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PungentMelon
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I was eating dinner with my sister and she ways saying that she was going to buy a shirt or something offline and i got super confused because you have to be online to buy something. Then she was arguing that you would not buy something on online, so the internet would essentially be the "line". So she would buy something on the line. So is it called the line and would she be buying her shirt offline or online
Jun 19 2014 11:51PM
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yangumane
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your sister's retarded
Jun 19 2014 11:53PM
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Mingg
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You go online and buy something off the internet.
Jun 19 2014 11:54PM
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skiersupreme
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you're over thinking this man
Jun 19 2014 11:54PM
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Mingg
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There's no right or wrong way of saying it. Just agree with your sister to avoid an argument. Problem solved.
Jun 20 2014 12:00AM
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p.hawks
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I've always said online, but this thread reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewJ-ihIqaM&feature=kp
Jun 20 2014 12:15AM
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Ribss.
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If she is using the internet to purchase it, she is online. If she is purchasing it in person in a retail store she is offline.
Jun 20 2014 12:51AM
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PungentMelon
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Hahaha thats awesome
Jun 20 2014 12:53AM
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Peter.
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i think you're the only person ever to see this movie
Jun 20 2014 12:55AM
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no_steeze
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Damn. You're absolutely right. I've never thought about it that way
Jun 20 2014 1:55AM
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ALMIGHTYSOSA
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Ribss.If she is using the internet to purchase it, she is online. If she is purchasing it in person in a retail store she is offline.


Noo I don't know it doesn't sound right. You might want to check to make sure because this is serious business.
Jun 20 2014 2:21AM
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Ribss.
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Lieutenant_DanNoo I don't know it doesn't sound right. You might want to check to make sure because this is serious business.


This shit is too heady for me man.
Jun 20 2014 4:45AM
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Negromancer
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Jun 20 2014 6:23AM
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smooter
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maybe the offline shes referring to is the store?
Jun 20 2014 9:23AM
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spruitm
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People say "im going to get something offline" because they are lazy and run words together in their head.
She is basically trying to say "I am going to get a shirt off the internet", but also thinking of "online", so it comes out as she said it.

off the internet + online = offline
Jun 20 2014 9:48AM
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no_steeze
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spruitmPeople say "im going to get something offline" because they are lazy and run words together in their head.
She is basically trying to say "I am going to get a shirt off the internet", but also thinking of "online", so it comes out as she said it.

off the internet + online = offline


Still though, the concept of "coming online" means that you're coming on to the line, since it's not coming on online or being off online. The idea is that when you are connected, you are "on" line and when you aren't you are "off" line. Whether or not the concept of offline developed after online was being widely used doesn't really matter, it's still the same idea of the internet actually just being a line and people deciding whether to be on or off it
Jun 20 2014 9:52AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htgr3pvBr-I&feature=kp
Jun 20 2014 10:35AM
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JAHpow
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I've used both terms and have never bothered to correct myself if I use "offline". I get my info across either way.
Jun 20 2014 12:02PM
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theabortionator
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ERRMAHGERRRD ITS SO COMPLICATED!!!!!!


It's like stalagmites and stalactite, which way to turn the screwdriver, what light means stop.

Life is so hard
Jun 20 2014 12:07PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Jun 20 2014 12:11PM
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milk_man
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I usually say I bought it online. Or I say the name of the website.. Like "I bought it off evo" or "I bought it off amazon."



But why does this even matter?
Jun 20 2014 12:12PM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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This might be the pinnacle of "first world problems"
Jun 20 2014 12:28PM
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[tk]
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off–line adjective \-ˈlīn\
: not connected to a computer, a computer network, or the Internet

on·line adjective \ˈȯn-ˈlīn, ˈän-ˈlīn\
: connected to a computer, a computer network, or the Internet

It's not possible to make a purchase on the internet while offline.
If you go to the mall and buy a shirt, you bought it offline.
If you go to evo and buy a shirt, you bought it online.
If you buy a shirt from a website called Line, you bought it off Line.
If you buy a shirt from a guy named Line, you bought it off Line.
Settled.
Jun 20 2014 12:31PM
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lIllI
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Pics of sister are needed in order to settle this argument.
Jun 20 2014 2:00PM
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PungentMelon
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no_steezeStill though, the concept of "coming online" means that you're coming on to the line, since it's not coming on online or being off online. The idea is that when you are connected, you are "on" line and when you aren't you are "off" line. Whether or not the concept of offline developed after online was being widely used doesn't really matter, it's still the same idea of the internet actually just being a line and people deciding whether to be on or off it


were on the same level
Jun 20 2014 3:10PM
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TomDavies
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what even is this
Jun 20 2014 3:36PM
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Theskiingguy
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I think your sister is offline in the head
Jun 20 2014 6:16PM
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Sno.
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I hated reading that the first time. I hated it even more the second and third.
Jun 21 2014 2:31AM
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PungentMelon
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snobunnyI hated reading that the first time. I hated it even more the second and third.


Well it's obviously good enough for you to read it three times
Jun 21 2014 2:38PM
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TomDavies
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you realize your post count goes up if you comment on stuff as well. avoid making threads at all costs my friend
Jun 21 2014 3:25PM
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little1337
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Katniss_Everdeenyou realize your post count goes up if you comment on stuff as well. avoid making threads at all costs my friend


Wut?
Jun 21 2014 5:26PM
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.frenchy
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to be honest im so fucking confused and cant even read the shit in the OP, confusing as fuck for a bone 'ed like frenchy

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Jun 21 2014 10:13PM
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soulskier
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Life would be much easier without petty arguments like this, let it go and your life will improve
Jun 21 2014 10:46PM
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caderobinson
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Your sister injects to many pots threw her rectum
Jun 21 2014 10:56PM
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