No. What happened is that a very heavy goth teen broke two other chairs in this shop already by sitting in them. The store owner needed to communicate to the kid that this could not continue, and so used his self-pitying self-bestowed nickname ("Damage"), but would not acknowledge it as a true and proper name, hence the quotation marks.
@not quite the bradys: Somewhere between entirely and eminently.
Furthermore, the total absence of punctuation that would normally mark direct address is completely irrelevant to the case at hand, as many people leave that out. Surely, putting in every comma marking direct address would take too much time from our busy shop owner, especially one who's busy trying to keep chairs from getting broken by sullen teens with call-for-help nicknames. I mean, really.
^ was that a comment about the post, or an insult from anon 2:03 aimed at anon 3:18? isn't that what 9 year olds say whenever someone hurts their feelings? "oh yeah?? well whatever you say, [insert juvenile name-calling, such as picklebreath]!!!" well, i'm rubber and you're glue, baby.
They couldn't even write "DAMAGED". They had to go with "DAMAGE" I guess the QM's took up the extra room that D would have needed.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds rather "ewwwww" -- somewhat similar to the "emergency" left on Moorpark.
ReplyDelete"Damage" is french... for ugly broken down chair y'all
ReplyDeleteNo. What happened is that a very heavy goth teen broke two other chairs in this shop already by sitting in them. The store owner needed to communicate to the kid that this could not continue, and so used his self-pitying self-bestowed nickname ("Damage"), but would not acknowledge it as a true and proper name, hence the quotation marks.
ReplyDeletePlausibly.
Anon. 6:22- just what I was going to say. I think that makes it even more plausible, don't you?
ReplyDelete@not quite the bradys: Somewhere between entirely and eminently.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, the total absence of punctuation that would normally mark direct address is completely irrelevant to the case at hand, as many people leave that out. Surely, putting in every comma marking direct address would take too much time from our busy shop owner, especially one who's busy trying to keep chairs from getting broken by sullen teens with call-for-help nicknames. I mean, really.
i think it's plausible that you had to work a little too hard for that one.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you say, "Damage."
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ReplyDeletewas that a comment about the post, or an insult from anon 2:03 aimed at anon 3:18? isn't that what 9 year olds say whenever someone hurts their feelings? "oh yeah?? well whatever you say, [insert juvenile name-calling, such as picklebreath]!!!" well, i'm rubber and you're glue, baby.