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HE11 - Hero Course Class-1A
Chargebolt has entered the chat.
[00:06] Chargebolt: hey guys
[00:06] Chargebolt: hear me out
[00:07] Chargebolt: what if shovels
[00:07] Chargebolt: are actually _spoons_
Earphone Jack has entered the chat.
[00:07] Earphone Jack: i'm gonna stop you right there, chief.
[00:07] Chargebolt: dude you dont get it
[00:07] Chargebolt: they look almost the same and function the same as well
[00:07] Chargebolt: shovels are just megasized spoons!
[00:08] Earphone Jack: they are not.
[00:08] Earphone Jack: shovels and spoons have two extremely different purposes.
Deku has entered the chat.
[00:08] Deku: whats going on here?
[00:09] Earphone Jack: chargedolt thinks shovels are spoons.
[00:09] Chargebolt: they basically are!!
[00:09] Deku: hold on Jirō-san i think hes on to something
[00:09] Chargebolt: _YES_
[00:09] Deku: theyre both shaped the same with a head-scoop and a handle
[00:10] Deku: and they both pick up items and transfer them somewhere else
[00:10] Earphone Jack: but spoons are for food and shovels are for making holes!
Cellophane has entered the chat.
[00:10] Cellophane: Is this a "shovels are actually spoons" debate?
[00:10] Deku: yes
[00:10] Earphone Jack: no because shovels are not spoons
[00:11] Cellophane: Can I join in?
[00:11] Deku: sure
[00:11] Chargebolt: heck yeah
[00:11] Earphone Jack: no because theres nothing to debate about since shovels are not freaking spoons!!
[00:12] Cellophane: Shovels are clearly not spoons.
[00:12] Cellophane: They're two separate objects that have no relation to one another since they both serve different purposes.
[00:12] Earphone Jack: thank whoever is above that gave Sero a damned braincell.
[00:12] Chargebolt: hold on there buddy ol pal
[00:13] Chargebolt: let me take what jirōjack said and turn it on its head
[00:13] Chargebolt: shovels _can_ be used for food
[00:13] Chargebolt: ever read roald dahls the bfg
[00:13] Deku: nope
[00:13] Earphone Jack: i've seen the movie
[00:13] Cellophane: I haven't seen the movie but I've read the book
[00:13] Chargebolt: same
[00:14] Chargebolt: so get this
[00:14] Chargebolt: for the bfg to eat when he went to london, he used a shovel to eat his food
[00:14] Chargebolt: therefore shovels can function as spoons, and therefore shovels _are_ spoons!
[00:14] Earphone Jack: but he's the Big Friendly Giant
[00:14] Earphone Jack: there's no spoon on earth big enough for him so they had to adjust
[00:18] Chargebolt: comically large spoons exist, jirōjack!
[00:18] Chargebolt: they could have used that, but no
[00:19] Chargebolt: they used a _shovel_ because shovels are really spoons!
[00:20] Cellophane: Hold on a minute.
[00:20] Cellophane: What about the other utensils?
[00:20] Cellophane: He used a pitchfork because it's a fork and a sword because it's a knife.
[00:20] Deku: ive never seen the movie nor read the book where did they get a sword for a knife?
[00:20] Cellophane: They didn't use a shovel as a spoon because it is a spoon, they used it as a spoon because they have no other choice.
[00:24] Chargebolt: did you not read what you just typed?
[00:24] Chargebolt: pitchfork is a fork
[00:24] Chargebolt: sword is a knife
[00:24] Chargebolt: so in the end
[00:24] Earphone Jack: shovel is not spoon.
[00:25] Chargebolt: no no wait listen to me
[00:39] Chargebolt: ah ha!
[00:39] Chargebolt: a regular sized person eating food with a shovel!
[00:41] Earphone Jack: What The Hell?
[00:41] Deku: is that man eating ice cream with a shovel?
[00:41] Chargebolt: that man is eating ice cream with a multi-purpose tactical shovel! it counts!
[00:41] Deku: yes!
[00:41] Deku: more proof!
[00:41] Deku: shovels are spoons!
[00:42] Cellophane: Well I guess that ends this discussion…
[00:42] Cellophane: You guys win this round.
[01:34] Earphone Jack: everyone get off of idle and come back in here.
[01:34] Earphone Jack: i have proof that shovels are not spoons!
[01:34] Earphone Jack: they're not, simply because the definition of spoon and the definition of shovel contradict your so-called argument! TAKE THAT!
[01:36] Chargebolt: oh yeah
[01:36] Chargebolt: tell us miss jirōjack, what are the definitions of spoon and shovel
[01:37] Earphone Jack: lexico.com defines a shovel as A tool resembling a spade with a broad blade and typically upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow, or other material.
[01:37] Earphone Jack: or
[01:37] Earphone Jack: A machine or part of a machine having a shape or function similar to that of a shovel.
