Poll: This thread was not half-assed

[Pecoros7]

To me it would be no-assed. The absence of ass makes the ass not worth mentioning and so there is no direct counterpart. To call something "no-assed" or "ass-free" would be akin to congratulating someone for not putting gorilla dung in the fruit bowl.

 

[Snarky Username]

Well I would rather people put the effort to involve their entire ass in any of the endeavors. But maybe it's a personal preference.

I think I'd find it equally satisfying if they put forth the effort to make something and keep their ass out of it.

Yes, but if they're going to work, the ass is going to come it at some point in time. It's only a matter of waiting. If it's going to be there at all, you might as well not be half assed about it.

I think most bosses would be quite happy to see that only half your ass made it into that slideshow instead of the whole thing, at least then you can cover it up and say it was an accident.

We're not talking about showing it, we're talking about using it.

If need to use your ass, it's there for a reason. But if you use half of it, then you're only doing half the work possible for your ass to do. Therefore, if you are doing something half assed, you are lazy, and no one likes lazy people.

 

[lacktheknack]

No assed. The "ass" part implies suck. If you do something well, you have a lack of suck, which means a lack of ass. No ass it is for me.

By that logic half-assed means that it only half sucks, so by that logic couldn't we also say that it half sucks because of the lack of a full ass? Thus meaning that full-assed would be the correct counterpart due to the fact that it is complete and therefore can't suck.

But isn't saying something "half sucks" like digging half of a hole?

 

[dfcrackhead]

Well I would rather people put the effort to involve their entire ass in any of the endeavors. But maybe it's a personal preference.

I think I'd find it equally satisfying if they put forth the effort to make something and keep their ass out of it.

Yes, but if they're going to work, the ass is going to come it at some point in time. It's only a matter of waiting. If it's going to be there at all, you might as well not be half assed about it.

I think most bosses would be quite happy to see that only half your ass made it into that slideshow instead of the whole thing, at least then you can cover it up and say it was an accident.

We're not talking about showing it, we're talking about using it.

If need to use your ass, it's there for a reason. But if you use half of it, then you're only doing half the work possible for your ass to do. Therefore, if you are doing something half assed, you are lazy, and no one likes lazy people.

I think of it as keeping the ass from getting involved and assing everything up. If I'm doing hard work, and my ass marches up and says "Let me help" I'm gonna tell it no because it makes things messy and smells like poo. It's probably harder to keep your ass out of the work than it is to allow the ass to run free and get everywhere.

 

[Snarky Username]

Well I would rather people put the effort to involve their entire ass in any of the endeavors. But maybe it's a personal preference.

I think I'd find it equally satisfying if they put forth the effort to make something and keep their ass out of it.

Yes, but if they're going to work, the ass is going to come it at some point in time. It's only a matter of waiting. If it's going to be there at all, you might as well not be half assed about it.

I think most bosses would be quite happy to see that only half your ass made it into that slideshow instead of the whole thing, at least then you can cover it up and say it was an accident.

We're not talking about showing it, we're talking about using it.

If need to use your ass, it's there for a reason. But if you use half of it, then you're only doing half the work possible for your ass to do. Therefore, if you are doing something half assed, you are lazy, and no one likes lazy people.

I think of it as keeping the ass from getting involved and assing everything up. If I'm doing hard work, and my ass marches up and says "Let me help" I'm gonna tell it no because it makes things messy and smells like poo. It's probably harder to keep your ass out of the work than it is to allow the ass to run free and get everywhere.

I don't think you fully realize how much you need your ass, though. You use it for walking, running, jumping, bending over, getting back up, sitting, standing, the uses are endless. When you are working, you always use your ass in some way shape or form. To say otherwise is to deny a fact of your existence.

The ass is there for a reason, you know.

 

[dfcrackhead]

Well I would rather people put the effort to involve their entire ass in any of the endeavors. But maybe it's a personal preference.

I think I'd find it equally satisfying if they put forth the effort to make something and keep their ass out of it.

Yes, but if they're going to work, the ass is going to come it at some point in time. It's only a matter of waiting. If it's going to be there at all, you might as well not be half assed about it.

I think most bosses would be quite happy to see that only half your ass made it into that slideshow instead of the whole thing, at least then you can cover it up and say it was an accident.

We're not talking about showing it, we're talking about using it.

If need to use your ass, it's there for a reason. But if you use half of it, then you're only doing half the work possible for your ass to do. Therefore, if you are doing something half assed, you are lazy, and no one likes lazy people.

