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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Not understanding the sentence.
Just when you think it couldn't get any more stupid...it raises the bar. lawlwhat does this whole sentence mean? especially the words "bar" and "lawl" ?
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To "raise the bar" usually means "to set or achieve higher standards" (the analogy is with a high-jump competition -- at least, that's what I've always assumed). Here the author is using it in the opposite sense of lowering standards. "Just when you think it couldn't get any more stupid" means that it already seems as stupid as it could possibly be, and then "it raises the bar" means "it gets even more stupid".
- To "raise the bar" usually means "to set or achieve higher standards" (the analogy is with a high-jump competition -- at least, that's what I've always assumed).
- Here the author is using it in the opposite sense of lowering standards.
- "Just when you think it couldn't get any more stupid" means that it already seems as stupid as it could possibly be, and then "it raises the bar" means "it gets even more stupid".
- That's how I understand it.
- "lawl", in my understanding, is a variant of "lol" (Internet slang), meaning "laugh(ing) out loud".
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To "raise the bar" usually means "to set or achieve higher standards" (the analogy is with a high-jump competition -- at least, that's what I've always assumed). Here the author is using it in the opposite sense of lowering standards. "Just when you think it couldn't get any more stupid" means that it already seems as stupid as it could possibly be, and then "it raises the bar" means "it gets eve
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Seems like stupidity is a desirable thing, tongue in cheek. Only the very best stupidity will be allowed in. - Unless instead of the highjump we're using the image of the limbo, in which loweringthe bar eliminates all but the very best.
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AvangiSeems like stupidity is a desirable thing, tongue in cheek.
You could be right, Avangi. Perhaps it's, say, a movie and he/she like really dumb movies. I think without more context it's hard to say.
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ElidaI agree with Mr. Wordy's initial interpretation. If you think about comparative adjectives with the following "degrees":Just when you think it couldn't get any more stupid...it raises the bar. lawlwhat does this whole sentence mean? especially the words "bar" and "lawl" ?
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