[01:38] Earphone Jack: a spoon meanwhile is An implement consisting of a small, shallow oval or round bowl on a long handle, used for eating, stirring, and serving food.
[01:40] Cellophane: See guys. Simple as that.
[01:41] Cellophane: Shovels are not spoons.
[01:41] Chargebolt: aw man
[01:41] Chargebolt: and i had a compelling argument too
[01:45] Deku: wait
[01:45] Earphone Jack: ???
[01:45] Deku: we got it all wrong
[01:45] Deku: its not shovels are spoons
Tsukuyomi has entered the chat.
[01:45] Tsukuyomi: Spoons are actually shovels.
Tsukuyomi has left the chat.
[01:45] Cellophane: I'm glad that you guys are acceoh god fricking damn it
[01:45] Deku: damn he beat me to it
[01:45] Earphone Jack: for frick's sake.
[01:45] Chargebolt: _TOKOYAMI FOR THE WIN_
[01:46] Earphone Jack: okay so the argument has changed.
[01:46] Earphone Jack: the debate is no longer are shovels spoons?
[01:46] Earphone Jack: the debate is now are spoons shovels?
[01:46] Earphone Jack: is that correct?
[01:47] Cellophane: Pretty much?
[01:47] Earphone Jack: god, why does shinsō want to be in the hero course so bad?
[01:47] Earphone Jack: half of 1a is dumb as rocks.
[01:47] Earphone Jack: he's better than this.
[01:47] Chargebolt: _hey_
[01:47] Earphone Jack: no offense midoriya, sero.
[01:47] Chargebolt: _HEY_
[01:49] Chargebolt: if im dumb as rocks then how come i have a valid argument with several pieces of evidence to prove that spoons are indeed shovels? hmmm?????
[01:50] Earphone Jack: you know what?
[01:50] Earphone Jack: it's nearly two am.
[01:50] Earphone Jack: i have nothing to lose.
[01:50] Earphone Jack: and it's my fault for entertaining you.
[01:50] Earphone Jack: lay it on thick, chief.
[01:50] Chargebolt: hold on let me backread zzzjskzzsnjfns
[02:01] Chargebolt: TAKE THAT!
[02:01] Cellophane: I'm loving the slight influx of Ace Attorney references.
[02:01] Chargebolt: jirōjack you mentioned that shovels are for making holes, correct
[02:01] Earphone Jack: yeah why?
[02:01] Chargebolt: heres the thing
[02:02] Chargebolt: spoons can _also_ be used to dig holes
[02:02] Earphone Jack: what kind of person uses a spoon to dig holes in their food?
[02:02] Deku: not just food Jirō-san
[02:02] Deku: you can use a spoon to dig a hole in the ground
[02:02] Deku: its probably just gonna take longer
[02:02] Deku: even then a hole is still a hole no matter what the size or how long youll take to make it
[02:02] Deku: a spoon can act easily like a shovel
[02:03] Cellophane: Hold it!
[02:03] Cellophane: Shovels are most commonly used for moving snow, dirt, sand, stone, etc.
[02:03] Cellophane: Sure you can use spoons to dig holes,
[02:03] Cellophane: but you don't use shovels to eat food, the primary purpose of a spoon!
[02:03] Cellophane: And spoons aren't meant to dig!
Uravity has entered the chat.
[02:03] Uravity: Well have you ever heard of the phrase dig in?
[02:03] Earphone Jack: uraraka nooooooooo...
[02:03] Uravity: Have you heard of people shovelling food inside their mouth?
[02:03] Uravity: Dig? Shovelling? By using a spoon???
[02:04] Uravity: Spoons can be used to transfer a pile of something to somewhere else, much like shovels.
[02:04] Uravity: You can use spoons to dig holes into your food!
[02:04] Uravity: Spoons are shovels!!
Red Riot has entered the chat.
[02:04] Red Riot: u dont dig into soup tho
[02:04] Uravity: This argument isn't about soup
[02:04] Red Riot: it kinda is???????
[02:04] Red Riot: soup is food
[02:04] Uravity: But foods are solid. Soup is not solid.
[02:04] Uravity: It's more of a drink than anything.
[02:04] Chargebolt: thats an argument to be saved for another date guys
[02:05] Chargebolt: right now were trying to prove that spoons are actually shovels
[02:05] Red Riot: oh rly?
[02:05] Red Riot: obviously theyre not
[02:05] Earphone Jack: i take it all back.
[02:05] Earphone Jack: kaminari you're not dumb as rocks.
[02:06] Earphone Jack: kirishima has a brain since he clearly knows spoons are not freaking shovels.
[02:06] Earphone Jack: you're dumb as balls.
[02:06] Chargebolt: _HEY_
[02:06] Red Riot: spoons have a round head
[02:06] Red Riot: shovels are pointy, and they look like spades
[02:06] Earphone Jack: oh my god.
