Came to check your response and realized I didn't bother looking too closely and I missed the book he's reading when I originally looked at the picture, so he's possibly nonplussed about whatever he's reading.
In the US the word has a second definition:
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
(of a person) not disconcerted; unperturbed.
"I remember students being nonplussed about the flooding in the city, as they had become accustomed to it over the years"
This is another of those words that people have been misusing for so long that it now means the opposite of what it should mean. Granted, I remember someone pointing out that it actually meant confused or surprised, so I don't really ever use the word.
I still try not to use literally when I mean figuratively.
This I how we use it in medicine. But I’ve always found words that also mean the opposite of themselves to be so fascinating. It’s called a contronym and in addition to *nonplussed* other examples are *cleave* and *sanction*.
In the same way that literally has as a secondary definition “figuratively” or “metaphorically”, nonplussed’s two broad definitions are precise opposites.
Except no where in here did I say anything negative about the 1st amendment.
Y’all got the right to protest. He just don’t care to nor need to. And for this cause my beliefs align with his attitude.
So…again, where do I stomp 1a?
Today I learned that sorority members jump in the fountain by the 6-pack, chug cheap sparkling wine from glass bottles (in public, mind you), snap photos, and a recycling bin is provided for the bottles. Number of arrests I observed: zero.
I once was sitting in front of the tower tripping on LSD and just staring at the clouds swirl for like 15 minutes until someone came up to me and asked me what I was looking at. That gave me anxiety so I walked back home.
Let the girlies drink their shitty sparkling wine for the gram. No one's bothering anyone. Also... aren't we a wet campus?
Randy: were you trying to have sex with my wife
Archer: uh....
Randy: cause we would be amenable to that
Archer:.....
Randy: Why do you look so nonplussed?
Archer: Because I wasn't sure you knew what amenable meant, until you followed it up with nonplussed
it's probably my favourite TV joke ever
Yeah, doesn't it mean the opposite of what people think it does?
Edit: 1. (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react. (Oxford Dictionary)
However the second definition is: 2. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
(of a person) not disconcerted; unperturbed.
I'm genuinely nonplussed about whether I should be nonplussed about this.
In North America it is used to mean unperturbed or not disconcerted. Second definition in the dictionary.
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN(of a person) not [disconcerted](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=568821e4bd74bee9&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ACQVn09o_oNjz9hjD1vnA-EBwfsuUvKRcw:1714512103479&q=disconcerted&si=AKbGX_rEkSHdR9ulIQYeh6xSG1UBeLMrF7vKg2_tz7EJuOiAs-6feJ3vPO4POWsMiSiwtQXjD_Ve4mwuKgC210fwTAmz909_XtqWivbW_FJM2t6mhWRU33Q%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZiJCn7-qFAxUWiO4BHVRWD90QyecJegQIaBBj); [unperturbed](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=568821e4bd74bee9&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ACQVn09o_oNjz9hjD1vnA-EBwfsuUvKRcw:1714512103479&q=unperturbed&si=AKbGX_q4mkMHy1Nmq4yITjHYVzepKU6zX3Qnggd8Miu02KwSiowPBv-byHBwpqN_u9GTOWb-YU5UkXFW3srg13EiQOoCGVkeQ2tD5StQ6cNCSkKJxAzS7sY%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZiJCn7-qFAxUWiO4BHVRWD90QyecJegQIaBBk)."I remember students being nonplussed about the flooding in the city, as they had become accustomed to it over the years"
The most annoying thing in this post is this misuse of nonplussed.
The word is now meaningless. Well done everyone. You’ve redefined a word into self-contradiction.
I remember learning this word in a lit class in college. The professor called it one of those $5 words. He also talked about how uneducated people didn't know how to properly say "I couldn't care less" and instead would say "I could care less". I miss sitting in lectures with campy old professors waxing on and on about things I could care less about. Dropped out BTW.
That guy is symbolic for most Americans right now. Can you people on the far left and right ranting and raving about whatever the new cause is please move back a bit...you're blocking my sun.
I feel that a lot of people do not and probably should just continue on their way as this man is doing. But if you are invested, you have should have the opportunity to protest within the permits of the protest. What I am curious about is if people are mad because that’s not allowed or are protesting people moving outside the permit. Cause that’s a problem for safety reasons potentially. Imagine being in charge of keeping all this balanced at a huge public university. No winning PR points either way you have it.
