and grand mothers!
It will match
pretty much everything and will be a
conversation piece!
Conversation flowed really easy and we talked about all sorts, the blog, my brothers, past relationships, jobs, broken bones,
pretty much everything!
But I found it very very amusing about how oblivious they were to the fact that the
conversation I had with each was
pretty much identical word for word like last year.
Women hardly care about the line you use to start a
conversation, which is why you can usually say
pretty much anything, as long as you keep a calm tone and smile on your face.
You
pretty much «request» a
conversation just like you'd get a ride with Uber.
It can be as simple as
conversation over coffee, poker night with friends, movie night,
pretty much anything as long as their in a company of good friends or that special someone.
Im very fun and outgoing, very easy to get along with.I could hold a
conversation pretty much with anyone.
About me: where do i start well this boy has 1 of the
prettiest smiles!we been through so
much from long
conversations on the phone every day, to hanging out.
As a foreigner, you have some easy opening lines to start a
conversation in
pretty much any time or place: And you know that i love your writing!
Mondays are quiet and
pretty much anywhere you go will be mostly empty — great for an intimate date where you won't get disturbed by anyone trying to muscle in on the
conversation.
I keep it simple on the outside complex within i live comfortably and find many things to do rather its car, working, hiking, or doing something new, im a
pretty open person and live my life easy, I love meeting new people Hearing new views Deep
conversations Im
pretty much down for it all
Again, this just my interpretation — apart from the alien's
conversation with the final hitchhiker, there are only snatches of dialogue here and there, and
pretty much no exposition or detail provided in Glazer and Walter Campbell «s adaptation of the novel by Michel Faber.
My avatar isn't actually on camera all that
much, but there are a few choice moments of
conversation and our hunting group takes down some
pretty big stuff.)
Slacker Richard Linklater is known for making
conversation - driven films, and that's
pretty much all this one is — a nearly plotless wandering around the streets of Austin, picking up unrelated
conversations here and there, then moving on to the next one.
The final half - hour of «10 Cloverfield Lane» is
pretty much going to dominate the
conversation around the film.
Thanks to Aziz Ansari's «Master of None,» whitewashed casting and the offensiveness of brownface has
pretty much dominated the pop culture
conversation this week.
In these times it seems as if people who are comfortable with quantitative skills can hijack and railroad
conversations about policy, science, or
pretty much anything even when they are horribly, catastrophically wrong.
That's
pretty much what our
conversation was when she called me while in grade school.
As I mentioned in that
conversation, EPUB is the format used by
pretty much every device not named «Kindle.»
It also ensures
much more diverse
conversations and increases the chances of our contributors to connect with the actual audience, not just fellow writers, after all selling your books to other authors is a
pretty difficult, if not impossible, task.
She asked if it was self - published, I said that it was, and that was
pretty much the end of the
conversation.
I'll admit to being unfamiliar with the fee structure of Canadian mutual funds, but I gather from this post and some prior
conversations with Jon Chevreau and others that funds with trailers and loads are
pretty much the norm.
The message boards are where you'll find questions, answers and
conversations about
pretty much any travelling topic you can think of.
This
conversation was
pretty much over way back, you never had any proper arguments to begin with.
The lack of touch pad implementation is surprising as the Vita's touch screen control scheme was
pretty much perfected as it saw the cursor being replaced with icons and consisted of tapping on an icon to perform a particular action, interact with an object, start a
conversation with a person in your group or to choose a response in a
conversation, while dragging your finger around the touch screen would move Clementine around cover or exploring the environment as you search for supplies and people, so it is difficult to understand why such functionality could not have made the transition from the Vita to the DualShock 4 controller.
The lack of touch pad implementation is surprising as the Vita's touch screen control scheme was
pretty much perfected as it saw the cursor being replaced with icons and consisted of tapping on an icon to perform a particular action, interact with an object, start a
conversation with a person in your group or to choose a response in a
conversation, while dragging your finger around the touch screen would move Lee around cover or exploring the environment and finding people, so it is difficult to understand why such functionality could not have made the transition from the Vita to the DualShock 4 controller.
Booting up Animal Crossing is for the first time is like heading off to college; you have no idea what to expect or if you'll even like it that
much, but then a friendly stranger starts a
conversation and you realize things might actually wind up being
pretty awesome.
I spotted Serota deep in
conversation with Tate Modern director Chris Dercon, and the Swiss
pretty much stuck together too.