It's Verting Derh!!!

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acerplatanoides

I usually blame the dog when I vert
Pharaohmagnetic

Is the dog saying “Armageddon averted?”

How can the dog possibly know that until all the verts are counted?
- GawainLavers
  
  His keen sense of smell.
SWPL_Bro

Feeling important because you voted is like feeling rich because you played the lottery
- http://twitter.com/cjporkchop cjporkchop
  
  No, it’s not.
  
  If you vote, you will never wake up regretting it the day after the results are in.
- acerplatanoides
  
  I, for one, get all my feelings of importance by sharing vaguely unpalatable sentiments online.
  - http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers
    
    Whoa there, don’t forget the role of third-party Likes in establishing one’s importance.
Guest

Who’s a good citizen? Who’s a good citizen?
awjt

Ah verted in da verting boof, den da verting ppl verted me off da island
Boundegar

Isn’t ermahgerd over yet? Please?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
niktemadur

AH VERTED!

“AH VERTERD”, with that second R, sounds more ermahgerded to me. In fact, it sounds ermahgerdest.
- http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers
  
  It might depend on whether you are rhotic or non-rhotic.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    The language is based on speaking with braces, so I think that may make rhotic impossible.
  - niktemadur
    
    Had to look up “rhotic”, was surprised to find out that my inability to pronounce the hard “r” in Spanish (my first language) has a name (rotacismo). Long ago I adapted my mechanics to keep it very subtle, with some people it’s really pronounced and subject to jokes in the ermahgerd style.