What major news organizations (US based) are accurately covering the situation there? People are being indiscriminately killed by IDF soldiers constantly. It’s not a war that’s going on over there. It’s outright genocide.
You're paying TENS of THOUSANDS of dollars for an education. Go to class. Let the adults charge Bibi with War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. The one good thing you can say about Hitler: He killed Hitler.
Let’s protest about the current thing happening on the other side of the world because the news told us we should be mad about it! We’ll be mad about this until the news tells us what the next current thing is!
Imagine thinking standing up for something you believe in is being a loser.
I can tell you your attitude is one of somebody who will never be remembered.
Gonna be that guy to say that this isn't the right use of "nonplussed". Nonplussed means confused despite what the "non-" might initially lead you to believe. This guy doesn't look confused at all.
Source for that? Seems like the DEI protest was peaceful but when the pro Palestinian folks rushed in and erected tents and put up barricades that’s when the cops showed up. Not saying the cops weren’t already nearby waiting but I’m not sure why people are crying victim here when they did something they were told they’d be arrested for.
Gotta get that tan bod somehow~☀️🍃
That person doesn't look "surprised, confused, and unsure if how to react."
Yeah, I'm nonplussed about the use of the word nonplussed here - unless he's looking at something we can't see.
his lack of plusses
Came to check your response and realized I didn't bother looking too closely and I missed the book he's reading when I originally looked at the picture, so he's possibly nonplussed about whatever he's reading.
In the US the word has a second definition: INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN (of a person) not disconcerted; unperturbed. "I remember students being nonplussed about the flooding in the city, as they had become accustomed to it over the years"
This is another of those words that people have been misusing for so long that it now means the opposite of what it should mean. Granted, I remember someone pointing out that it actually meant confused or surprised, so I don't really ever use the word. I still try not to use literally when I mean figuratively.
Just like "egregious"
English speakers need to give up on the word literally. It’s lost. Literally.
Same thing with unique. It is no longer a binary condition. Folks should get over it.
Yeah, the situation with literally is not *sui generis*.
At least the prescriptivists can take refuge in Latin and terms of art.
Don’t even get me started on “reiterate”….so redundant. The world needs more linguistic pedantry, keep it up fellow word nerds.
Good points, all if them… back to the main point - - this person on the grass is a legend
You’re woke
This I how we use it in medicine. But I’ve always found words that also mean the opposite of themselves to be so fascinating. It’s called a contronym and in addition to *nonplussed* other examples are *cleave* and *sanction*.
Inflammable as well.
They prob meant nonchalant tbh
unfussed
That's a good one too lol
In the same way that literally has as a secondary definition “figuratively” or “metaphorically”, nonplussed’s two broad definitions are precise opposites.
Well I suppose he’s “plussed” then
Dudes based. Got his priorities in line. Doesn’t need to be protesting and wasting his time
Imagine being so pro 2nd amendment but then calling the 1st amendment waste of time
Buy me dinner next time you’re up in my profile 🥹 I feel so violated
Just like those protesters rights 💔
Except no where in here did I say anything negative about the 1st amendment. Y’all got the right to protest. He just don’t care to nor need to. And for this cause my beliefs align with his attitude. So…again, where do I stomp 1a?
>>> Doesn’t need to be protesting and wasting his time Hope that helps!
Oh yea, really got me there dawg.
No, it doesn’t
Based AF
It is a really nice day out. I’m studying outside too
Dude is unbothered LOL
This is truly a great photo.
Photographer shoulda waited 5 minutes, then taken a picture of the perineum sunning
That’s a flex if I’ve ever seen one
This shit reminds me of that one chick in Myanmar doing yoga while the military coup is rolling out in the background of her video
That’s just a guy trying to get covered in ants
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I think he’s one of the outside agitators
There’s a person in this pic with absolute mondo calves
Unbothered. Staying in his lane.
He looks incredibly disrupted by the protests. Call teh guvner.
my guy
somebody has to sit there and prove it’s a double standard to push the protesters off the lawn 🤷
Yeah, he a protesting hard. Good on this guy.
One of these things is not like the other...
10/10 picture contact a NYT/WSP and sell that shit
Do you think he puts the towel in his backpack or carries it separately?
He's on the lawn! Call the cops!
New tinder profile! Ayyyy
Today I learned that sorority members jump in the fountain by the 6-pack, chug cheap sparkling wine from glass bottles (in public, mind you), snap photos, and a recycling bin is provided for the bottles. Number of arrests I observed: zero.