I think of it as keeping the ass from getting involved and assing everything up. If I'm doing hard work, and my ass marches up and says "Let me help" I'm gonna tell it no because it makes things messy and smells like poo. It's probably harder to keep your ass out of the work than it is to allow the ass to run free and get everywhere.

I don't think you fully realize how much you need your ass, though. You use it for walking, running, jumping, bending over, getting back up, sitting, standing, the uses are endless. When you are working, you always use your ass in some way shape or form. To say otherwise is to deny a fact of your existence.

The ass is there for a reason, you know.

Snarky Username you are indeed snarky. I concede for now, good show old boy. I'm not saying you're right, I just don't want to argue against a statement so bold as "To say otherwise is to deny a fact of your existence."

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

I think of the Simpson quote.

Bart: Your half-assed over-parenting is even worse than your half-assed under-parenting.
Homer: But I was using my whole ass...

 

[dfcrackhead]

I think of the Simpson quote.

Bart: Your half-assed over-parenting is even worse than your half-assed under-parenting.
Homer: But I was using my whole ass...

I guess he should've been using no ass eh?

 

[aod43254]

No assed. The "ass" part implies suck. If you do something well, you have a lack of suck, which means a lack of ass. No ass it is for me.

By that logic half-assed means that it only half sucks, so by that logic couldn't we also say that it half sucks because of the lack of a full ass? Thus meaning that full-assed would be the correct counterpart due to the fact that it is complete and therefore can't suck.

Even then, the meaning of the phrase has nothing to do with halves of things. It just means that it sucks. Full assed, to me, sounds like more suck. Also to me, the opposite of suck is not suck. So the opposite of any amount of ass is some form of less ass.

The phrase actually has nothing to do with sucking either just so you know, according to yourdictionary.com it means: Not well Planned or executed; or incompetent. So therefore by that definition it has nothing to do with sucking, so therefore logically to do something full-assed would mean that it was planned well or executed or competent.

That doesn't make sense to me. It could go either way, according to whoever's logic is being used. I think that the "ass" portion could just as easily mean "incompetent", meaning that no ass = not incompetent, and full ass = more incompetent than half ass.

It is incompetent due to the fact that it isn't whole, by being whole it is therefore competent. Half-asses would technically be: (1/2)(competent)=incompetent, therefore by making it whole or (competent)=(2)(incompetent)=(2)[(1/2)(competent)].

No assed. The "ass" part implies suck. If you do something well, you have a lack of suck, which means a lack of ass. No ass it is for me.

By that logic half-assed means that it only half sucks, so by that logic couldn't we also say that it half sucks because of the lack of a full ass? Thus meaning that full-assed would be the correct counterpart due to the fact that it is complete and therefore can't suck.

But isn't saying something "half sucks" like digging half of a hole?

Half sucks is technically not good but not bad so therefore 0, where good is a positive integer and sucks is a negative integer.

 

[skitzo van]

What if someone puts substantially less effort than half-assing something? Do we find the square-root of half an ass? Does the color affect the quantity? Does the factor of excessive junk participate in the equation?

 

[dfcrackhead]

What if someone puts substantially less effort than half-assing something? Do we find the square-root of half an ass? Does the color affect the quantity? Does the factor of excessive junk participate in the equation?

depending on whether no or full assing is worse you could theoretically half 3/4th ass or 1/4th ass or even smaller fraction, if you get really close to full assing, but not quite you could have 19/20th assed it or something.

 

[Naeo]

Uh...the opposite of half-assed is thorough? There's really no counterpart also containing the word "ass" or any derivations thereof.

 

[skitzo van]

What if someone puts substantially less effort than half-assing something? Do we find the square-root of half an ass? Does the color affect the quantity? Does the factor of excessive junk participate in the equation?

depending on whether no or full assing is worse you could theoretically half 3/4th ass or 1/4th ass or even smaller fraction, if you get really close to full assing, but not quite you could have 19/20th assed it or something.

If we do part of the job at one point in time (lets say we do 17/30th) and do more at another (lets say 11/30th) does it add up, or is it seen as different amounts of ass directed towards the same problem?

 

[knight steel]

Uh...the opposite of half-assed is thorough? There's really no counterpart also containing the word "ass" or any derivations thereof.

Shush you stop bringing logic in this ass only zone!

 

[Asuka Soryu]

"Do me full-assed or no-assed not half-assed."
"But I thought you hated anal .-."

 

[Naeo]

Uh...the opposite of half-assed is thorough? There's really no counterpart also containing the word "ass" or any derivations thereof.

Shush you stop bringing logic in this ass only zone!

It's hardly logic, I was really just talking out my ass.