Talk:1483: Quotative Like

That second panel is, like, depressing. 108.162.249.185 05:19, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I found the article. Piderman (talk) 05:53, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Cool, added it. Thanks. PinkAmpersand (talk)

God also introduced a new concept "light" and was quicker implementing it throughout the world. And light sounds similar to (like) like. Sebastian --108.162.231.68 08:58, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Are there any other examples of actual living people who are not celebrities being name-checked in xkcd? Andries (talk) 13:23, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Given that the article noted that the next generation would be, quote, "in control," I think Cueball's interpretation is...well, slightly less absurd than it would be otherwise. 108.162.216.109 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

«Cueball: Like, when you're like, "She was like"?» What does that mean? --RenniePet (talk) 15:23, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Closest translation: "For example, when you say 'she said...'" Andyd273 (talk) 15:37, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Non-English analogon

It might interest you that in Germany exactly the same phenomenon exists, only in different flavor: the lower caste using "Digger" (like, "Fatso") as each third word, possibly in lieu of a comma. (Appears not yet in written material.) Anyone forced to overhear such a conversation is tempted to smack them in the face - hey, it works on a stuck record needle too :-) 108.162.230.221 13:38, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I vote that the explain be rewritten to incorporate as many uses of this phenomenon as possible. 199.27.128.195 22:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)