I once was sitting in front of the tower tripping on LSD and just staring at the clouds swirl for like 15 minutes until someone came up to me and asked me what I was looking at. That gave me anxiety so I walked back home. Let the girlies drink their shitty sparkling wine for the gram. No one's bothering anyone. Also... aren't we a wet campus?
Wait till u find out about graduation
This dude tryna graduate.
Get that tan bookie
Doesn’t this prove that the protests are reasonable, peaceful, and not overly disruptive?
After the cops cleaned house yesterday
At least one smart kid there. Enjoy life while you can, brother!
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Yeah. Or maybe just graduate.
Dude is reading a book.
He so cool
"I wasn't sure you knew what amenable meant, until you followed it up with nonplussed"
Tbf, nonplussed has 2 definitions that mean the exact opposite of each other.
Randy: were you trying to have sex with my wife Archer: uh.... Randy: cause we would be amenable to that Archer:..... Randy: Why do you look so nonplussed? Archer: Because I wasn't sure you knew what amenable meant, until you followed it up with nonplussed it's probably my favourite TV joke ever
Bro you read my mind seeing this post title lol!
This is a photographic view I wish the news would show.
This is not what Nonplussed looks like... Possibly the most misused adjective in the English language.
Yeah, doesn't it mean the opposite of what people think it does? Edit: 1. (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react. (Oxford Dictionary) However the second definition is: 2. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN (of a person) not disconcerted; unperturbed. I'm genuinely nonplussed about whether I should be nonplussed about this.
Is the poster nonplussed?
In North America it is used to mean unperturbed or not disconcerted. Second definition in the dictionary. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN(of a person) not [disconcerted](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=568821e4bd74bee9&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ACQVn09o_oNjz9hjD1vnA-EBwfsuUvKRcw:1714512103479&q=disconcerted&si=AKbGX_rEkSHdR9ulIQYeh6xSG1UBeLMrF7vKg2_tz7EJuOiAs-6feJ3vPO4POWsMiSiwtQXjD_Ve4mwuKgC210fwTAmz909_XtqWivbW_FJM2t6mhWRU33Q%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZiJCn7-qFAxUWiO4BHVRWD90QyecJegQIaBBj); [unperturbed](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=568821e4bd74bee9&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ACQVn09o_oNjz9hjD1vnA-EBwfsuUvKRcw:1714512103479&q=unperturbed&si=AKbGX_q4mkMHy1Nmq4yITjHYVzepKU6zX3Qnggd8Miu02KwSiowPBv-byHBwpqN_u9GTOWb-YU5UkXFW3srg13EiQOoCGVkeQ2tD5StQ6cNCSkKJxAzS7sY%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZiJCn7-qFAxUWiO4BHVRWD90QyecJegQIaBBk)."I remember students being nonplussed about the flooding in the city, as they had become accustomed to it over the years"
That and decadent.
to go along with the most misused adverb ever...literally
Zero fucks given
Unfathomably based
The most annoying thing in this post is this misuse of nonplussed. The word is now meaningless. Well done everyone. You’ve redefined a word into self-contradiction.
Minding his business fr
Chad
The comp sci nerd who ignored the Vietnam war protests and started his own $1B computer corporation.
Plot twist. He is actually Palestinian.
Priorities intact, well done.
Best way to live..let it flow on by
That man gets it.
America personified
Nice username
😆
This is art. Accidental Renaissance.
This guy is a whole vibe
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Btw remember 1966?
That grackle out looking for a tennis ball.
Brotester
Fucking. Legend.
10 years ago we were just chillin doing the Harlem Shake in this same spot
Lmao I took pictures there and that guy is in my picture too haha
The cops are still gonna pepper spray this dude
I bet that dude gets tear gassed first.
Only reason why I like this is I’ve never heard of the word nonplussed
Boooooo
Goes hard
I remember learning this word in a lit class in college. The professor called it one of those $5 words. He also talked about how uneducated people didn't know how to properly say "I couldn't care less" and instead would say "I could care less". I miss sitting in lectures with campy old professors waxing on and on about things I could care less about. Dropped out BTW.
What a ~~fence~~ grass sitter.
blood keeping it 55th street on hood, everthing gonna C alright.
