Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: They Are Right Next To The Red Squishy Berries

Monday, October 8, 2012

They Are Right Next To The Red Squishy Berries

6 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: Joss Whedon Speak is invading every part of modern life!; October 8, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Kal said...: What is Joss Whedon speak?; October 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM
D.I. Felipe González said...: Those aren´t even yellow: they are GREEN.; October 8, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: "Joss Whedon Speak" (More commonly known as "Buffy Speak") is that thing where they say that a guy is saying things too fast, or can't figure out what the thing they want to say is, or doesn't have enough learning and stuff to say what the thing they mean is.

A thing you see a lot with this is when they don't know the right words and stuff, so sometimes you see noun and verb things combined like in "shooty-gun thing", and stuff that goes in a cycle thing in frustration: "That idea went over like... like... like a thing that doesn't go over very well." That thing where you go on and on and forget the stuff you were trying to say comes up a lot. Sometimes it uses that verb-noun-ing dealie thing, and sometimes that name thing where it's like, descriptive, but not really their name, because you don't really know their name.

A dude who's bad at naming things does this stuff a lot. This Buffy Speak thing would be called Dialogue-Where-The-Speaker's-Intent-Exceeds-Their-Powers-Of-Vocabulary-For-Comedic-Effect or something if he was the word guy person, but he's not, so it isn't.

If you do things right, Buffy Speak can seem like teenager talk stuff without actually being like real-world wordy stuff. (Which is kind of why people do this thing. Slang words, especially for kids and stuff, change really fast-like. Buffy speak makes all that stuff sound less fake and it'll maybe help not sound like they're trying too hard with that talk...stuff.) If you do things wrong, it can sound as fake as a... really totally fake thing and can break the thing where people don't worry about if the story-thing is real.

Named for the way the teenagers and stuff talk in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show's creator guy, Joss Whedon, is sometimes said to have made this kind of writing stuff but in terms of the thing where arty stuff, like, imitates life? it's been around since waaay before Buffy.; October 8, 2012 at 1:59 PM
david_b said...: I LOVE Whedon speak..!!!

It was awesome in 'Firefly', never watched 'Buffy'. As CPT Reynolds once said, "Now translate that into 'captain dummy talk'..."; October 9, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Kal said...: I have been talking that way for years. I am glad I absorbed that style into my vocab.; October 9, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Calvin's Canadian Cave Of Cool Manifesto

I forever stand vigilant to protect this planet from the myriad of forces that are always against us. Be it the octopus, zombies, aliens or the robots my team of human agents, and our feline allies, circle the globe in a never ending struggle for human freedom.

I learn all I can on every subject that interests me. I especially enjoy ancient history because in the past there are valuable lessons to be found. Also, if I ever get my time machine to work properly, it would be good to know a bit about possible destinations and what to expect when I get there.

I greatly appreciate beautiful design. Be it manufactured or found naturally I am fascinated by the process of invention. I am attracted to the unique, the strange, the haunted. I like to share what I find on this blog.

And not let us forget the 'Cephalopod Menace' who, if allowed to, would wrap their tentacles around all that is good and pure in this life and crush it until it remained no more. They are creatures of pure spite. Hate is all they know. Death is all they do. They are our most ruthless and determined enemy.

So we fight. Selena has the celebrity contacts, the cat is ruthless and without pity, Roosevelt's ghost has the experience and I do the wetwork.

Fighting for the future of the planet doesn't have to be a chore, however. We can take the time to appreciate all that is cool in this world even as we cut the octopus into bite sized chunks.

This is the reason there has always been and must forever be, a Cave of Cool. Be sure to wipe your feet before you enter.