Sentences with phrase «silliness of»

It seems inevitable that standard USB Type - A cables need to be flipped over 4 or 5 times before they magically fit, and this takes out all the silliness of what has almost become a tradition over the years, and still has zero compatibility problems for things like quick charging.

helps to show the silliness of preventing lawyers from practicing across State lines in the first place: if an out - of - State lawyer is good enough to practice law in one case (i.e., pro hac vice) and is good enough to practice on a temporary basis (such as in this case), then clearly that lawyer is good enough to practice in general.

She shook her head at the silliness of it all.

At the very least, Anthony's efforts show the silliness of believing that official temperatures are useful for anything serious.

The trends in cold extremes also highlight the silliness of arguments that global warming makes cold waves worse.

This just demonstrates the silliness of the American car manufacturers and their Washington poodles who can't hit an average of 35 MPG in twelve years.

Steve Greenberg of the Ventura County Star does a good graphic analysis of the silliness of bottled water.

All the usual points about the silliness of shipping container housing apply here.

A useful example of the silliness of some of these polls / petitions is Project Steve, which is limited to people named Steve.

«The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.»

Mine was nothing more than a satiric post to try to make a point about the silliness of some people who choose to talk down and condescend towards others, regardless of their intent.

For other reason not to do with the silliness of global warming and its fanatical adherents.

To illustrate the silliness of his unscientific characterization of the scientific process I constructed an example.

Further, I agree with those who say that having a «debate» — like a school debate on some philosophical question — is already enough evidence for the silliness of the said exercise.

Talk about short term data — and the utter silliness of linear trends on this.

To illuminate the short - sighted selfish silliness of Judith's quoted passage from the Smith School of Enterprise, here is their follow - on analysis:

«Can we please get over the silliness of attempting to denigrate Nye because of his early education.»

Ignorance and laziness might confuse this painting with the silliness of a Where's Waldo quest.

Legends retains the inherent silliness of the Rayman universe by wholeheartedly embracing its characters and humor and weaves a variety of legends set in different worlds.

There's sky combat in this as well, which brings to mind the over the top silliness of anime.

The controller itself, with its internal gyroscopes and on board speaker, make you feel like you are at least taking part in absurdity, and while the silliness of it can't be ignored, it's nice to see a developer using the extra functionality of the DS4 in creative ways.

While it did seem jarring when the debut trailer came out last year, it feels pretty natural having Mario jump around the amused people of New Donk City due to the general silliness of the Mario series juxtaposed by realistic proportions.

With the humor and silliness of Dragon Quest, a series of goals to keep players compelled, as well as the introduction of form and meaning in that everso popular survival crafting gameplay, Builders escapes being the cynical reskin it may at first glance appear to be.

Revel in the silliness of the sloth - pocalypse, shoot everything that moves and start hoarding pizza!

It was a good scheme to go with and match the silliness of playing a literal box protagonist!

These feature Keyboard Cat, the popular meme video from the time, which fits along with the silliness of the game but definitely dates it.

However, the inherent silliness of the license combined with WayForward's personal brand of comedy helps keep things fresh and fun, although that dreaded sense of stale repetition sometimes begins to rear its ugly head in between bouts of progress.

At which point, I can imagine it might we worth the silliness of letting the dice and cards fall where they may on a quest for the Crown of Command and the ensuing PvP bloodbath.

Its comedy may be blunt and lack the trademark silliness of Earthworm Jim's surreal humour; but the one - liners are a glory in themselves.

From the retro racing of R.C. Pro-Am II and tough arcade play of Battletoads to the tactics of Perfect Dark and silliness of Banjo - Tooie, there's stuff here to love.

How could you not like the silliness of trees being empty paper towel rolls?

Hopefully they will fix the silliness of not being able to purchasing combo packs if you already own one of the titles.

Due to the silliness of Magicka I was immediately interested in what Helldivers had to offer.

I have just demonstrated the inherent silliness of trying to go by that poem.

Distribution directly to the readers became possible, the silliness of thinking of self - publishing as a bad thing got shot in the head after fifty years of life, and some midlist writers finally got completely sick of the bad contracts and even worse treatment from traditional publishers.

I'm not talking about the silliness of pricing a novel at 99 cents.

In the mail I got a copy of the newest volume of Butterflies, Flowers which is hilarious — I am completely enamoured with the mature silliness of this series and I hope many others are too.

And for this discussion, I'm just going to ignore the silliness of signing a bad contract with a traditional publisher.

Always focus toward the writing and stop the silliness of promotion.

And so much talk turned to the silliness of promotion and cheap pricing that many solid business aspects of publishing were forgotten by the writers.

When people start delving into the nether - recesses of the story, they take the fun out of it for themselves and everyone else instead of just enjoying the silliness of the story.

We love the silliness of the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.

While we appreciate the silliness of the Chicken Little story, we fail to recognize its relevance in many of the myths perpetuated by the education establishment, one of the most enduring of which is the claim that class size affects student achievement.

Melcon believes that many M4K supporters are drawn to the silliness of the endeavor, so sharing his weekly descriptions and mustache escapades entertains donors and gets them more invested in its success.

The Appalachian Trail offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes — and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.

We felt that this didn't impact the performance at all, if anything, added to the silliness of it!

It's simplistic and patronizing stuff, but I couldn't resist the glorious silliness of it.

There are some action adjacent flicks on the list below, but add to that the best Fast and Furious film in 11 years with The Fate of the Furious, the criminally underrated John Wick 2, the rightfully beloved Wonder Woman, the kickass spy beats of Atomic Blonde, the daft so bad it's good silliness of Geostorm along with the more cerebral crime action found in the Safdie Brothers» Good Time.

The positioning of this dryly competent woman as the film's protagonist, compared to the roguish silliness of Kurt Russell's R.J. MacReady, acts as yet another sign that we're verging into full - on horror territory.

The pre-arena half of the film (of course there's going to be another Hunger Games, duh) does a deft job of blending the grittier district tones with the heightened silliness of the Capitol in smooth gradations.