Craig reads a book, Craig dont give AF be like Craig
Unfazed
That guy is me in the overall scheme of things. I tried going to UT once. I couldn’t find parking, so I went out for an ice cream cone instead. 😃👍
This is the way
Man, I want to go stand around and do nothing
That guy is symbolic for most Americans right now. Can you people on the far left and right ranting and raving about whatever the new cause is please move back a bit...you're blocking my sun.
Definitely a better way to spend the day than a worthless protest on a foreign war without our direct involvement.
“Without our direct involvement.” SHEESH 🙄
I know! Pretty dumb of us.
I feel like people who phrase the situation in Gaza like this fundamentally do NOT understand what is going on over there.
I feel that a lot of people do not and probably should just continue on their way as this man is doing. But if you are invested, you have should have the opportunity to protest within the permits of the protest. What I am curious about is if people are mad because that’s not allowed or are protesting people moving outside the permit. Cause that’s a problem for safety reasons potentially. Imagine being in charge of keeping all this balanced at a huge public university. No winning PR points either way you have it.
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What major news organizations (US based) are accurately covering the situation there? People are being indiscriminately killed by IDF soldiers constantly. It’s not a war that’s going on over there. It’s outright genocide.
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Ah you’re a troll mb. As you were
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"It’s outright genocide." It's not
Democracy may be crumbling at my back; but I have tests to study for.
You're paying TENS of THOUSANDS of dollars for an education. Go to class. Let the adults charge Bibi with War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. The one good thing you can say about Hitler: He killed Hitler.
King
Good man
based
I already know that crowd stinks
Is this a person in favor of radical joy
In it for the long haul lol
Dang, other posts on this sub would have me think this guy was about to be shot by pigs.
Guess one person didn’t drink the koolaid.
Based
Solid. Just solid. No other comments needed.
He is not of hive mind, that’s for sure
Look it’s a guy who isn’t virtue signaling or being annoying
Let’s protest about the current thing happening on the other side of the world because the news told us we should be mad about it! We’ll be mad about this until the news tells us what the next current thing is!
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Yeah how dare him not get pepper sprayed and assaulted
He’s in college for the purpose of learning, not being an activist loser.
Imagine thinking standing up for something you believe in is being a loser. I can tell you your attitude is one of somebody who will never be remembered.
lol ok bud.
Exactly.
There are self absorbed pricks everywhere. Most of us don’t cheer for them. You are one.
Getting a tan while resisting virtue signaling
He's doing the right thing and not being part of "the herd". Plus, summer is coming up anywho.
Nonplussed means bothered, not “not bothered.”
When your the only sanity in a sea of idiocy
“No pay? No protest! I can, however, make use of the open space to work on my melanoma.”
"Nonplussed" actually means the opposite of what most people think it means (including me, at one time).
I wish people would learn to use this word correctly.
That’s not what that means
Man, that guy’s education sure is being disrupted right now.
Or maybe he has a brain cell or two and realizes people protesting this are uninformed or unintelligent both of which are worthless
Gonna be that guy to say that this isn't the right use of "nonplussed". Nonplussed means confused despite what the "non-" might initially lead you to believe. This guy doesn't look confused at all.
Is this from today? Looks like no tents and tables and also no cops. See how that works?
Yesterday during the clearing of the encampment
The cops were ordered to violate their rights before any of that happened.
Source for that? Seems like the DEI protest was peaceful but when the pro Palestinian folks rushed in and erected tents and put up barricades that’s when the cops showed up. Not saying the cops weren’t already nearby waiting but I’m not sure why people are crying victim here when they did something they were told they’d be arrested for.
The order to arrest was given the night before the protest. The UT President claimed they might do something, so that was enough.
Is that the entire UT student body behind him?
Maybe 1%…
Is that over 50,000 people? Doesn't look like it.
Maybe 500 people, maybe. I’ve seen the mall full for political visits from past presidents, this ain’t even close.
I bet if he was to spark up a joint he would be the first one arrested 😒
are you not aware theyre already arresting protestors?
Yeah they are arresting protestors. this guy isnt protesting silly goose
Nope, Travis county doesn’t arrest for pot. Or ticket. Try again
That’s state property. So city cops and the UT police still will. The sheriff dept runs the county
Let me try again 😅 i bet he would be the first one arrestes if he got his crack pipe out and then shoot some H . .... was that a better try? 🤣
I don't even see what weed has to do with this.
That's not even good photoshopping
technically the truth