[02:06] Cellophane: I never thought of it like that.
[02:06] Earphone Jack: neither did i, and i was the one who brought up their definitions wth
[02:07] Deku: but that doesn't matter since by definition a shovel can be something that looks like a shovel
[02:07] Deku: spoons look like shovels!
[02:07] Red Riot: where have u seen a pointy headed spoon
[02:07] Chargebolt: uhhh a gardening trowel
[02:07] Chargebolt: duh
[02:07] Cellophane: What the hell is that?
[02:07] Uravity: You mean a hand shovel, right?
[02:08] Deku: dont you call those things spades?
[02:08] Earphone Jack: who the hell calls them trowels?
[02:08] Chargebolt: _i do_
[02:08] Chargebolt: never mind that
[02:08] Chargebolt: trowels are like spoons with pointy heads
[02:08] Chargebolt: and theyre technically shovels
[02:09] Deku: so spoons are trowels are shovels?
[02:09] Uravity: Makes lots of sense!
[02:09] Earphone Jack: more like zero.
[02:09] Chargebolt: besides
[02:09] Chargebolt: dirt is food for the plant
[02:09] Deku: actually the food for the plan is within the dirt
[02:09] Chargebolt: same difference
[02:10] Chargebolt: and that means that you _do_ use shovels to dig food!
[02:10] Earphone Jack: hold on kaminari.
[02:10] Earphone Jack: you're missing one important detail.
[02:10] Chargebolt: and what is huh now???
Tsukuyomi entered the chat.
[02:10] Tsukuyomi: Spoons are utensils. Shovels are hand tools.
Tsukuyomi has left the chat.
[02:10] Chargebolt: _hey whose side are you on???_
[02:10] Earphone Jack: stop stealing our freaking thunder and join in on the conversation already!
[02:10] Earphone Jack: anyway that's why spoons and shovels are not the same thing.
[02:11] Uravity: What are you going on about?
[02:11] Uravity: Spades are garden utensils.
[02:11] Cellophane: What the hell?
[02:11] Uravity: Spoons are kitchen utensils.
[02:11] Red Riot: what the heck is a garden utensil????
[02:11] Deku: whatever it is, its a utensil you can use in a garden
[02:11] Cellophane: You don't use utensils for gardening!
[02:12] Chargebolt: but uraraka-chan just established that yes you can, as long as its the right kind of utensil
[02:12] Earphone Jack: there's no such thing as garden utensil.
[02:12] Chargebolt: a trowel is a garden utensil
[02:12] Earphone Jack: no one says trowel!
[02:12] Red Riot: i forgot to say this earlier but i do
[02:12] Chargebolt: _trowel buddies!!_
[02:13] Cellophane: Hold it!
[02:13] Cellophane: Check this out.
[02:13] Cellophane: It's from the same site Jirō-san got her definitions.
[02:13] Cellophane: There's a distinct difference between a utensil and a tool!
[02:13] Cellophane: Lexico dot com calls a utensil "a tool, container, or other article, especially for household use," while they call a hand tool "a tool held in the hand and operated without electricity or other power."
[02:13] Cellophane: Case. Closed.
[02:16] Chargebolt: _AH HA_
[02:17] Chargebolt: you operate a hand tool without any electricity and is held by hand, and a utensil is clearly defined as a tool!!!!
[02:17] Earphone Jack: sero you idiot you gave them an opening
[02:17] Cellophane: i am so sorry
[02:17] Chargebolt: _IN FRICKING CONCLUSION!!_
[02:17] Chargebolt: spoons are shovels
[02:17] Chargebolt: spoons are hand utensils
[02:18] Deku: spoons look similar enough to a shovel and have the same properties
[02:18] Uravity: They're connected via hand shovels!
[02:18] Chargebolt: by definition _alone_
[02:18] Chargebolt: spoons
[02:18] Chargebolt: are
[02:18] Chargebolt: shovels
[02:20] Red Riot: wow
[02:25] Earphone Jack: you win.
[02:25] Earphone Jack: congratulations, team spoons are shovels.
[02:25] Earphone Jack: good game guys.
[20:25] Red Riot: honestly that was a super intense and extremely manly debate
[20:25] Uravity: I know right! ^^
[02:25] Cellophane: Let's do that again sometime.
[02:26] Deku: no hard feelings alright?
[02:26] Cellophane: None at all!
[02:26] Uravity: All right!
[02:26] Cellophane: That was actually pretty fun, trying to debate with you guys.
[02:26] Cellophane: Although I still have a few arguments up my sleeve...
[02:26] Earphone Jack: ...
[02:26] Deku: uh oh
[02:27] Uravity: So...
[02:27] Uravity: Soup is actually a drink next?
Earphone Jack has left the chat.