# Language, Step-ladders, Ace Attorney, and Why Do We Keep Going Off-topic **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [March 8, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429 "2018-03-08T14:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/1 "2018-03-08T14:10:02Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/34): > > Aaaaah, with “for shits” you mean music for fun! No by that I mean “not at all”. ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/2 "2018-03-08T14:15:13Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/35): > > No by that I mean “not at all”. There are a lot of situations in which I have difficulties to understand the figurative meaning of the english expressions, of the slang. Usually Reverso Context helps me, > **[for shits - Traduzione in italiano - esempi inglese | Reverso Context](https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/for+shits)** > > Traduzioni in contesto per "for shits" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: But you know, it's not for shits and giggles. this time it seems to have been not effective as usual ☹ ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/3 "2018-03-08T14:17:15Z")
Yeah, second languages are never easy. ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/4 "2018-03-08T14:19:32Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/37): > > Yeah, second languages are never easy. And sometimes dictionaries fail you. At my first job I said I was sexually aroused to starting working with them. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/6 "2018-03-08T15:27:23Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/36): > > > [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/35): > > > > No by that I mean “not at all”. > > There are a lot of situations in which I have difficulties to understand the figurative meaning of the english expressions, of the slang. Usually Reverso Context helps me, > [for shits - Traduzione in italiano - esempi inglese | Reverso Context](http://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/for+shits) > this time it seems to have been not effective as usual ☹ That’s because the actual phrase is ‘for shit’ (singular). When I put that into Reverso Context it gives good examples. ‘For shits’ usually means ‘for shits and giggles’, meaning ‘for a laugh’. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/7 "2018-03-08T15:29:23Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/38): > > At my first job I said I was sexually aroused to starting working with them. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/8 "2018-03-08T20:45:48Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/40): > > That’s because the actual phrase is ‘for shit’ (singular). When I put that into Reverso Context it gives good examples. That´s because I´m usually talking more in the plurals than I needs to. I just talk the fuck I want. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/9 "2018-03-08T20:55:00Z")
Yeah? Yeah? Come on then 🥊 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/10 "2018-03-08T20:56:12Z")
I´m 6 feet. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/11 "2018-03-08T21:02:09Z")
I HAVE A STEPLADDER. WTF Discourse ![Screenshot_20180308-210047](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/2/234a8e632c401d3669ae757ddaf8f9b34b6f507a.png) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/12 "2018-03-08T21:04:28Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/45): > > I HAVE A STEPLADDER. No! I mean I´m **literally** six feet. And all of them are gonna KICK YOUR ASS!!! ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/13 "2018-03-08T21:07:48Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/42): > > That´s because I´m usually talking more in the plurals than I **_needs_** to. Except for that third-person singular conjugation over there 😏 > [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/45): > > is it a complete sentence? Milan’s isn’t. 🕶 #shotsfired ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/14 "2018-03-08T21:08:08Z")
😑 I knew I should’ve corrected your grammar again. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/15 "2018-03-08T21:08:54Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/48): > > I knew I should’ve corrected your grammar again. That would have made that joke unpossible. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/16 "2018-03-08T21:10:52Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/47): > > Except for that third-person singular conjugation over there > [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/47): > > Milan’s isn’t. What have I told you about fucks and the number of them I don´t give? 😏 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/17 "2018-03-08T21:13:32Z")
Every time you make an intentional mistake, I’m going to turn it into something that sounds nice. > [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/49): > > That would have made that oak jam possible. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/18 "2018-03-08T21:14:29Z")
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**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/19 "2018-03-08T21:16:32Z")
I could never be friends with Ralph. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/20 "2018-03-08T21:18:43Z")
But but but, he´s a cat lover, too! ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429/21 "2018-03-09T06:14:24Z")
> [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/45): > > I HAVE A STEPLADDER. Did your biological ladder leave the family? (sorry, that’s recycled from Cyanide and Happiness). > [@LucasArts Soundtrack Jamming Session](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lucasarts-soundtrack-jamming-session/2411/42): > > I just talk the fuck I want. I confirm. Especially when it comes to Italian 😆 [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/language-step-ladders-ace-attorney-and-why-do-we-keep-going-off-topic/2429.md?page=2)