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[–] mediOchre@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

sssssssss - dumbass kid

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Salt and pepper fight!

[–] Titou@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

It's "neige" which means "snow" in french

Snow rain

... and sound was just called "hiss" or "white noise"

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Śnieg: snow

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

just "static" in the states in the 1990s. I swear to god, sometimes I could see something in it. Could have been psychosomatic.

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[–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

برفک

barfak

literally "little snow"

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Makes it sound cute. Instead of watching the news, I'll look at a little snow.

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Snow" in Norway. Alternatively "Snowball fight"

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

Salt and pepper fight.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's just static.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Or "chuviscado", that could mean light rain.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, Cosmic background radiation. AKA static. Sounds like: ksshhhh Comedy name: snowstorm in the arctic.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What caused this? Shit used to terrify me as a kid

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[–] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

In québécois French, we would call it "neige" or "statique". Snow or static.

[–] ngn@lemy.lol 2 points 1 year ago

turkish: "karıncalanmış"

[–] ani@endlesstalk.org 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Snowfall in finnish.

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