degen

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[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I love xkcd and all, but I won't stand for great lake erasure

[–] degen@midwest.social 36 points 9 months ago (15 children)

Makes me wonder if it could be treated in some way to make it not-so-inhalable. Though maybe we have better synthetic alternatives by now.

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Satire aside, preliminary counts wouldn't really correlate with a final outcome directly anyway. Kind of like polling, but with even more time variation and weird feedback effects like you point out. It certainly could be interesting as a view of the process over time (e.g. which candidate gets more early votes), but lacking pertinent or useful information. Any conclusions drawn would likely be fallacious and psychologically driven.

I don't think the post deserves the downvotes though. It is a crazy idea after all.

[–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago

We say poo butt... What an odd thing to have in common with a stranger on the internet lmao

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The many tools around this are interesting. "Web clipping" I think is the generic phrase for it. I got kind of deep into it from of a desire to wrangle ADHD, and a bit of datahoarding and knowledge mapping. Omnivore is one I liked for text articles, and there's super niche applications like Zotero.

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Oh, I like this. Put the second rail right on top of the cars for the real express line.

[–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I saw that synopsis under the knowyourmeme result lol. There's always that one friend/relative. Kind of funny there's never really been a phrase for it before.

Still, I like the thought of it meaning everyone has that one food they really like and will steal a bite if anyone gets it.

[–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think I've always equated them with the horrendous water shoes I remember as a kid. That, and the look just never said comfort to me. But I've felt some fomo in recent years lol

[–] degen@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Every now and then I get the feeling there might be something about them. Are they like supremely comfortable? Everyone I see wearing them nowadays seems chill and makes it look like they're comfy.

Either that or the country has fully devolved into Walmart as Idiocracy foretold.

[–] degen@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago

"Call me Daddy"

[–] degen@midwest.social 17 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I was wondering if "fanatic" ironically could have come from the French language. Looking at the etymology I'm now wondering if "fanum tax" stems from Latin.

[–] degen@midwest.social 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Is this the genesis of British "humour"? Thomas, a Becket, even got the name in the time of Shakespeare.

Waiting for somebody to eviscerate me over British history, cause all I know is Monty Python.

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